Design and architecture in our capital
Tweet Full disclosure: I’m writing this post having just agreed to do social media consulting for Barry Remley, the lovely owner of Salvations Architectural Furnishings in Silver Spring. And over the last few days, as I added photos to her new Houzz and Pinterest sites and also updated her Facebook page, I’ve gotten to see [...]
Tweet I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, since Room & Board offered a press tour to see the offerings from its new collection for 2013. The first thing that caught my eye was this instantly iconic emerald sofa; and how prescient of R&B, since surely they developed it before Pantone announced emerald [...]
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 Happy New Year! I hope you had a restful holiday. It seems like everyone is getting back into the swing of things with a vengeance, and I’m still trying to crawl out of my vacation brain. So here goes: New years are all about starting things anew, right? So I want this year’s first [...]
Tweet I’ve been hoarding emails over the past few months from furniture designers who are in our region and crafting some pretty amazing collections. What’s notable is that all of it is so different—a testament that searching out, and shopping, from our local artisans will yield finds in the broadest range. But this is not [...]
Tweet I had never heard about a company called Coalesse until I got a press release last week that the SIGAL Gallery at the AID|DC District Architecture Center is exhibiting their incredible modern designs this week. Coalesse features the work of design powerhouses such as Patricia Urquiola — I only wish some of them would [...]
Tweet I have the great pleasure of commuting through the DC monuments each day on my way to work, so last week was completely BRILLIANT, as I got to cross the bridge over the Tidal Basin to see the thousands of cherry trees in full bloom, ringing the water like fat, pink cotton candy. Sadly, [...]
Tweet This is a story of extremes — from the couture home collections of fashion houses Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein to the vintage warehouse settings of Bobo Intriguing Objects and Golden Oldies, which share a building a few blocks out from central High Point. Once again, Ralph Lauren makes us all long to be [...]
Tweet WHAT a day. I have to reiterate from yesterday how heartening it is to see DC designers around every corner — it’s like we’ve taken over! Victoria Sanchez, Brad Weesner, Justine Sancho, Skip Sroka, David Mitchell (more on him in a sec), Patrick Sutton and Barry Dixon (again!), Ashley Spencer from Casart Coverings in [...]
Tweet I’ve had a big event and travel schedule lately, which is why I haven’t posted, but now I’m in High Point, surrounded by gorgeous new collections, so I thought I would share my favorite finds from our first day of pounding the pavement with the team from Merchandise Mart. When we first arrived, we [...]
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