Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
The love affair started before the party at Timothy Paul Bedding + Home last week (My Notting Hill gave it a mention on Monday...)
The party was given by Sferra - and it was tons of fun - but Timothy Paul has always been my go-to bedding store for John Robshaw. So it's understandable that I would be thinking of Mr. Robshaw even as I cavorted among someone else's sheets.
Oooh - racy!
Rugs are rectangular. It’s a law of nature. That said, we recognize that in recent years there has been a mini-explosion of round rugs – and adorable ones, at that. Anthropologie, of course; Urban Outfitters, Garnet Hill…we would hate to see these rugs go unloved. BOSSY COLOR APPROVES OF ROUND RUGS IN: Children’s rooms. But …
In our last episode, bossy color apologized for our, how shall we say? lame, lazy attempt at accent pillows on her very own bed. At the time the offense took place, we were focused on the new Galbraith and Paul headboard, with which we were madly in love. We ran out of steam before “finishing …
Yes, yes. Bossy color is aware that Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan's book, Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure came out a few years ago. But I thought about it again this weekend, as I pulled a muscle shoving a vacuum into the far reaches of under-the-bed land.
The clutter in our bedroom had reached an unacceptable level....
Greetings, Gentle Readers. Greetings from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where I find myself once again…with children, with computer, but without husband or babysitter. Suffice it to say we have a plentiful supply of gin. And limes. I promised I would provide more information about the art in the salon arrangement in bossy color’s living room. Ohslowburn …
One of my clients has two young boys who share a bedroom. There are plenty of other rooms in the house, but they like to be in the same room, which I find very dear. When we were decorating it, our goals were to: a) make it cute b) do something that distinguished each child’s …
Yesterday, a Gentle Reader asked for our guidance in creating a safari-themed bedroom. After discussing wall colors (orange: no; brown or khaki: yes), today bossy color offers this life-changing advice. WINDOWS A grown-up interpretation of the safari concept includes natural materials. Consider natural woven shades on the windows – the grassier the better. (Sometimes these …