Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
THANK YOU, Pantone! If ever we needed a lift, it’s now. Kudos to you for selecting an optimistic, playful, happy — almost giddy! — color for 2019: Living Coral. What a relief. I’m serious: I lose sleep over this stuff. As much as I’d like to deny it, Pantone’s Color of the Year seeps into …
Or did they never leave? I’ve been revisiting the work of some “old masters” of interior decorating lately, including and especially David Hicks. He is indeed a master of many things — accessorizing and displaying collections among them — but I’ve been particularly enchanted by his canopy beds. Or, more accurately, “tester beds,” in which fabric is …
Our window treatment fabricator said to us recently, “It’s so fun to work on your projects — you guys use the best fabrics!” High praise from someone who works with fabric day in and day out, wouldn’t you say? She’s responding, of course, to “the bossy.” We’re always looking for our next bossy inspiration…the bold, …
