Design and architecture in our capital
Tweet For a while, I’ve been looking for an excuse to blog about Billet Collins. I see their decorative paining work in so many high-end design projects, masterfully done: So I was thrilled to go see their open house last Friday, held at Barbara Billet Collins’ home in Germantown, MD, where I was greeted [...]
Tweet How fitting that The Washington Post had a story today (by my friend and fellow Smithie Lindsey Roberts!) about adding some POW to the Powder Room, because just this week, I’ve been looking at some pretty high-caliber “Pow” by the renowned team of Jose Solis-Betancourt and Paul Sherrill. Lindsey says in her story that [...]
Tweet Maybe it’s the fact that my Mom owns no less than six sets of it (including a special Christmas set from Tiffany), but I’ve always loved china. If I had room in my house for six sets (or more), I would certainly have that many, too. But it’s what designers are able to do [...]
Tweet Thos. Moser‘s corner showroom on M Street is no more. That means the beautiful Maine-made furniture no longer has a permanent presence in DC, but THIS WEEKEND, Moser’s furniture—and Moser himself—will make a return appearance with a popup shop at the Tysons Sheraton Premier at 8661 Leesburg Pike. According to the press release: “A [...]
Tweet It’s that time of year again! Show house season. Here is the nearly $15 million house on Foxhall Road that will be the site of the DC Design House: The organizers opened the house on Saturday for the Bare Bones Tour, and boy was it ever: white walls and trim everywhere. Designers are thrilled [...]
Tweet OK first, if anyone hasn’t driven into DC in the past 24 hours on a route that takes you by the Kennedy Center, DO IT. The Nordic Cool exhibit just opened, and the grandest advertisement for this monthlong festival is a light display on the outside of the building, representing the moving colors of [...]
Tweet I never thought the day would come, nearly ONE YEAR after we first started making plans to build a new front porch on our house. We had redone our landscaping, thanks to Kathleen Litchfield of Petro Design Build, so the azaleas would be moved out of the way for the construction. See? The front is all [...]
Tweet Oh, this is hysterical. Portlandia, the Independent Film Channel show that spoofs the locavore, handcrafted, crunchy-granola ways of Portland, Ore., appears to have made a reference in Friday night’s show to one of my favorite DC furniture makers, Caleb Woodard. Woodard builds the most beautiful furniture that I will never stop talking about (I [...]
Tweet I find that shopping for bedding is as daunting as shopping for a bathing suit or a great pair of jeans. It’s the most personal space in your house, so you want your bedding to really reflect who you are, right? Well, the retail bedding industry doesn’t treat you like that. It gives you [...]
Tweet OK, DC design fans, when’s the last time you read about anything architecturally significant going on in Anacostia? Most of us who call ourselves DC natives would be hard pressed to mention an instance of even venturing across the Anacostia River, much less seeing what’s on the other side. That’s because Washington’s poorest ward [...]
Jennifer Sergent. Native Washingtonian. Former editor at Washington Spaces magazine and HGTV. Currently searching for – and writing about – DC’s design voices. Write to me @ jennifersergent@verizon.net