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Heellllllloooooo!

November 15, 2011 12 Comments

Hello, Gentle Readers! I missed you!

I promise that there were no mysterious illnesses or tragedies that caused the blog break (thank you for your concern!); I just needed some time away. I hope you had a wonderful summer and that you’re now frolicking in big piles of yellow leaves.

Fall has gone by in a blip. Did you realize that Thanksgiving is next week? I know – neither did I. Lucky thing I’m not hosting this year.

So what’s shaking? Over here in bossyland I’m excited to have a new colleague to brag about (my former assistant is now kicking butt and taking names at Parsons School for Design). K* is totally awesome and has a blog, too, 75th and Sedgwick, which she writes w/ her best friend. Here’s her supercute post about coming to work at bossy color.

The new team bossy's first photo shoot together. Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color

Meanwhile, my Design Associate, E** continues to be fabulouser and fabulouser. If it weren’t for her, none of my clients’ pillows would be trimmed (tip: cording, out; small flanges, IN!), bookshelves throughout the capital region would be haphazard, and I would remain woefully unconvinced of the power of a potted plant.

See the plant? (Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color)

The former bossy team had crazy schedules and were juggling different projects. Now, though, E, K, and I are often crammed into my office at the same time, happily brainstorming, snarfing sandwiches from Jetties and trying not to laugh so hard that Diet Coke comes out our noses.

And working, of course.

Oh, and bossy color still has a plus one in the form of my brother, James (aka Uncle Jimmy, Jimmy Riot), whose tendonitis seems to be on the mend (finally; let’s hear it for acupuncture), so he may be leaving us soon. 2nd-grader-picker-upper, laundry folder, errand runner, dinner appreciater…his leaving would be a big blow for us, but awesome for him.

Between work fantastickness – the new team plus a bursting-at-the-seams roster of new and returning clients – my own back porch/basement renovation showing signs of progress (so, so expensive; so, so unsatisfying because most the work is outside, beyond the reaches of my decorating tentacles); and happy and healthy daughters, husband, and crotchety aging cat, things are pretty darn good.

It’s great to be back.

Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color

*You’ll probably learn K’s real name eventually, but I forgot to check w/ her about anonymity and the blogosphere; most people are smarter than I am about that stuff.

**I’ll check w/ E, too. Maybe I’ve even already mentioned her in this blog…see how long I’ve been away? I’m sorry!

Filed Under: Basement, Bookshelves, Client project, Entry hall Tagged With: client photographs, Jimmy Riot, Team bossy

Thanks, Associated Press! “Carpet, the bolder the better, makes a comeback”

August 3, 2011 12 Comments

Do you remember reading my post about wall-to-wall carpeting a few months back? About how it’s making a comeback?

Wall-to-wall carpeting in bay window (Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color)

Well if you didn’t, now you won’t have to!

Manuel Canovas bedding and headboard, Crate & Barrel lamp, Horchow side table (Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color)

The AP interviewed me last week for a story about it, and it hit the papers – and the web-waves – yesterday. Newsday, The Washington Post, and abc.com lead the list, but the story also was carried by aol news, The Albany Times-Union, and others.

Striped wall-to-wall carpeting on staircase (Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color)

Most papers also carried 2 of my – (“my” = the work of my fabulous photographer, Michael Wilkinson) pictures, which was super duper.

What’s new about wall-to-wall is PATTERN. That and color. We’re not talking about the beige berber you have in your basement. We’re talking about strong, graphic carpeting.

Bordered wall-to-wall carpeting in playroom (Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color)

(Huh? What’s the name of the carpeting in the bedroom pictures? I knew you were going to ask that…I think the name involves the word, “princess,” but I’m going to have to let you know when I’m back in my real, non-remote office with all of my files. Sorry about that.)

In any event, Gentle Readers, the stigma is gone. Carpet away!

Art wall over Wisteria chest (Photo: Michael K. Wilkinson for bossy color)

Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She’s considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible. She’s also a proud member of the Color Outlook team: 6 experts from across the country who podcast quarterly about color trends and forecasts.

Filed Under: Art, Bedding, Bedroom, Children, Client project, Interview with bossy color, Kids, Press, Thanks, Wall-to-wall carpet Tagged With: AP, Associated Press story carpeting, Carpeting, colorful carpet, Crate & Barrel, graphic carpet, Horchow Orbit side table, Manuel Canovas, wall-to-wall carpet

Happy summer (and some of bossy color’s favorite blog posts)

July 14, 2011 19 Comments

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.

Call it social media burnout or call it like it is: I’ve simply been swamped. I can’t seem to carve out the time these days to craft thoughtful, well-written blog posts for you and keep all the other balls in the air.

Hot pink bedroom Manuel Canovas

Post shorter, my friends say. I know, I know…and I’ve tried. Not tried hard enough, clearly, but it’s hard for me to break into installments a post that I’m writing right at that moment. I get too excited and have to get it out there all at once.

Just post something. ANYTHING, my friends say. But I can’t do it. Despite blogs’ transient nature, I’ve tried to write posts that might be genuinely interesting and/or helpful to you, today or in the months to come. They take time.

Farrow & Ball wallpaper in powder room

The reasons for blog neglect are happy ones.

First, I have a ton of work – excellent projects with wonderful clients, which is the best possible combo. And although I now have assistance in the form of not one but two fantastic design helpers, all three of us are super busy, all the time.

Second, there was a recent hours-a-day push to get the SketchUp book to the publisher’s. (I’m happy to say that it is now in their capable hands. Hooray!)

Third, I’m trying to do more photo shoots, so I can get my work onto the bossy color website and out into the world.

Blue dining room floral drapes Oriental rug

I desperately hope we can stay in touch. WordPress tells me I have more than 400 posts in the archives. Perhaps they can tide you over. Here are some of my favorites – think of them as summer reading:

The accent wall: friend or foe?

Bye-bye, sofa

Need art? Etsy.com

If you see a table lamp you like, BUY IT

The living room checklist

Reglazing tile: tips and trauma prevention

Best of bossy’s colors: HC-67 Clinton Brown

And that oldie but goodie, Thinking about reupholstering? There’s something you should know

The minute I have something interesting to say and the time in which to say it, you will be the first to know. Have a wonderful summer.

Love, Annie

Floral headboard with green lamp

Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She’s considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible. She’s also a proud member of the Color Outlook team: 6 experts from across the country who podcast quarterly about color trends and forecasts.

Filed Under: Best of bossy's colors, Client project, Color, Lamps, Lighting Tagged With: Etsy, favorite posts, professional photographs, SketchUp

Colors that match vs. complement vs. just plain work. (Bonus: an unexpectedly fabulous color combo!)

May 24, 2011 16 Comments

We all know that when you’re decorating a room from scratch, my advice is to start with the rug.

One of my most loyal, blog-reading, bossy-bossing clients is moving into a darling bungalow, and she took this advice to heart. (Advice, gentle suggestion, command…tomato, tomahto, tomuto.)

Remember how I said recently that blue dining rooms are all the rage? In part because they pull the blues from Oriental rugs so beautifully – blues MATCH well. That was the case here. This client’s bungalow dining room was a ”before” in the blue dining room post.

Red oriental rug with mustard walls

(Can you believe that’s the same color above and below? Yeesh. Without flash, mustard. With flash, Merry Marigold. Either way…yeesh.)

Oriental rug gold walls

Anyway, we’d decided that we’d make the most of her beautiful rug by using Benjamin Moore’s 2062-50 Blue Jean on the walls.

Benjamin Moore Blue Jean

Ta-DA, right? It looks fantastic. It MATCHES :)

What’s doesn’t quite match but doesn’t quite qualify as a complement (try saying that 5 times fast) is what we did in the L-shaped back room.

Here’s the before, with her gorgeous rugs but also, tragically, with semi-gloss walls the color of rye toast.

Tan room with pretty rugs

Red rug tan walls

Beautiful rug with tan walls

Here’s a closeup of the larger rug. It’s beyond gorgeous.

Closeup of flatweave silk rug

Those reds are closer to dark pink. And there’s a light aqua, a light but intense yellow-green, lots of cream, various oranges…just beautiful. It’s a silk flatweave that my client bought years ago at a store called Paysage in Cleveland. (I tried going to the site, but it seems to be having some issues.) She insists that the rug indestructible, despite being silk. Ask Harry and Duncan, her dogs. They’ll tell you.

Anyhoo, what color would YOU have put with this rug? Would you have MATCHED it by pulling out the yellow-green? The aqua? Cream? Here’s what we went with in the end:

2069-50 Blue Orchid

Silk rug lavender walls

Benjamin Moore’s 2069-50 Blue Orchid, a blue with quite a bit of lavender in it. Isn’t it great with the silk rug? It JUST PLAIN WORKS.

Benjamin Moore's 2069-50 Blue Orchid

Closeup lavender walls with silk rug

It really brings out the pinks, somehow. I even like it with the navy and red rug, which the client’s friend brought her from Turkey. (I tell you, if you want nice rugs, make friends with a foreign-service officer today.) Red Turkish rug with Blue Orchid walls

So what are we to make of this? I pulled out a color wheel, and this is not a cut-and-dried case of COMPLEMENTING colors. (Sick of the caps? Sorry. But it’s helpful, right?)

If it were a true complement, we could have put, I dunno, yellow-green on the walls to complement those pink hues in the larger rug.

Or a truer blue or aqua on the walls to complement its orangey-ness. Maybe the lavender works because the large silk rug reads yellowy cream overall?

I’m about to embark upon a series of podcasts with 5 kick-a$% color experts, so maybe I’ll just ask them. (More on that later.)

But for now, let’s just say that the Blue Orchid just plain works with the rugs. That’s good enough for the client. And, frankly, it’s good enough for me.

Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She’s also the creator of the “bossy basic,” a one-time service to jump-start the interior design process in your home.

Filed Under: Bungalow, Client project, Color, Dining room, Paint Tagged With: colors that just work together but you don't know why, complementing colors, matching colors

5 fab side tables

May 17, 2011 11 Comments

Gentle Readers, I am alive. When your parents inquire after your health because, well, “it’s been quite a while since you’ve posted,” you know you’ve pushed the boundaries of politeness. I apologize.

Sig Bergamin in Elle Decor

The good news is that bossy color has been absolutely swamped.

The better news is that we now have two lovely helpers keeping the ship afloat.

The bad news is that, well, the date of my last post should indicate what the bad news is. I’m sorry to have neglected you. I will try to do better.

Elaine Griffin in Elle Decor

One of the things that’s been keeping me so busy has been side tables, of all things.

You know how when you learn a new vocabulary word, you think you hear it everywhere? Turns out the same is true of side tables. EVERYONE seems to be looking for the perfect side table these days. (Well, at least three of my clients. That’s everyone to me.) So my eyes are magnetically drawn to interesting ones…

In my sourcing adventures, I’ve found several side tables that I thought were irresistible. I thought you might like to know about them.

Patrick Printy in Elle Decor

1. Bungalow 5′s Brigitte

This comes in black, white, or Robin’s Egg Blue…The black makes it look more graphic, which is perfect for the black, gray, and red room in which it will reside.

I think this table is too small for a lamp – although Elaine Griffin plays with lamp/table scale beautifully in the picture above. We’ll use it for drinks, and it will nestle snugly between two contemporary upholstered chairs. They’re discontinuing this, so Google it fast if you like it!

Bungalow 5's Brigitte Oval Table

2. Horchow’s Orbit

Surprisingly versatile. My client and I ordered them for a bedroom, but when they arrived, we loved them so much we’re now redesigning the living room around them. With a 20″ diameter, they’re bigger than they look. In a good way.

Horchow's Orbit side table

3. Roche Bobois’ Eugenie

Lest you fear I’ve gone all girly in my tastes (not that there’s anything wrong with that), I’m very impressed with Roche Bobois’ Eugenie side table. It’s at the other end of the $ spectrum from Bungalow 5, to be sure, but this is a different animal. And it’s quite large, with a 37.4″ diameter. I love how strong and masculine it is, and it alludes to bungalow/craftsman architecture without being all “Mission.” I appreciate that.

Roche Bobois' Eugenie side table

4. Hickory White’s Transitions Round Lamp Table

Well I guess that answers that: it claims it’s big enough for a lamp. Again, I like the masculinity of this piece as well as the bronze finish. Great if you’re feeling as though your room is getting too, I dunno, wood-filled.

Hickory White's Transitions Round Lamp Table

5. Mitchell Gold’s Logan

Well, look at that. Turns out most of my favorite side tables right now are round. Huh! I wasn’t trying to discriminate against squares and rectangles; this is just what our needs have been of late.

If you ARE looking for that perfect, timeless, rectangular side table, consider Mitchell Gold’s Logan. You can make it more solid by stacking books and objects on the shelves…it’s especially good if you’re unsure of your style, because it’s kind of traditional, kind of modern. It’s “transitional,” as much as I dislike that term. But it doesn’t have the mid-century modern vibe that some Mitchell Gold pieces do, which makes it pretty darn versatile.

: Mitchell Gold’s Logan side table

Go forth and furnish, Gentle Readers! May your lamps and drinks always have a place to land.

Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She has been quoted in publications from The Washington Post to Real Simple and is considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible.

Filed Under: Client project, Family room, Furniture, Living room, Table Tagged With: Bungalow 5, drinks table, Hickory White, Horchow, lamp table, Mitchell Gold, Roche Bobois, round table, side table

Blue dining rooms. So here! So now!

May 1, 2011 15 Comments

I know Honeysuckle Pink is the color of the year, but I seem to be recommending blue for 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 has been just the ticket for several dining rooms I’ve been working on.

For the client below, we (I) just couldn’t bring ourselves (myself) to paint the walls goldy beige, which was the original plan.

Oops.

But don’t the blue walls look great with the paisley drapes and Jaipur rug? The client is so pleased. And we all know that a happy client = happy bossy.

Blue and brown dining room Benjamin Moore Buxton Blue

Benjamin Moore's HC-149 Buxton Blue

Another client is moving into an adorable bungalow, and the winning color for that DR is Benjamin Moore’s 2062-50 Blue Jean. Not that ANY color wouldn’t have been a vast improvement over the Merry Marigold that’s in there now. (That name’s a guess.)

Dining room with Oriental rug

I think one of the reasons blue keeps presenting itself as The Dining Room Solution is that it pulls out the blues in Oriental rugs so nicely. This is a dining room I did for some super duper clients several years ago. The rug was a given, but we didn’t want neutral walls. We used Benjamin Moore’s HC-150 Yarmouth Blue, if memory serves…

Blue dining room Benjamin Moore Yarmouth Blue

I don’t go in for blues that are too periwinkle, as in this dining room:

Jamie Creel and Marco Scarani in Elle Decor

It’s my own bias, but periwinkle will forever remind me of Laura Ashley bedrooms. (It sure looks fab w/ those red/orange light fixtures, though, doesn’t it?)

Warmer blues are safer for a dining room.

Tony Fornabaio in Elle Decor

No, you have to be careful that a blue dining room isn’t too cold. My mother told me that her English mother-in-law had an ICE BLUE dining room, and the effect was, well, chilly. (Mind you, I bet Grannie looked fabulous in that room, which may not have been unintentional.) I can see how an icy blue dining room might be a 40s holdover, can’t you?

Steven Gambrel in Elle Decor

A client and I are planning to do a navy blue dining room this fall. (We’re renovating, or we’d be doing it tomorrow, we’re so excited about it.) In LACQUER, no less. Yum.

T. Keller Donovan in Elle Decor

First dinner guest caught licking the walls should win some sort of prize. Suggestions?

Filed Under: Benjamin Moore, Client project, Color, Dining room, Paint Tagged With: Benjamin Moore, blue dining room, Blue Jean, blue lacquer, Buxton Blue, Elle Decor, Jame Creel and Marco Scarani, lacquer walls, navy blue dining room, navy blue walls, Steven Gambrel, T. Keller Donovan, Tony Fornabaio, Yarmouth Blue

Google SketchUp: best drawing program EVER, with a handbook to match

March 31, 2011 17 Comments

Hello, Gentle Readers. I miss you. I apologize for the sporadic posts of late…have you wondered why that’s been? It’s for a good cause – an exciting cause – but an exhausting and time-consuming one.

I am co-authoring a designer’s guide to the drawing program Google SketchUp, and it will be published by Pearson. We’ve had deadlines recently. Several of them.

(SketchUp , by the way, is is downloadable FOR FREE via this link. Of course I was the last known person to actually PAY for SketchUp several years ago; 10 minutes after I pressed “buy now,” the program was acquired by Google and became available for free. Figures!)

Anyway, the brilliant Bonnie Roskes of 3D Vinci is the super-author of the book. She wrote The Sketch-Up Cookbook, which remains an excellent – possibly the definitive – guide to the program.

Google SketchUp Cookbook cover

Bonnie was a client several years ago, and it was she who introduced me to it. “You don’t use SketchUp?” she asked, incredulous. “But do you know what it can DO?” And within minutes, she had created a scale model of her kitchen, “painted” the floor w/ the actual tile we planned to use, dropped in pre-drawn models of the stove, refrigerator, etc., and chose the exact color of her countertop from the Google 3D Warehouse.

It was pretty amazing.

SketchUp model by Bonnie Roskes

Like many designers and architects, I was trained in AutoCad. It isn’t intuitive…but to be fair, my projects didn’t require me to use it often enough to become truly proficient.

Warm and fuzzy SketchUp, on the other hand, really IS easy. Easier, anyway; the more you know, the more you can get it to do, of course. We’re writing this guide especially for interior designers – and aspiring designers and all-around talented people like you, who want to make the world more beautiful, starting w/ your own homes.

SketchUp drawing by bossy color

So. Between co-writing this book, tending to client projects – you know, the actual DESIGN part of my life - training a second bossy color superstar, and effecting the transition from Quickbooks (Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, you overly complicated, pompous accounting program!) to Design Manager (Come on it! Would you like some tea? Or a Diet Coke, perhaps?), I’ve been a little busy. Sleep has not been a priority. But food has, believe me.

SketchUp drawing by Surya Murali (who obviously REALLY knows this program!) via the Google SketchUp 3D Warehouse

Thank you for your patience. More on bossy color’s exciting – or at least entertaining – design projects soon, and get ready for the new SketchUp guide to hit the shelves at the end of the year.

Or whenever Bonnie and I finish it.

(Are ANY designers using Auto-Cad, or is that now exclusively for architects? What drawing programs – if any – do you use? Any highly skilled hand-renderers out there?)

Filed Under: Books, Client project Tagged With: Bonnie Roskes, Google SketchUp, Pearson publishing, SketchUp, SketchUp Cookbook

Contemporary kitchen: Poggenpohl vs. custom

March 17, 2011 13 Comments

I have these awesome clients. (I know I say that a lot, but I LOVE my clients. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t work with them.)

Awesome clients' current family room

So I have these awesome clients. We’re embarking on a major project: we’re moving them from their gorgeous Victorian red brick house into a gorgeous 1920s house, to which we are doing MAJOR work.

The new house requires a new kitchen. (Among other things, such as a world-class listening room in the basement, since the husband/dad frequently writes about stereo equipment.)

Awesome clients' future kitchen

Despite the fact that we’re going to be preserving the 1920s vibe in other parts of the house, we’ve decided to do a super modern, super streamlined kitchen.

Poggehpohl kitchen, from 34leonard.com

The wife/mom is an excellent cook and entertains often. Her kitchen must WORK. But as one of the most fashionable people you’ll ever meet, she’s also an appreciator of high style. And, lucky for me, color. She’s pretty firm about wanting a contemporary, “European style” kitchen.

Grey and yellow Poggenpohl kitchen in chictip.com

This means that option one is to work with one of the originators of the “European style” kitchen: Poggenpohl, Snaidero, Poliform, Scavolini – watch your volume if you click on those last two links…Poggenpohl just felt like a good place to start. (It’s very scientific, this bossy color methodology )

The second option is to have the entire kitchen custom built.

Custom kitchen by Ferris LLC

As decadent as that sounds, this isn’t a GARGANTUAN kitchen, so maximizing every inch is critical. And we don’t want to be doing this again in 5 or 10 years, so quality is of primary concern. Therefore, our second estimate will come from an extremely talented, detail-oriented, precision-conscious cabinetmaker.

Custom kitchen by Ferris LLC

Which option ultimately will be the better fit? Which will be less expensive? Which will be faster?

To give you a glimpse of our latest thinking, picture this: various cabinets in shiny white lacquer, walnut, and sparkly light blue lacquer; whitish mottled Caesarstone countertops; bamboo floors similar in color and tone to the original floors elsewhere; and shots of color wherever we can grab them.

Poggehpohl kitchen in chictip.com

Either way, we really can’t lose. What do you think?

Filed Under: Built-ins, Cabinetry, Client project, Contemporary, Kitchens Tagged With: custom built-ins, custom cabinetry, custom kitchen, European kitchen, European-style kitchen, Poggenpohl

Mid-century chairs vs. table: a fabulous update

February 26, 2011 8 Comments

I received an “after” picture 17 seconds ago and couldn’t WAIT to show it to you!

Do you remember a post about some mid-century dining room chairs and table that were looking a little tired? Go back and read it. I’ll wait.

Dining room chair and table

There was a spirited discussion about my recommendation that some or all of the table and chairs be painted black. Remember?

Well, look at this!

Dining room furniture

WOW! I think it looks fabulous! (And, much more important, so does the client.)

What do you think, Gentle Readers?

Filed Under: Chairs, Client project, Dining room, Mid-century modern, Paint, Table Tagged With: dining room furniture, mid-century chairs, mid-century dining room, mid-century modern, mid-century table, painted chairs, painted furniture, painted table, should I paint my furniture?

Dark walls, white trim? Hmmmm…

February 25, 2011 16 Comments

Think fast: you’re painting the walls of your bedroom a much darker color. Can you leave the trim bright white?

Probably not. It pains me to say this, but sometimes, if you have a deep, rich color on the walls, glaring white trim can make the room look, well, tacky. And disjointed.

Not the look we’re going for.

Do you remember this bedroom?

Bedroom

We were considering dark blue walls (originally I thought lacquer, but in the end I recommended against it) and John Robshaw bedding:

Bedroom fabrics John Robshaw

Benjamin Moore 1679 Bedford Blue The walls would be Benjamin Moore’s 1679 Bedford Blue.

But what color to paint the trim?

I was confident I wanted to do the ceiling a deeper off-white. Benjamin Moore’s OC-9 Ballet White was perfect.

And if there were no other considerations, I would have said, “Easy peasy! Let’s paint the trim the same creamy white as the ceiling, but in a semi-gloss finish.”

BUT. But, but, but. There are pure whites to contend with. The bedding background is white, and more important, the blinds on the windows are white. Playing for the off-white team we have the headboard and the rug pattern.

Conundrum.

So we’re doing this in stages. First, paint the ceiling Ballet White. Leave the trim bright white. Second, assess.

Blue bedroom

What do you think?

After seeing the room thus far, I recommend that we paint the crown moulding, door trim, and baseboards the creamier white…

Blue bedroom Madeline Weinrib rug

…but leave the window trim the bright white, since it’s associated with the bright white blinds. The windows can be their own thing.

I think it will work. Please stay tuned.

Blue bedroom off-white ceiling

P.S. Please don’t be alarmed: I know the trim color isn’t the only outstanding item for this bedroom. We have 3 gorgeous leather ottomans (ottomen?) at the foot of the bed now, a media component stand is en route, we’re waiting for a lampshade, that little brown chair may not remain…lots more to do!

Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She has been quoted in publications from The Washington Post to Real Simple and is considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible.

Filed Under: Bedding, Bedroom, Before and after, Client project, Color, Paint Tagged With: Bedding, blue bedroom, blue paint, cream trim, John Robshaw, off-white trim, Trim color, what color to paint moulding, what color to paint trim, white trim

Heellllllloooooo!

Thanks, Associated Press! “Carpet, the bolder the better, makes a comeback”

Happy summer (and some of bossy color’s favorite blog posts)

Colors that match vs. complement vs. just plain work. (Bonus: an unexpectedly fabulous color combo!)

5 fab side tables

Blue dining rooms. So here! So now!

Google SketchUp: best drawing program EVER, with a handbook to match

Contemporary kitchen: Poggenpohl vs. custom

Mid-century chairs vs. table: a fabulous update

Dark walls, white trim? Hmmmm…

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