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Pantone’s Colors of the Year 2021: Ultimate Gray and Illuminating

Annie Elliott | December 14, 2020

I was sitting on our back porch this eerily warm weekend when my teenage daughter Ruthie came out. Ruthie: Whatcha doing? Me: Writing about Pantone’s Colors Of the Year for 2021. Without much success, I’m afraid. R: Oh! What’s the color? Me: No, what are they. They did two colors this year. R: Can they …

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Annie Elliott on the cover of Washington Post Real Estate section

Washington Post Real Estate Section: thank you!

Annie Elliott | April 2, 2017

Holy cow – thank you, Washington Post, for putting bossy color on the cover of the Real Estate section yesterday! Deborah Dietsch‘s article is called, “Stuck in Neutral? Here’s How Nervous Homeowners can Color Their World.” Hey. However I can help. We’ll get a PDF of the article up on the bossy color website so you can …

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Pink living room with gallery wall

Blush walls in Annie’s living room!

Annie Elliott | March 5, 2017

Hello, Gentle Readers! Under the heading, “change is good” (subheading, “a slippery slope”), the walls in my living room are now blush (Benjamin Moore’s 050 Pink Moiré)! I desperately wanted to use Farrow & Ball paint. The product is amazing, and I’ve been eager to get back to it…the depth of color is just so gorgeous. …

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» Color + paint color, Living Room + Family Room
Blue sofa with art wall

Goodbye, yellow living room. A love letter of sorts

Annie Elliott | February 20, 2017

Dear Living Room, I love you. But I haven’t always. You’re not easy, you know. When we bought this house at the end of 2004, I didn’t know what to do with you. You’re north-facing. You’re almost square. You have a corner fireplace – and you know how tricky those can be. You have a …

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» Color + paint color, Living Room + Family Room
Green bedroom with gallery wall and vintage black and white bedding

Hooray for Greenery! Pantone’s Color of the Year 2017

Annie Elliott | December 11, 2016

THANK YOU, PANTONE!!! Thank you, thank you, for giving us Greenery this year! Talk about a much-needed lift! 15-0343 Greenery. What a fresh, optimistic color! Cause for celebration! A grassy green with enough lime to give it some energy and playfulness. Greenery is a straightforward, honest green that wants the best for all of us. It turns …

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Magnaverde: secret fan of yellow

Annie Elliott | October 26, 2010

Gentle Readers, a while back, when I confessed that I was considering painting my living room yet again, a lovely note and sketch appeared in my in-box.

The author is Bart Swindall, aka Magnaverde, Chicago historian, Apartment Therapy contributor, tiny vintage apartment inhabitor and rapier wit possessor...

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» Color + paint color, Living Room + Family Room

Bossy color’s living room, part we’ve lost count: Benjamin Moore’s 343 Sunrays and a new art wall

Annie Elliott | October 4, 2010

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:"

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» Color + paint color, Living Room + Family Room

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