Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
It’s revised, expanded, and just plain better! But first: HELLO, Gentle Readers! We’ve been busy over here at Annie Elliott Design! We moved into a new studio (I’m just waiting for some wallpaper — of course — and then I’ll tell you all about it), some client projects are really heating up, we have a …
“I’ve been thinking about making some changes in my house, but I’m not sure where to start. How does it work, working with an interior designer?” If you haven’t said that sentence aloud, Gentle Readers, you may have thought it. I’ve been known to go down a rabbit hole or two with my blog posts, …
Hello, Gentle Readers! I hope your new year is off to a great start. Thank you for your patience as I took an unannounced holiday break :) As we took down the Christmas tree and put the furniture back in place, I thought about how many iterations our living room has had…and how other rooms …
You may be surprised to hear this, Gentle Readers, but I do not hate Pantone’s color of the year for 2025! Mocha Mousse: a fluffy light brown with pink undertones. *I* wouldn’t bestow the honor of Color of the Year upon a light brown, but I think Mocha Mousse is pleasant enough. “Quiet luxury” is …
You know Schumacher, Gentle Readers. I use their wallpaper or fabric (or both) in nearly every house I design, so if you read this blog, you’ve seen their stuff. I’m a huge fan. Schumacher moved its corporate headquarters into Soho a little over a year ago. I didn’t know why my lovely DC showroom rep, …
It’s that time of year, Gentle Readers! The fall edition of High Point Furniture Market, a 5-day extravaganza during during which 75,000 interior designers from around the world visit 2,000 exhibitors in a small town in North Carolina. It’s nuts. High Point makes it easy to spot interior design trends for the coming year. Here’s …
Hello, Gentle Readers ! Now that it actually feels like fall, I’d like to mark the change in seasons with the recommendation that you shake things up in your living room. And that’s not just because I’m doing it and would like some company ;) Painting your walls is the fastest, least expensive way to …
