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Light blue child's bedroom

How to choose the right paint sheen

Annie Elliott | June 21, 2026

Gentle Readers, it’s been a minute since I’ve painted a room myself. As with childbirth, one tends to forget the pain the minute you see the delivered result. Recalling the painting adventures of my own early adulthood, when money was scarce and time was plentiful, I thought it would be appropriate for Georgie (with Ruthie’s …

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» Color + paint color

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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