Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I know it’s not very interior design-y of me, but in honor of Thanksgiving, I thought I’d channel my inner Nigella Lawson and share one of my favorite holiday recipes with you: corn pudding. It’s also known as “creamed corn,” if you’re honoring your midwestern roots; my mom’s from Minnesota. Many years back, though, I took …
Our window treatment fabricator said to us recently, “It’s so fun to work on your projects — you guys use the best fabrics!” High praise from someone who works with fabric day in and day out, wouldn’t you say? She’s responding, of course, to “the bossy.” We’re always looking for our next bossy inspiration…the bold, …
Question: What do you do when you have, oh…five…maybe six gorgeous, European-made racing bicycles scattered throughout your condominium? Answer: Call bossy color, of course. The bicycles are not why this fantastic client called us, but we knew right away that figuring out what to do with them needed to be part of our design strategy. …
I’ve always hated purple. It didn’t matter what shade it was. Lilac, lavender, aubergine, eggplant, plum, grape…I just didn’t like it. If you said, “purple living room,” this is what I pictured: With images like that in my head, I don’t even know that my aversion was to purple itself. It may have been what I associated …
Help me out, Gentle Readers, will you? Light greens are tricky. Refinery 29 makes a pretty great case for mint green for summer-into-fall fashion… …and no 1950s GE kitchen would be complete without green — the avocado and mint varieties. But beyond that, decorating with light green is tricky. I even tried to save one of …
What do you have when you become engaged, get married, and have a baby in the same year? So many reasons to celebrate, that’s what! A few weeks ago, my friend threw a party for her sister, who had gone through the above-mentioned events in record time. Liza is an unbelievably talented party planner and …
Every room needs an animal. Is this my new truth? I’m afraid to even say that out loud; it makes me sound kooky and, frankly, cat lady-ish. But as I was going through bossy color’s portfolio pictures recently, I noticed that many of our designs — for grown-up, public rooms, not just for kids’ bedrooms …
