Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
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 …
Is there anything more festive than a pink plexiglass-topped table? Restaurant designers have all the fun. These tables are the bright spots in an industrial space – jolts of color in a sea of neutrals. This is a perfect example of something I run into all the time, though: it’s a great idea, probably not …
Q: My house is far from modern – it’s a 1919 Arts and Crafts sort-of bungalow – and inexplicably, the living room walls have picture-frame molding (and crown molding too). My question is about what to put inside those picture frames because so far … nothing! A: This little truism applies here: “Just because it’s …
I’ve got to hand it to Kelly Wearstler: the lobby of The Tides in South Beach is lovely. I’ll confess that I don’t like the central chandelier much. It’s the first thing you see when you walk in, and although it’s airy, I think it overwhelms the room. I will say that the longer I …