Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
If I were REALLY on top of things, Gentle Readers, I would have timed this post to coincide with Valentine’s Day. But alas, I was caught up in the moment, and the mid-century cabin won out ;) Here’s what prompted the pink ponder, though: My friend Sarah was painting her kitchen. She had inspo photos, …
From time to time, Gentle Readers, a TikTok follower will send a question that really gets me thinking. The gist of a recent question was: What if you do something to your house and you HATE IT?! That was all the information I was given. Intriguing, right? No matter what the (perceived) design disaster is, …
Gentle Readers, in the past few months, several people have called our office in a panic. They’d purchased a house, they were 80% finished with the renovations, and the deadline for finish selections was yesterday. Adding to the panic was the callers’ belief that they also had to make decisions now about window treatments, rugs, …
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably given a thought or two to paint sometime in your life. So you won’t want to miss Steven Kurutz‘s excellent article in The New York Times today about two companies (founded by millennials, natch) that are disrupting the paint industry by selling paint by mail. Thanks so much for …
Hello, Gentle Readers! Under the heading, “change is good” (subheading, “a slippery slope”), the walls in my living room are now blush (Benjamin Moore’s 050 Pink Moiré)! I desperately wanted to use Farrow & Ball paint. The product is amazing, and I’ve been eager to get back to it…the depth of color is just so gorgeous. …
Maybe it all started at the Thomas Everard house at Colonial Williamsburg. I couldn’t get that shiny green mantel out of my head for days. Or maybe it was the green dining room at the George Wythe House at Williamsburg. Or maybe it was George Washington’s “Little Dining Room” at Mount Vernon that planted the seed. …
[Updated 4/2021] Gentle Readers, there is a long-running debate between my painters and me as to whether we paint the underside of soffits. (You know, those bump-outs that contain ducts and things.) I generally say yes. Paint them. Here’s what happens when you don’t paint the underside of a soffit: Doesn’t that look choppy? (Let’s not …
