Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Gentle Readers! I apologize for falling off the blog track for a few weeks. Life overtook me ;) Thank you for your patience! First things first: we are accepting new projects for the fall! Please head over to this page if you’re rarin’ to redecorate. I’d love to work with you! For inspiration, I thought …
Oh, Gentle Readers. Anyone who says the pandemic is over hasn’t stopped by my house recently: 3/4 of our household is COVID-positive right now. I have been spared so far, but I fear my luck can’t last forever. Sigh. ANYway, for obvious reasons, BEDS have been very much on my mind. Beds and the pillows …
What a week it’s been, Gentle Readers! Or rather, what a few weeks it’s been. First there was the stretch of publicity leading up to the show house. That included a House Beautiful Instagram Live tour; a socially-distanced party hosted by Ferrari, one of the ASPIRE House‘s sponsors; and an interview with Erika Gonzalez on …
Hello, Gentle Readers! When we last left our heroine… Preparations for the ASPIRE House are in full swing (again!)! I encourage you to go back and read my last blog post about the show house, just to get your head back in it. *I* had to. I couldn’t remember where I’d left off because I …
Hello, Gentle Readers. It’s week…7? of staying at home, and I hope you’re healthy and sane. If you are not, I’m sorry. I wholeheartedly wish you the speediest recovery possible. Ugh. My colleagues and I are still working full-time, but our houses are really getting to us. As, I’m sure, is yours. So what …
That’s a direct quote, actually, from someone who called today about our interior design services. Crazy, right? We’re living through a once-in-a-hundred-years pandemic, afraid to get within six feet of our best friends, hesitant to touch doorknobs, and doing mental math like nobody’s business to figure out if it’s been two weeks since you had …
Hi hi hi! As I mentioned last time, the first thing we selected for our application to ASPIRE HOUSE McLean was a palette, blush and olive, and a primary fabric, Rutland, by Cowtan & Tout. The second thing we determined was furniture placement, which was straightforward in the room we’d chosen to apply for. A …
