Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Thanks, Washingtonian Magazine! Ann Cochran wrote a terrific (that’s an unbiased opinion, ahem) article called, “High Style,” in which she talks about ceilings. Spoiler alert: don’t ignore them! This is the bossy color project that tickled the magazine’s fancy: Putting color or pattern on the ceiling can be especially effective if you want to keep the …
THANK YOU, PANTONE!!! Thank you, thank you, for giving us Greenery this year! Talk about a much-needed lift! 15-0343 Greenery. What a fresh, optimistic color! Cause for celebration! A grassy green with enough lime to give it some energy and playfulness. Greenery is a straightforward, honest green that wants the best for all of us. It turns …
I hope that by now, I’ve convinced all of you to have wallpaper SOMEWHERE in your lovely homes. Maybe you’re still getting comfortable with wallpaper — using it as an accent wall in a bedroom or trying it out in your powder room — or maybe you’ve gone whole hog and are hanging it faster than the factories can print it. Either way, here …
I arrived home a few hours ago to an empty house. My husband and daughters are still in St. Michaels, where the girls will go to sailing camp this week. Usually I love chilling by myself at home; it’s so rare that no one else is here. But it was a really fun weekend, filled w/ amazing food, bike …
Thanks for bearing with me, Gentle Readers. Here is my final observation about Colonial Williamsburg. And then I promise to go on vacation somewhere else. As an interior designer, I spend a lot of time thinking how I can achieve flow within a house. How can I make each room a little different while maintaining a cohesive feel? It helps if the …
It’s embarrassing but true. As a red-blooded, card-carrying citizen of these United States of America, I had never been to Colonial Williamsburg before this summer. But let me tell you: it was worth the wait. I loved everything about it. I loved how accurate it was. (When my husband visited as a kid in 1976, the thinking was that …
[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 …
