Design and architecture in our capital
Nirvana indeed. Just check out the entry to this place: This is the Miami home of Todd Davis and Robert Brown, the talents of Brown Davis Interiors who are responsible for decorating the Clinton homes in DC and New York, as well as the ambassador’s residence at the British Embassy, among other A-list projects around town. I [...]
It’s amazing what designers can do when they are unencumbered by the wishes and whims of a client. Julie Dastvan, whom I had the pleasure of meeting earlier this year when she was nominated as an up-and-coming “One to Watch” at the Washington Design Center, completed her first decorator showhouse this fall. I am completely [...]
I feel so cleansed. We just spent two days DIGGING out of our storage room. Multiple trash bags, an impromptu yard sale and a carload of stuff bound for Good Will later, we have a room that works. There is a point of design to be made here, even if the storage room is far [...]
WELL, why do your own work when someone else can do it for you? Arcadia Home, an online retailer, approached me about doing a guest post. I get approached a LOT about that, but mostly it’s by marketing people who want to hawk their own brands. Susi here is just writing about desgin she loves, [...]
I was flattered that Nate Berkus’ team reached out to me one their quick-turnaround to DC yesterday, and I got to chat with him at the NBC Washington bureau after his interview with Barbara Harrison — it turns out that he has a lot of DC connections, and a lot to say about the design [...]
Producers are coming to DC for an upcoming episode of HGTV’s “Bang for Your Buck,” which compares similar-costing renovations to see which one earns the biggest resale “bang.” This time, they want recent master-suite re-dos. According to the press release: “HGTV’s Vern Yip and a local real estate expert will determine how the renovations impact [...]
This weekend, much of the DC design community — in addition to friends, family, and even those who didn’t know him — said goodbye to a treasured friend. Michael Schmidt was designer Barry Dixon’s partner — in EVERY way. Not only were they life partners for at least 20 years, they were business partners as [...]
DC Designer Paul Corrie is ON FIRE these days. He’s been recognized so frequently that it’s almost comical, until you take a look at his work and realize that, on both macro and micro levels, the former lawyer’s designs are like exquisite still life’s. First, let’s tally the accolades, which, tellingly, have all flowed from [...]
I have a story in today’s Washington Examiner about how designer Dolly Howarth made Lisa and Martin Standiford’s new house in Alexandria into their dream home. She served both their needs, from Martin’s love of pool to Lisa’s home office, where she designs jewelry under the name Lisa Latham. “We wanted it to be so [...]
It’s not uncommon for designers to partner with great photographers to shoot their projects. In this case, designer Sue Burgess married hers. Gordon Beall, whose work can be seen in Architectural Digest, The Washington Post, and Darryl Carter’s book The New Traditional, has taken pictures of the town and country homes they share in Chevy [...]
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 @ jennifer@sergentdesign.com