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Who doesn’t love a makeover? Befores and afters

Annie Elliott | July 15, 2023

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 …

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» Before and after, Color + paint color, Wallpaper
built in bookcases

Top 5 reasons you need an interior designer

Annie Elliott | March 27, 2017

You want your home to reflect YOU, but you don’t know how I bet you’re a pretty amazing person. But being amazing and having your home look amazing require two different skill sets. Sometimes fascinating people have great senses of style; knowledge about the most interesting products on the market; AND the interest, time, and …

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» Living Room + Family Room

Space Matters

Annie Elliott | May 26, 2013

Thank you, ASID! The lovely folks there invited me to contribute a blog post on the subject, “space matters” to their current ICON issue. It was a lot of fun – hop over and read it! My assertion: when we feel we’ve run out of space, our knee-jerk reaction is to build MORE. Very few of …

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» Kitchen + bath, Living Room + Family Room

Renovate and LOSE three closets? You must be mad!

Annie Elliott | January 1, 2011

If you said, "Hey! I think we should remove THREE closets AND a whole wall of built-in bookshelves to gain 2 feet of space in a bedroom!" most people would think you were nuts.

Welcome to my world, Gentle Readers. Welcome.

In the case of the room below, though, I suggested that we do just that....

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» Bedroom, Renovation

Built-in bookshelves, or freestanding bookcases?

Annie Elliott | December 30, 2010

Gentle Readers, while I'm on vacation, I'd like to direct your attention to some earlier posts - slightly revised and updated - that you may find interesting. Have a wonderful New Year!

When should you hire a carpenter for customized built-ins, and when is buying freestanding shelves the better option? ...

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» Kitchen + bath, Living Room + Family Room

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