Designer Dolly Howarth: From Billiards to Baubles

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 [...]

Sue Burgess’ Town and Country

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 [...]

Food-Inspired Design, Part II

Well, I guess I was wrong. I said yesterday when I posted about Jessica Bonness’ food-inspired rooms that I didn’t think anyone would look to food when decorating a room. Well. I got an email today from a reader in Florida, saying she did just that. Here’s how a bowl of black beans and rice [...]

Food-Inspired Design by Jessica Bonness

This is so cool and creative I just can’t get over it — room design inspired by food! This is a guest post by designer Jessica Bonness, who launched her own business, JGB Interiors, this year. She graduated from The Corcoran College of Art + Design in 2008, where she continues to teach. I can’t think [...]

Urban Cool from Vastu

Oh, to have a pied-a-terre like this. Eric Kole, co-owner of Vastu, and the store’s senior designer, Sarita Peresada, designed this second home in a two-story condo downtown, using the stunning Minishakes pendant as the springboard. Let’s take a tour of the place, which Kole and Peresada have (of course) populated with products from their [...]

Arlington Rancher Gets Facelift from Dana Tydings

I wrote a story for the Washington Examiner on Sunday about an Arlington ranch house — brought back to life through the vision of its owners, Max and Maggie Grant, and their designer, Dana Tydings.  You can read the story right here, but I want to share more pictures than the paper was able to [...]

Shelter Chic

I felt like we are all on an HGTV show. Last Friday, I went over to a Northern Virginia domestic violence shelter, where a group of talented designers and furniture makers contributed their time, talent — even money and personal furnishings — to beautify a shelter for women and children victimized by domestic violence. It [...]

David Mitchell’s Cool and Calm in Arlington

I had the pleasure of spending a rainy afternoon the other day in designer David Mitchell’s Dupont Circle office, talking about a recent project he did in Arlington — a “beautiful little house,” he called it, but he infused it with a design that speaks volumes. David is known for his ways with color and [...]

A Tour of Barry Dixon’s Brain

Since I could never afford to hire Barry Dixon to decorate my own house, I like to go hear him speak as often as possible, so his ideas will make me smarter. Barry was at the Washington Design Center the other day with Ann Maine, editor in chief of Traditional Home magazine, where he talked [...]

DC Design House: Opening for Business

The Washington Post just came out this morning with a great story, designer tips, photos, and video tour on the DC Design House, which you should definitely check out. I will add a couple more images here that were not contained in the story, but I’m telling you, they are nowhere near all the incredible details [...]

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