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Benjamin Moore’s AC-31 Hot Spring Stones, I love you

Annie Elliott | November 22, 2010

It looks beige in the color wheel. I have used this color as beige before. It's pretty.

But I never thought of Benjamin Moore's AC-31 Hot Spring Stones as gray.

Nonetheless, eternal optimist that I am, I was hoping against hope that somehow, in my south-facing-but-still-doesn't-get-a-ton-of-light-thanks-to-the-porch-roof dining room that it would read as a warm gray, not beige....

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» Color + paint color, Dining room

Bossy color’s living room, Part 10: Acceptance (and more on upholstery)

Annie Elliott | April 26, 2010

How does that serenity prayer go? Something about accepting the things you cannot change, trying to change the things you can, and the wisdom to know the difference? Well, that’s me right now. Serenity 101. My living room chairs are back. You’ll recall that there was a problem with the upholstery: the back pattern wasn’t …

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» Furniture + upholstery, Living Room + Family Room

The cobbler’s children have no shoes

Annie Elliott | December 30, 2007

This is so embarrassing I almost can’t write about it. But, ego be damned, I thought it might be comforting for you to know that even decorators struggle with their own houses. My living room has been painted. Five. Times. We’ve lived in this house for less than three years. And it’s not just a …

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» Color + paint color, Living Room + Family Room

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