Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
If you went out to lunch with a friend and you had spinach stuck in your teeth, you'd want him or her to tell you, right?...
I'm more than your go-to design chick. I'm your friend. And as your friend, it is my duty to tell you: you must have some wallpaper in your home.
Wallpaper is now more than a trend. It's de rigueur. People are embracing it now. They're recognizing its potential. They're unleashing the power of patterned walls....
Where were we? Ah yes: changing the powder room strategy from blue to green. This is the living room I'd just completed for a client.
I fell in love with that wallpaper. I mean, LOVE. All those months of focusing on yellow and blue and pink (oops - spoiler alert: pictures of my living room coming soon!)...I was feeling the need for some green. This wallpaper just needed to be in my house - somewhere.
Thus we began the powder room adventure....
Yay, spring! Even though I barely busted out the parka this winter, I'm ready for a change. 78-degree days in February are spooky. But in March, they're fabulous. And they smell better.
Could it have been a yearning for spring that led me to green for my powder room? My Irish heritage?...
Remember when I mentioned Farrow & Ball’s Rosslyn papers as an exquisite example of wallpaper’s return? Today I saw its installation in a powder room. Please excuse the “in progress” shot, but I just couldn’t wait to show you. The metallic gold pattern will add sparkle to this small space; like many powder rooms, it …