Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I know, Gentle Readers: I’m late to the party. I only started watching Sex Education recently, but I’m making up for lost time. I love it. (I also love that I’m NOT watching it with my teenagers. As are they.) Anyhoo, I was delighted to note that I recognized two of the wallpapers in Jean …
Happy New Year, Gentle Readers! A hearty ta-ta to 2020! Good riddance! Over the holiday break, my mind kept wandering back to Pantone’s Colors of the Year for 2021. So disappointing. If *I* were to name a color of the year for 2021, it would be green. Aside from the obvious associations for this particular …
When Farrow & Ball invited bossy color to design the DC showroom‘s window display for the 2017 “Windows by Design” project, we jumped at the chance. You know Farrow & Ball. They’re the amazing English paint and wallpaper company that draws its colors from historical sources. Everyone loves the paint names. They’re so quirky and, …
Maybe it all started at the Thomas Everard house at Colonial Williamsburg. I couldn’t get that shiny green mantel out of my head for days. Or maybe it was the green dining room at the George Wythe House at Williamsburg. Or maybe it was George Washington’s “Little Dining Room” at Mount Vernon that planted the seed. …
And by “beach house,” I mean summer house, cottage, country house, weekend house, or year-round house :) I’m just so desperate to think about warmer weather…I’d like to make every house feel summery right now. 1. Do a massive cleaning (even if you have a housekeeper). Whether we’re talking about the home you live in year-round or a house that’s been …
Happy New Year, Gentle Readers! I’m going to begin 2015 with a declaration: BOSSY COLOR’S COLOR OF THE YEAR FOR 2015 IS BRIGHT NAVY. I don’t usually have a color of the year, but this year is different. It’s been several weeks since the announcement that “Marsala,” (18-1438, for those keeping track) is Pantone’s color of the year for …
If you went out to lunch with a friend and you had spinach stuck in your teeth, you'd want him or her to tell you, right?...
I'm more than your go-to design chick. I'm your friend. And as your friend, it is my duty to tell you: you must have some wallpaper in your home.
Wallpaper is now more than a trend. It's de rigueur. People are embracing it now. They're recognizing its potential. They're unleashing the power of patterned walls....
