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 …
You want your home to reflect YOU, but you don’t know how I bet you’re a pretty amazing person. But being amazing and having your home look amazing require two different skill sets. Sometimes fascinating people have great senses of style; knowledge about the most interesting products on the market; AND the interest, time, and …
As you may know, Banned Books Week just ended. The week got me thinking about libraries — in particular, my hometown library in Glens Falls, New York. When I was in middle school, my best friend Emily and I would end the school day, hop on our bikes, and ride to Crandall Library downtown. For me, the library wasn’t …
You say, "hallway," I say, "library."
This area a master suite was woefully underused. It's too wide to be considered a true hallway, but it's too narrow to be treated like a room.
Since this client is a GENIUS with photographs and has roughly a gazillion, we thought it might be handy to have some shelves where she could store completed albums as well as unframed pictures in boxes. Open shelves and closed storage, in other words....
