Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Quick review! Trends we’ve seen so far are: light wood, natural materials, curved furniture, and bouclé upholstery. Here’s Trend #5 of 6! Trend #5: 1980s revival Describing the interior design style of the late 1970s/early ’80s is difficult, but to paraphrase Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, you know it when you see it. First, there …
I am stuck, Gentle Readers. I am working on a porch and poolside patio right now, and I CAN. NOT. CHOOSE. a fabric direction. A huge part of my job is narrowing options for my clients, so this situation is rather embarrassing. Fabric will be a major design element — we need custom seat cushions, …
When Farrow & Ball invited bossy color to design the DC showroom‘s window display for the 2017 “Windows by Design” project, we jumped at the chance. You know Farrow & Ball. They’re the amazing English paint and wallpaper company that draws its colors from historical sources. Everyone loves the paint names. They’re so quirky and, …
Or did they never leave? I’ve been revisiting the work of some “old masters” of interior decorating lately, including and especially David Hicks. He is indeed a master of many things — accessorizing and displaying collections among them — but I’ve been particularly enchanted by his canopy beds. Or, more accurately, “tester beds,” in which fabric is …
Over the weekend, the fabulous Rita Konig (you know, of Domino Magazine fame) had a snappy article in the Wall Street Journal called, "Not Your Grandma's Patterned Carpet: It's time to reconsider wall-to-wall."
Super fun. Here's my favorite part:...
