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Book cover: My Neighbor Saw Me Naked, and Other Reasons You Need Drapes. The essential decorating handbook. by Annie Elliott

My New Decorating Handbook Is Now Available For Pre-Order!

Annie Elliott | April 11, 2025

It’s revised, expanded, and just plain better! But first: HELLO, Gentle Readers! We’ve been busy over here at Annie Elliott Design! We moved into a new studio (I’m just waiting for some wallpaper — of course — and then I’ll tell you all about it), some client projects are really heating up, we have a …

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» How-to

UPDATE – Tune in to NBC4 this Friday!

Annie Elliott | June 7, 2023

Update 6.12.23: Here is the NBC4 segment, Gentle Readers! I hope you enjoy it! Hello, Gentle Readers! If you lose steam at work this Friday afternoon, NBC4 will be airing an interview with me “during the 4:00 hour.” (This usually means around 4:45!) The subject? My book! My Neighbor Saw Me Naked, and Other Reasons …

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» Window treatments

My 5 favorite hostess (or host) gifts: think small!

Annie Elliott | May 29, 2023

Happy summer, Gentle Readers! I don’t even care that it’s rainy right now; my garden needs it, and I’m just happy to put spring in the rear-view mirror. May was roughly 3 months long, so I’m ready to move on! We don’t have any dramatic summer plans, but we will be seeing lots of friends. …

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» Accessories
Woman holding book, grinning ridiculously

So I wrote a book…

Annie Elliott | May 17, 2023

…and it is HERE, Gentle Readers!!! Available for sale on this very website. Right now! I think people usually write books this way: Usually, people think of an idea for a book, and then they write a book proposal, and then they find an agent, and then the agent gets them a publisher. I think …

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» Window treatments
Harper & Oldham Bird Glasses

Last-Minute Shoppers, This Gift Guide’s for YOU!

Annie Elliott | December 19, 2017

If you’re in the “last-minute shoppers” category, you may be feeling a tad frantic right about now. Worry not: we’re here to help. Here are some beautiful gifts that should arrive by Christmas — especially if you’re willing to throw some money at rush shipping. Blue and white is forever…and who doesn’t love a Chinoiserie …

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» Art + accessories

What decorating book do YOU recommend?

Annie Elliott | December 15, 2010

Gentle Readers, a fellow blogger and I need your help. Yesterday, Nichole of 40 days of... asked for recommendations for design books. I have the same question!

Can you help?

I've already raved about Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan's book...

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» Color + paint color

“Can I Just Say Something?” by Sheila Hagar

Annie Elliott | November 9, 2010

As we approach the holiday season, I'm sure that at some point I'll write a post about house-related gift ideas. (And you will see it for what it is: my own thinly disguised shopping list.)

But here's another gift idea: the book, "Can I Just Say Something?" by Sheila Hagar....

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