Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
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 …
Well, not ALL of it, Gentle Readers. Just the stripey loveseat and two chairs. It kind of started with my mother-in-law’s house on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where John and I are trying to spend more time. Some of the furniture in that midcentury gem is fantastic and appropriate (like the leather Swedish safari …
Hello, Gentle Readers! Have you melted into a puddle? I know it’s so boring to talk about the weather, but GEEZ! And BLECH! August is always a funny time in the interior design business. It’s either absolutely quiet, because people are on vacation, or it’s super busy, because people are going on vacation ;) This …
Thank you for your patience, Gentle Readers! I apologize for the hiatus. Work got a little hectic for a minute ;) A dear friend has moved into a new apartment, and she asked me an excellent question: Can I hang art on wallpaper? If so, how? I haven’t seen the new place (because it’s, um, …
That might be a slight exaggeration, Gentle Readers, but not by much. My family has been begging me to include this stool in a blog post ever since we went to Parking Pizza in Barcelona. Behold! That’s right! You put your jacket and bag IN the stool! And then you sit on it! I know: …
