Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
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 …
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....
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? ...
You say, "hallway," I say, "library."
This area a master suite was woefully underused. It's too wide to be considered a true hallway, but it's too narrow to be treated like a room.
Since this client is a GENIUS with photographs and has roughly a gazillion, we thought it might be handy to have some shelves where she could store completed albums as well as unframed pictures in boxes. Open shelves and closed storage, in other words....
