Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
You know that bossy color doesn’t often post about the latest and greatest HOME products, let alone developments in the fashion world. There are a zillion blogs that do that very well. However. Under the heading, “A designer is a designer is a designer…” I finally saw a picture of the much-buzzed about Vivienne Tam-designed …
I’ve now recommended this faucet to four clients and bought one for myself. It’s high time to spread the word. You can’t go wrong with the sleek but unfortunately named de’ Lux pullout kitchen faucet from Rohl. (Sometimes the number is R3830.) It’s simple. It’s not too big or overly stylized. It works with traditional …
A very nice woman called me up recently. “I’m stuck,” she said. In the 4 years she and her family had lived in their house, they had never really used the living room. She didn’t like the master bedroom. She was thinking of enclosing a porch but wasn’t sure it was a good idea… This …
Wallpaper is back. More specifically, my clients are gravitating towards Farrow & Ball’s papers. Maybe they figure that wallpaper itself is risky enough; going with a traditional English company is reassuring, somehow… Two clients just chose Farrow & Ball’s Rosslyn Papers BP 1925. The colors are exquisite, and the gold is metallic. It’s gorgeous.
Bossy color does try to make good on its promises. In a recent post about Busboys & Poets, that fabulous and socially conscious restaurant/bar/free-trade shop, I mentioned two artists featured in the Mt. Vernon Square location and promised I’d get you the 411. Well guess what? It’s not two artists, it’s one. Meet Anna Rose …
Be sure and pick up the May issue of Washington Woman Magazine. Bossy color is quoted extensively in the the “Cottage Living” article, which focuses on smaller spaces. Thanks, Washington Woman!
Have you ever walked into a place and thought, “Wow. This place is much cooler than I am.” ? Happens to me all the time. Like recently, when my husband and I went to Busboys & Poets in Mount Vernon Square. It’s a D.C.-based restaurant/free trade shop mini-chain with a hip, loyal following. I’d been …