Annie Elliott Design (and a pretty dining room!) : Annie Elliott Design

You may have noticed, Gentle Readers, that this blog post directs you to a website called, “Annie Elliott Design.” Rest assured: you are in the right place.

To communicate more clearly that we are a full-service design firm, I felt a name change was necessary. (I’ve known this for years, actually, thanks to many qualified business advisors and my own sneaking suspicions, but I just wasn’t ready.) The blog will always be the “bossy color blog,” and I will continue, unsuccessfully, to vow to write more frequently.

Traditional dining room — Pretty picture of a recent project! I figured I should pop a few of these in here to keep you interested. Photo by Angie Seckinger

I love the name bossy color. My brother thought of it, as you know, which I thought was hilarious and clever. But it didn’t make clear that we were not color consultants or people who could help you buy a new sofa for your family room. So we spent too much time disappointing people — which I hate to do — when they wrote or called us.

Antique dining room sideboard — The same pretty dining room. Photo by Angie Seckinger

We started out small, but for the last eight or nine years, we’ve focused on large-scale projects. Multiple rooms at a minimum, multiple residences at the other end. Our clients, architects, and contractors know this, but “bossy color” didn’t readily communicate the nature of our work to others. So.

Large blue floral Chinoiserie painting — Schumacher Chinoiserie wallpaper panel as art, complete with picture moulding. Photo by Angie Seckinger

I hope you like “Annie Elliott Design.” While not very inventive, it’s accurate. And I do love the new logo. (Thank you, Stacy Kleber and DLM Web Development, and no thanks to you, fancy stationery company that wouldn’t divulge the name of the font in your logo, thereby forcing Stacy and me to stay up to the wee hours combing the internet for it. Found it: nyah nyah.)

Sigh. I love my work. Thank you for making it possible!

P.S. Thanks also to those of you who have already pointed out errors on our website (our mailing address, for example). My webmistress, Danna McCormick, is now on vacation, so we’ll make those corrections as soon as she’s back. Thank you, though — I do hate to be inaccurate!

Annie Elliott DESIGN ;) is based in Washington, DC. Annie’s design work and insights have appeared in numerous local and national publications, most recently The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.