Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I mean, why not? I can't work with every single person who contacts bossy color, tragically. But some fairly universal paint color challenges do exist, so I thought if I came up with some foolproof paint colors...
THE IMAGINARY FRIEND: a youngish bachelor.
THE IMAGINARY HOME: a one-bedroom apartment in the city....
I'm one of those people who thinks it should be illegal even to THINK about Christmas before Thanksgiving.
Usually.
But ever since my highly organized sister-in-law asked me what I wanted this year (dessert plates and Steve Jobs' biography, if anyone's listening), Christmas has been on my mind...
Hello, Gentle Readers! I missed you!...I hope you had a wonderful summer and that you're now frolicking in big piles of yellow leaves...
So what's shaking? Over here in bossyland I'm excited to have a new colleague to brag about...
Do you remember reading my post about wall-to-wall carpeting a few months back? About how it's making a comeback?
Well if you didn't, now you won't have to! The AP interviewed me last week for a story about it, and it hit the papers - and the web-waves - yesterday. Newsday and The Washington Post lead the list....
Dear Gentle Readers,
I apologize. I didn't intend to get out of the posting groove, but as you can see, it happened anyway. Rather than continuing to disappoint you every time you rush to your computer in excited anticipation of bossy color blog's next installment (I hope the gentle sarcasm is coming through), I am going to declare, officially, that bossy color blog is on hiatus this summer...
I want to tell you about a new project. I'm really excited about it!
Color Outlook is a quarterly series of 1-hour podcasts about color trends. Six color experts talk about which colors we're working with right now and which we believe will gain in popularity in the months to come. It's color forecasting on an immediate scale, unlike annual color pronouncements from on high....
Bossy color is in today's Washington Post, in the District Local Living section! The fabulous Terri Sapienza has written an article called "10 first pieces that will last." It's about the best investment furniture for recent graduates.
If you're hell-bent on avoiding the Ikea abyss, on what piece of furniture should you splurge?
I recommend a bachelor's chest....