Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
It is a necessary evil, Gentle Readers. Photographing projects. As the designer Celerie Kemble says (I’m paraphrasing): if you don’t photograph a project, it’s as though it didn’t happen. Too true, too true. Reality in the form of time and budgetary limitations prevents me from photographing every single project, but I do try and capture …
Holy cow. I hope you’re safe and healthy, Gentle Readers. These are some crazy times we’re living through. Coronapocalypse, indeed. As I am neither a doctor nor a politician, there isn’t much I can do about the coronavirus. What I CAN do, though, is commiserate and offer a distraction. Our interior design business carries on. …
That’s a direct quote, actually, from someone who called today about our interior design services. Crazy, right? We’re living through a once-in-a-hundred-years pandemic, afraid to get within six feet of our best friends, hesitant to touch doorknobs, and doing mental math like nobody’s business to figure out if it’s been two weeks since you had …
Thanks, Washington Post and Mari-Jane Williams! It was a kick and an honor to be the guest designer for House Calls last week. Who doesn’t love a makeover? Be sure and click through to the article to see the specific pieces we recommended — it’s a very budget-friendly design! And quite a dramatic improvement, if I …
It's COLD here. I don't know exactly when it happened, but fall seems like a distant memory now.
It's the perfect time to tell you about a recent fireplace makeover.
Before my clients moved into this house, the family room fireplace wall looked like this...
… without changing all the furniture! There’s nothing like finishing a family room makeover just as the kids are going back to school and won’t be able to enjoy it! Ah, well. Here is my lovely clients’ family room before: [More…] Let’s tackle the “after,” shall we? Step 1: Add a rug. 2. …
