Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Thank you, Gentle Readers, for tuning into my House Beautiful live tour last week! If you missed it, you can still see it on this page. I’m so grateful for your support! I’m in more of a picture mood than a word mood today, so I thought I’d bring out some before and after pictures …
Hello, Gentle Readers! Today’s the day! (If you’re reading this on Monday, that is…) Please go to House Beautiful’s Instagram page at noon, click on IGTV, and tune into my house tour – LIVE!
Hello, Gentle Readers. In light of recent (tragic) events, today’s Open House Tour w/ House Beautiful has been rescheduled for Monday, June 15. Don’t worry; I’ll remind you again. Thank you, and please keep yourselves safe. Hello, Gentle Readers! So HERE’s a pandemic distraction for you. Next Monday, June 1, at noon I will be …
Gentle Readers, if you have been reading bossy color blog faithfully since 2009 (!!!), you know that a tenet I hold near and dear is this: START WITH THE RUG. If you’re hating a room but you just can’t figure out what to do about it, start with the rug. Except when you don’t. We just …
Jura Koncius just wrote a terrific article in the Washington Post about Millennials being more interested in experiences than in accumulating things for their homes. For this generation, nostalgia is in short supply. Koncius points out that it’s not that Millennials don’t care about their surroundings. They do. Newell Turner, Editor-in Chief of House Beautiful, says in the article …
Ok, Newell Turner. I think you and I are going to get along just fine.I was still reeling from the news that my imaginary work paramour Stephen Drucker had left House Beautiful for Town & Country, a magazine about which I care not one iota. Perhaps Stephen will change that. Regardless of what happens with that publication, …
