Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I hope some of you are finding these posts at least mildly interesting, because frankly, they’re beginning to bum me out. I’ll feel more upbeat when I have better news to report. Here’s the cabinetry update. Yesterday – before the wintry weather hit – I got out my compass and ventured across the river into …
It might be a little off topic but do you have any ideas for providing guests a reasonable nights sleep and also having a good seating area for the other 99% of the time. I’ve had those awful 1 ton sofas and lumpy, uncomfortable futons. I want to encourage guests to visit but we also …
The first thing a kitchen designer on a tight timeframe should do is nail down the cabinetry. I mean, some fancy-pants unused kitchens out there may get away with a chopping block and a $7,000 fridge, but no kitchen I design – even a faux one – is going to be so obviously useless. Well-meaning …
Well. I’ve been invited to participate in the spring Design House at the Washington Design Center. The theme is “Urban Elegance.” My urbanly elegant room will be the kitchen. The timeline is pretty short; the opening party is on April 23. So the first thing I need to do is nail down a cabinetry partner. …
I’m not the first person to note the similarity between PepsiCo‘s new logo and Barack Obama‘s. Filed under “an hour late and a day behind” was this post by LogoBlog.org, which is where I got the above images. I was shocked – and kind of amused, actually – that most of the commenters there refused …
Out: Miami’s design district. In: North Miami. Blasphemy, I know. But I’ve visited Miami’s famed design district numerous times. Admittedly, never during Art Basel, never during a fancy party weekend. But I’ve never seen more than the faintest glimmer of life (NIBA being the notable exception). That’s just no fun. Many of the showrooms aren’t …
What does a billion dollar hotel renovation look like? So glad you asked. Welcome to Fontainebleau Resort complex in Miami Beach. Originally designed by Morris Lapidus and built in 1954, its website proclaims: Following a $1 billion renovation and expansion [it repoened in November 2008], Fontainebleau is a spectacular blend of Miami’s glamorous golden era …