Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Call it impending empty nest syndrome or simply a reminder to self that my house is my laboratory, and it is here that I should take risks. I have a galley kitchen. The backsplash on the stove wall is AMAZING. As well it should be, since it was a journey to end all journeys until …
Not too long ago, I visited my favorite antiques place looking for a pair of Foo/Fu dogs. They were everywhere, it seemed. It was a veritable Parade of the Foo Dogs. There’s a ton to learn about Foo Dogs, if you’re interested, which I am ;) . They’re actually “Chinese imperial lions,” and they stand …
Thank you, Jennifer Sergent of the amazing blog, DC By Design! Jen invited me to do a guest post about my kitchen backsplash saga from start to (yay!) finish, and it went live today. When Jen learned that my original backsplash had arrived from China in roughly 700 pieces, she called me immediately. “Oh my gosh …
Gentle Readers, the journey is over. And what a journey it’s been. This blog post was the last time I could bear to write about the nightmare that had become my dream of a gorgeous, gigantic, hand-painted Chinoiserie backsplash. You remember, the one that arrived in about a million pieces. I bounced back pretty quickly, I …
Gentle Readers, I apologize for the lack of news regarding my kitchen-backsplash-Chinoiserie-ceramic-panel situation. You see, my heart was broken. Kind of like the panels when they arrived recently. Yep: it arrived broken. And not just the nice clean crack you see above; the panels were in SHARDS. It isn’t surprising, though, considering the crate that was used: Yes, …
Hello, Gentle Readers! Backsplash update: the custom Chinoiserie panel situation has been, shall we say, challenging. I won’t sleep until it’s safely on my wall. It’s literally on a slow boat from China as I type, and it’s expected to arrive in another, oh, 4 weeks or so. Pray for calm seas. Today’s post is not about …
CABINETS!!!! NOW it’s feeling like a kitchen! I’m sorry, but I LOVE the blue cabinets in the butler’s pantry. When they went in, I did have a pang…should I have done the whole kitchen blue? But it might have been too much. Anyway… See that doorway to the left? That will be covered by a matching …
