Everything IS better when you put a bird on it!
My fancy schmancy Nina Campbell wallpaper went up yesterday.
What can I say: it might have been the happiest day of my life.
For maximum dramatic effect, here was the foyer before we lived here:
And here it is shortly after we moved in:
In anticipation of the wallpaper, a few days ago:
Laying it out with my wallpaper guy:
The process…
Ta-DAH!
Even though there’s hardly any actual yellow in the wallpaper, I think it looks great from the egg-yolk yellow living room.
The gray dining room now makes sense, and when I get it all photographed properly, you’ll see that the pink Ikat sofa and pink chairs now look great, also. (Pardon the unbelievable mess; powder room demo taking place beyond the dining room.)
So this wallpaper IS life-changing, just as I hoped. I’m so freaking happy I can hardly stand myself!
Birds. They’re not just for Portland anymore.
Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She has been quoted in publications from The New York Times to Real Simple and is considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible.