Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
Anyone tired of the 50 Shades of Gray references? I'm not! The witty and eloquent Elizabeth Mayhew debuted a column in The Washington Post's Local Living section on Thursday, and her first one was called, 7 Shades of Gray.
I was delighted to provide some thoughts for the article's sidebar....
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 know Honeysuckle Pink is the color of the year, but I seem to be recommending BLUE for a lot of dining rooms these days.
Why is that, I wonder? I've never thought of blue as a particularly appetizing color, but it seems as though blue is just the ticket for several projects right now....
What ho, Gentle Readers?! Holy cow - is it February already? Since when did January/February become crazy decorating season? It's wonderful, of course, but I'm sorry I've been neglecting you!
A piece of exciting news: I've just been named an Expert on the Benjamin Moore Experts Exchange....
When we first moved into this house, our twin daughters were 6 months old.
(They're fraternal, not identical, but they go through stages of looking very, very similar. Age 6 months was one of those times; try as I might, I have no idea who this kid is.)
We decided to keep the girls in the same room as long as we could - heck, they shared a CRIB for several months when they were first born, so sharing a room was a no-brainer....
I love small businesses. I mean, I know I am one, so that makes sense, but when a professional photographer and a letterpress owner /graphic designer said they needed a bossy basic for a new meeting space, I jumped at it.
They each have their own offices, but they decided to go in on a nice room in a central location where they could meet with clients. This is the room before. Not huge....
You say, "hallway," I say, "library."
This area a master suite was woefully underused. It's too wide to be considered a true hallway, but it's too narrow to be treated like a room.
Since this client is a GENIUS with photographs and has roughly a gazillion, we thought it might be handy to have some shelves where she could store completed albums as well as unframed pictures in boxes. Open shelves and closed storage, in other words....