Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
The other day I was talking to the wonderful Sheila Hagar of the Walla Walla Union Bulletin, and she casually asked, "So how's your living room looking these days?"
Egad! I thought. (Or something close to it.) Things have changed! Not too much, but still, enough for an update....
Yesterday a friend asked me about another friend's rental apartment. It's a little sterile. She just moved in, doesn't know how long she'll be there.
"Is she allowed to paint?" I asked innocently. Because, well, duh.
"No."
"No?"
"No...."
It's COLD here. I don't know exactly when it happened, but fall seems like a distant memory now.
It's the perfect time to tell you about a recent fireplace makeover.
Before my clients moved into this house, the family room fireplace wall looked like this...
Hi, Annie. I'm sure you have suggestions for amazing things that can be done in an urban rental apartment without a ginormous budget. Right?
I moved in almost a year ago, and while I like to think that I have good taste, I haven't really been able to put together a cohesive design/feeling for the place.
In some ways I'm not sure where to start...
On Halloween, another conversation took place, as we watched the replay of Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity on Comedy Central.
Annie: John, you will pick every last one of those Nerds out of that sofa. Do you hear me?
John: (Digging.) Hmph....
Not so very long ago, a conversation took place.
Annie: So. Darling. About the loveseat situation in the living room.
John (not looking up from newspaper): Hmmm?
A: The loveseat situation. Remember? The small sofa? From my parents?
Gentle Readers, how bossy color has missed you! What with the blog migration (nearly finished), client projects (exciting), a new assistant (fabulous!), and, as you know, personal decorating trials and travails (often frustrating), life has been unusually hectic.
Let's catch you up on bossy color's living room. Here is the most recent "Before:"