Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
My dear friend Peter Benson Miller just told me about this photographer he’s been working with named Jehsong Baak. I think his work is astonishing. He works in black and white FILM (remember film?) and does not, I repeat, does not manipulate his images in any way. Truly. I kept asking, “But THIS one? How …
Unless you already have 20k in your rainy day bookshelf fund, that is. I saw these at Holly Hunt the other day and let me tell you, they’d be worth it. Hard to see in this pic, but the vertical supports are black lacquer and the rest of the frame and shelves are dark wood …
Q: I am utterly overwhelmed by installing a decent black-out curtain or shade in Isaac’s room. He needs darkness to nap. Towels flung over a pressure-sensitive rod do the trick but . . . . It’s an over-sized window, with an air-conditioner installed at the top, and ugly metal looking brackets on either side of …
I’ve been to the Wolfsonian before, but this time the intimacy and cleverness of the shop/cafe really struck me. First of all, how many retail spaces show Louise Brooks movies on a large screen? This building was originally a storage facility. Sounds like the scale would be large, doesn’t it? But it’s not, and that’s …
Q: We inherited fake but good quality oriental rugs from my parents. One is 12 x 9, the other is 9 x 6 (one for the living room, one for the dining room) These rugs lasted about 35 years, but our little family has managed to finish them off. So now we’re looking to buy …
I was extremely flattered that The Washington Post included bossy blog in its Home section today! If this is your first visit to bossy blog, welcome. As I mentioned in my very first post, this is the place to come for interior design nuggets: decorating advice, tried and true products, tales of decorating woe and …
Q: I’ve invested 14 years in creating a unique urban space. I now need to sell that house. How much “character” can I leave, and how much of what I’ve implemented needs to be beiged away to keep the realtors happy? A: I love this question, and even though I’m not a realtor, people ask …