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• "I liek my MoM..."
  on Sep 21, 2010 in My house bossy color's house Kids
  Warning: what follows is a shameless, misty-eye inducing item that, alas, will be of no help in your quest for decorating and renovating knowledge, guidance, and support. This emerged from the bottom of Ruthie's backpack yesterday. "I liek my MoM...
• Bossy color's living room, Part One Million:
  on Sep 21, 2010 in My house Living room Designer bossy color's house
  It's Thomas Jefferson's fault. And Mrs. Blandings'. She is the brilliant blogger who today celebrates that super duper New Orleans designer, Melissa Rufty. You know, the inspiration for bossy color's living room. We adore Melissa Rufty's use of wh...
• Whimsical, high quality, affordable fabric: Thomas Paul for Duralee
  on Sep 19, 2010 in Thomas Paul Window treatments Online resource Fabric Roman shades
  What is that beautiful Roman Shade fabric in the gray dining room?   Delighted to share. It's Thomas Paul for Duralee, pattern number 20877.   We've developed a slight crush on Thomas Paul fabric, we must say. The designs are so fresh! ...
• Cheerful gray dining room: Benjamin Moore's AC-28 Smoke Embers
  on Sep 18, 2010 in Color Client project Benjamin Moore Paint Dining room Rugs
  "Cheerful" and "gray" don't sound like they belong in the same sentence, do they? But look: Thanks to painted wainscoting that covers a third of the walls, a dramatic curved window, and a coral rug, gray is anything but dreary in this D.C. dining r...
• 5 surprisingly OK things in the Country Curtains catalog
  on Sep 15, 2010 in Budget Bedding Curtains Cottage Window treatments Drapes Bedroom Accessories Online resource Farrow and Ball Accent pillow Kitchens
  Someone must have done the recycling. Elle Decor - gone. House Beautiful - gone. Spanx catalog...oh, that one was thoughtfully laid aside for future consideration... But what's this? A catalog from bossy color's youth. Country Curtains, it says acr...
• Child's bedroom makeover: the challenges of small and north-facing
  on Sep 13, 2010 in Small Spaces Bookshelves My house Bedroom Benjamin Moore Fabric Kids Before and after Color Bedding Children Shelves Paint Darker spaces
  Just when you've cracked the code, they change the code. That was our conclusion when our twin daughters were babies. The moment you think you've nailed down a sleep schedule, food preferences, and personalities, they change. Willfully. Bossy color...
• When should you use a round rug? Rules, and a success story
  on Sep 9, 2010 in Client project Bedroom Online resource Bath Foyer Rugs
  Rugs are rectangular. It's a law of nature. That said, we recognize that in recent years there has been a mini-explosion of round rugs - and adorable ones, at that. Anthropologie, of course; Urban Outfitters, Garnet Hill...we would hate to see these...
• The BBQ Joint, Easton, Maryland
  on Sep 4, 2010 in Color Lighting Restaurant St. Michaels Ceiling
  We've been home for a few weeks now. School has begun, work is in full force, and there's the faintest scent of autumn in the air, despite the persistent 90 degree temperature. As bossy color reflects on the long (looong, looooonnngg) summer, we fin...
• Throw pillows on a bed. An update.
  on Sep 1, 2010 in Bedding My house Bedroom Hilarity in the face of self-importance Pillows
  In our last episode, bossy color apologized for our, how shall we say? lame, lazy attempt at accent pillows on her very own bed. At the time the offense took place, we were focused on the new Galbraith and Paul headboard, with which we were madly in...
• Have you read "Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure?"
  on Aug 30, 2010 in Color My house Bedroom Benjamin Moore Paint Book
  Yes, yes. Bossy color is aware that Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan's book, Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure came out a few years ago. But I thought about it again this weekend, as I pulled a muscle shoving a vacuum into the far reaches of under-t...

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