Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I was so nervous about the whole holy-cow-I-can’t-crack-the-code-on-my-own-living-room-and-people-pay-me-good-money-to-tell-them-what-to-do-with-THEIR-living-rooms thing that I jumped right into the saga. Let me back up. When I was feeling despondent about no longer having a living room sofa (and no rug), I stumbled across this picture from the fantastic blog Cote de Texas, and my life was changed forever. (Naturally …
This may be hard for you to hear. Believe me, it’s hard for me to write. Fair warning: any images you may have had of bossy color as the invincible, all-knowing superheroine of interior design-slash-decoration may be dashed. Here we go. Ready? My living room is a freaking disaster. Not just a disaster, a DISASTER. …
Dear Annie,I have a cream-background wallpaper in the dining room and have painted the trim with the same [cream]: Benjamin Moore Mystic Beige 2162-60. I painted the wall below the chair rail a deep red (Ralph Lauren’s Nobleman VM74), which picks up color in the wallpaper and drapes. The wallpaper is old, probably vintage 1967 …
Washingtonian.com featured My Notting Hill‘s Michele Ginnerty and me in their column today about decorating your Thanksgiving table. Thank you! I think there were some good ideas in there, if I do say so myself :) (No scatalogical conifer references, though…for that, you’ll have to see bossy color’s previous interview about Thanksgiving decorations.) I hope …
Thank you, Walla Walla Union Bulletin! They interviewed me for a story on inexpensive, accessible decorations for Thanksgiving. So what were my bright ideas? Well, that sentence was a clue, and here’s an equally subtle visual hint… (Bonus points for identifying the quotation I wish I could take back. That’s what happens when the reporter …
I’m now entering the 3rd day of sitting at home with a sick kid, and let me tell you, the novelty has worn off. It’s not the pig plague (I don’t think), and she’s feeling much better today. Thank goodness for Netflix‘s “Watch Instantly” feature, which introduced us to Pingu, Milo & Otis, and the …
Poor master bedroom. So often, so neglected. And yet, it’s important, isn’t it? I mean, this is supposed to be our sanctuary. I have yet to have a client say to me, “Y’know, my bedroom’s a little dead. Could we maybe take it up a notch? Make it a little more, I don’t know, energizing?” …