Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Dear Annie, I just hung drapes and they are like 4 inches from the floor 🥺 please tell me it’s ok – @michelle_outdoors via TikTok Oh, Michelle. How I wish I could give you the response you seek! But alas, I must be the unfortunate truth-bearer: your drapes are too short. Don’t beat yourself up! …
I mean, I can work with it. My first question, though: is this color even magenta? This was the leading picture in the New York Times’ story: ??? That’s fuschia, Gentle Readers. Or actual magenta. The First Lady must have had a sneak peek at the NYT story, as she wore this coat to a …
Happy almost Thanksgiving, Gentle Readers! I’m hosting this year, and let me come clean: I’m a little nervous about it. Why, you may ask? Because the first holiday I hosted post-pandemic (which we now know was actually mid-pandemic) was last Christmas, and let me just say that it wasn’t my best work. I prepared the …
Dear Annie, What are the best rugs to pair with a sage green color wall? – Izzy via TikTok First, let’s clarify what we mean by “sage green.” I tend to think of this color as a light grayish green, popular at Pottery Barn (along with cranberry) in the, what, mid-aughts? So my first question …
Wrapping up this series, Gentle Readers! Our first five trends were: light wood, natural materials, curved furniture, bouclé upholstery, and 1980s revival (heaven help us). Here’s the final interior design trend we just can’t ignore, much as we’d like to. Trend #6: Pastels, especially mauve There’s still a lot of white and gray out there …
Quick review! Trends we’ve seen so far are: light wood, natural materials, curved furniture, and bouclé upholstery. Here’s Trend #5 of 6! Trend #5: 1980s revival Describing the interior design style of the late 1970s/early ’80s is difficult, but to paraphrase Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, you know it when you see it. First, there …
In the first installment, we discovered that light wood and natural materials are strong interior design trends right now. Here are a few more: Trend #3: Curved furniture People are “floating” furniture in rooms often these days, so there’s a trend towards sofas and chairs with curved backs. Curved chairs especially have been around forever; …
