Who Doesn't Love a Makeover? : Annie Elliott Design

Who Doesn’t Love a Makeover?

Annie Elliott | June 21, 2020

Thank you, Gentle Readers, for tuning into my House Beautiful live tour last week! If you missed it, you can still see it on this page. I’m so grateful for your support!

Annie Elliott on House Beautiful's Open House Live tour on Instagram

I’m in more of a picture mood than a word mood today, so I thought I’d bring out some before and after pictures just for fun. It’s the blog equivalent of summer reading.

Grand foyer in a historic house before redecorating — Before. Foyer of a beautiful historic house in NW DC before my clients moved in.

Bright, airy foyer in a grand historic house in Washington DC — After. We removed the chair rail to make the space less choppy, and ivory paint brightened things up considerably! Photo by Angie Seckinger

Half empty dining room before being redecorated — After. We removed the chair rail to make the space less choppy, and ivory paint brightened things up considerably! Photo by Angie Seckinger

After. One of my favorite rooms ever. Luckily, the client feels the same way ;) Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg

Red dining room before renovation — Before: My lovely Capitol Hill clients didn’t like spending time in their dining room

Red dining room before makeover — Although the room is on the “garden level,” it gets lots of light…the red walls just swallowed it up

Bright wallpapered dining room with pink and white chairs — After: Thibaut wallpaper with a white background changed everything

Bright dining room with bird wallpaper — My clients now use the room for lots of things: eating, paying bills, reading the paper…redecorating gave it new life. Photos by Jenn Verrier

Small Georgetown living room "before" picture — Before. My clients realized that their furniture was too large for their new house in Georgetown

Georgetown living room with blue grasscloth — After. Ironically, MORE furniture — at the right scale — makes this room feel larger than when it only contained a sofa and chairs. Photo by Angie Seckinger

Annie Elliott Design is based in Washington, DC, but we travel for fun projects. Annie’s design work and insights have appeared in numerous local and national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washingtonian Magazine. Annie is designing a room in the ASPIRE HOUSE, a designers’ showcase, later this summer.