Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Quick pics from today. The wall-to-wall carpet from Patterson Flynn & Martin is GORGEOUS. A little more tan than I anticipated, but I still think it’s the best choice with the Odegard rug. Dave Mitchell, the contractor, rightly wanted to let the rug breathe a bit before protecting it. He may have done that this …
Just got back from a beautiful wedding in Santa Fe, and panic is officially beginning to set in. I’m past, “Will it get done?” and have moved on to, “Will people like it?” Now hear this: anyone who visits the Design House and DOESN’T like the entry & foyer, please lie to me. These are …
Hi Annie, I love your blog! We have just purchased a 1929 Tudor style house in Seattle…The mahogany trim is original and beautiful however almost brown/black and the walls are peachy. We are going to paint the trim up (with much sadness) to some variation of white (I saw your post of three favorite trim …
No turning back now. Here are the latest pics of the entry, w/ Farrow & Ball‘s Pelt (don’t you love it?) on the walls and Minister Green* on the faux elevator. Wall fabric on the entry panel and foyer walls goes up tomorrow. The painter, Alfredo, and I reluctantly decided that we do need to …
Visible progress. I think that grey trim in the foyer is going to be beautiful w/ the yellow “silk” walls after all. I had a panic attack about it recently, but now that the paint is on, I’m feeling much better. This is as you enter the foyer. All of the paint is from Farrow …
Aaaah, the healing power of art. I mentioned that things weren’t exactly going my way last week: the silk incident…the lamp snatching…I probably shouldn’t have been so quick to complain, since there was some progress on the space itself: But things really turned around when I met with Zoe Myers of Heineman Myers Contemporary Art. …
Partly in anticipation of the scores of inquiries that will pour in after the Design House opens :) , my webmistress and I are updating and re-organizing the gallery section of the bossy color website. (Danna McCormick – of DLM Web Development – is amazing, by the way. She’s creative and capable but also extremely …