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Roman Shades

The best window treatments for half coverage

Annie Elliott | June 11, 2023

(I first wrote “the best bottom-only window treatments,” but it sounded kind of gross.) You may have found yourselves in this very situation, Gentle Readers: you want to cover only the bottom half of a window, but you’re not quite sure how. You need some privacy (or you want to obscure something unsightly, such as …

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My 3 Favorite Kinds of Window Treatments

Annie Elliott | February 14, 2021

Gentle Readers, have you ever been confronted with a naked window and been paralyzed with indecision? You knew in your heart that something must be done, but you didn’t know where to start. Let me encourage you now: please do not ignore the unadorned window. Be strong, be brave, and try one of these, my …

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It’s time to upgrade your home office

Annie Elliott | October 19, 2020

Oh, Gentle Readers. What are we, 7 months into this pandemic? I hope you’re holding up ok. At first, working from home was novel. If you didn’t have a dedicated home office, you set up where you could: kitchen table, lap desk in the living room, wherever. And that was ok. But then we realized …

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» Furniture + upholstery
Bed with 3 blue floral Euro pillows and duvet cover and artwork

Master Bedroom Makeover…With the Same Furniture

Annie Elliott | July 29, 2018

Sometimes, you just need a refresh. If you have excellent quality furniture and you still love it, there’s no reason not to incorporate it into a new design. That’s what we did in this master bedroom. We rearranged the bed, bedside tables, and three dressers, and we changed everything else: the carpeting, window treatments, bedding, …

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» Bedroom
Red and blue family room by Washington, DC designer Annie Elliott

Annie’s 5 favorite window treatments in The Scout Guide

Annie Elliott | March 1, 2017

Thank you, TSG! Check out Window Treatments 101 in the national edition of The Scout Guide! It’s a guide to bossy color’s favorite, tried-and-true window treatments, from Roman Shades to Brisbees. What’s a Brisbee, you ask? Well, you’ll just have to click through and find out, won’t you? ;) Annie Elliott and her fellow Bossettes design …

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Grass green bedroom with bunk beds and built-in shelving

Should Parents Let Kids Design Their Own Bedrooms?

Annie Elliott | January 23, 2017

So reads the title of a recent Wall Street Journal article. When a family embarks on a redecorating project for, say, a living or family room, it’s smart to get input from all family members. When you’re focusing on the design of a child’s room, well, effectively there are only 2 stakeholders: the one sleeping in the room, and …

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» Bedroom, Kids
Kitchen with navy blue cabinets, marble floors, marble countertops, and brass accents, by Aidan Design

Renovating your kitchen? Call Aidan Design (My kitchen renovation, Part 2)

Annie Elliott | August 22, 2016

Putting aside the question of to expand or not to expand, I knew what I needed to do to get the ball rolling on our kitchen renovation. I needed to call the brilliant Nadia Subaran of Aidan Design. Now, you might be saying to yourself, “But you’re an interior designer! Why can’t you handle this?” Because, Gentle Readers, I …

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» Kitchen + bath, Renovation

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