Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Rachel Perls, you are a genius. Or you’re just extremely lucky in your web surfing, but I prefer to think of you as a genius :) Behold. Rachel found the source photo for my aspirational living room: The room is by MMR Interiors out of New Orleans. Going through her portfolio, I literally felt my …
Oh, repulsive may be a bit strong. Let’s say, “unattractive.” Or even, “unfortunate.” So. What does one do with unfortunate bathroom tile? Here are bossy color’s top 4 coping mechanisms, from most involved to least. #1: REGLAZING I recommend reglazing with this caveat: you must hire a reputable glazing company, which makes this neither a …
Thanks for sticking with me through the odyssey that is my living room redesign. We’ve covered the drapes and the rug; the sofa is the next piece of the puzzle. My dream sofa was – is – Mitchell Gold’s Liam. Isn’t it elegant? I never fancied myself a shelter arm kinda girl – that’s when …
I knew it couldn’t last. My love affair with Pantone, that is. Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2009 was Mimosa, a vivid, deep yellow. I wept with joy upon hearing that news, following as it did on the heels of Pantone’s 2008 Color of the Year, Blue Iris, which was a deep, semi-tacky royal …
I was so nervous about the whole holy-cow-I-can’t-crack-the-code-on-my-own-living-room-and-people-pay-me-good-money-to-tell-them-what-to-do-with-THEIR-living-rooms thing that I jumped right into the saga. Let me back up. When I was feeling despondent about no longer having a living room sofa (and no rug), I stumbled across this picture from the fantastic blog Cote de Texas, and my life was changed forever. (Naturally …
This may be hard for you to hear. Believe me, it’s hard for me to write. Fair warning: any images you may have had of bossy color as the invincible, all-knowing superheroine of interior design-slash-decoration may be dashed. Here we go. Ready? My living room is a freaking disaster. Not just a disaster, a DISASTER. …
Dear Annie,I have a cream-background wallpaper in the dining room and have painted the trim with the same [cream]: Benjamin Moore Mystic Beige 2162-60. I painted the wall below the chair rail a deep red (Ralph Lauren’s Nobleman VM74), which picks up color in the wallpaper and drapes. The wallpaper is old, probably vintage 1967 …