Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Honestly, I thought I’d already posted this. I have been using St. Thomas Creation’s Richmond Pedestal Lavatory – large and small models – for years. YEARS. But it wasn’t until I came across the sink in the fine print of Domino Magazine today that I realized that I had not, in fact, spread the gospel …
All by Benjamin Moore: OC-17 White Dove.A little grey, good with cool colors. OC-39 Timid White.A little creamy, good with warm colors. HC-27 Monterey White.A little taupe-y, good with rich, darker colors. Oh, and Super White for most bathroom trim. I tend to use a semi-gloss finish for trim, both because it cleans easily and …
These clients had a perfectly fine master bath, but it looked pretty shabby after a dramatic renovation to the attached bedroom. The new bedroom has miles of mahogany built-ins, so we started with a custom-built mahogany vanity base in the same style. Then we had to choose the rest of the materials. The husband wanted …
Q: We just moved in a new condo, first place & all. and just painted the accent wall (which i know you hate) but the living area is open, so accent wall was the best idea. now we’ve got the orange/red working as our accents.. but no idea what to do about a rug. I’m …
This lovely watercolor was completely lost. The whitewashed frame and sickly matte didn’t set off the picture at all…everything just floated away. (The matte likely faded in the 50 years since it was done, but that frame…well, I’m sure it was the height of fashion at one time.) We changed the outside matte to a …
Here’s what’s in the restroom of a DC restaurant called Proof. Check out this shiny metallic wallpaper. How amazing is it that the geometric pattern of the wallpaper is imitated in the mosaic tile below it? And when you really get close, you see that the wallpaper Xs are actually women’s legs, in fishnets and …
The Weekend Journal had an interesting article about home libraries yesterday. The title and sub say it all: “Why Libraries Are Back in Style – It’s Not Because of Books; They’re ‘Memory Rooms’ or TV-Free Private Spaces.” First, let me gag at the phrase, “memory room.” Ok, that’s done. It’s a good article, and I …