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Trendspotting! Interior design trends from High Point Market (Part 1)

Annie Elliott | October 23, 2022

I wish you could have come with me to High Point Furniture Market, Gentle Readers! It’s inspiring, energizing, and exhausting, all at the same time. (If you’re not familiar with this semiannual event, here is a link to the post about my 2021 High Point adventure. There are links to previous High Point posts there, …

Read more »Trendspotting! Interior design trends from High Point Market (Part 1)
» Furniture + upholstery, Trends
Cameron Diaz's glamorous NYC kitchen with green cabinets and a brass backsplash, designed by Kelly Wearstler

My kitchen renovation, Part 5: where to put the color?

Annie Elliott | September 27, 2016

I’ve spent a lot of time fantasizing about my new kitchen. And when I fantasize, I’m not thinking about where the microwave is going. I’m thinking about how the kitchen will look. What will make it special? What will make it bossy? On one hand, how amazing! I’m the client! I get to do exactly what I …

Read more »My kitchen renovation, Part 5: where to put the color?
» Color + paint color, Kitchen + bath, Renovation
Construction on the back of a Wardman townhouse in Washington, DC

My kitchen renovation, Part 3: the layout

Annie Elliott | September 5, 2016

After our first meeting with Aidan Design‘s Nadia Subaran and her trusty team, John and I accepted the fact that if we wanted a place to eat, we would have to expand the kitchen. We were thinking along these lines anyway: a million years ago (in 2012), we were ready to go with a kitchen renovation that included an addition. …

Read more »My kitchen renovation, Part 3: the layout
» Kitchen + bath, Renovation

St. Michaels low-budget kitchen: choosing cabinetry manufacturer (and door style!)

Annie Elliott | August 17, 2010

Let’s see where we are with the St. Michael’s kitchen renovation, shall we? We have a rough idea of our budget: $25,000. If this were in a city, I might scoff at that number, but out here, it just might be possible. (And we’re not buying new appliances, installing new flooring, or doing a tile …

Read more »St. Michaels low-budget kitchen: choosing cabinetry manufacturer (and door style!)
» Kitchen + bath

3 kitchen “shortcuts” to avoid

Annie Elliott | July 29, 2010

Yesterday I engaged in a full-immersion cabinetry experience at a showroom in Virginia. It can be a little overwhelming, even to a seasoned pro such as bossy color :) . So we understand the impulse to throw our magazine clippings in the air, turn on our heels, and run, screaming, “There must be a better …

Read more »3 kitchen “shortcuts” to avoid
» Kitchen + bath

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