Dutch Boy in the Boys’ Room

Before I start in on this post, a little background: A got an intriguing proposal from the Dutch Boy paint company earlier this summer — coincidentally, at the same time we began to contemplate redecorating our sons’ bedroom. They contacted me, asking if I were interested in reviewing their paint on my blog in exchange [...]

Working at The Washington Design Center

Who wouldn’t love to work in a place that is surrounded by beauty? This week, I became lucky enough to do just that. I started work as the marketing director at The Washington Design Center — a place I have always loved to go to see the quality and craftsmanship in more than 50 showrooms on [...]

Mad Men at Home in Silver Spring

I have been eagerly awaiting tomorrow’s Real Estate section in The Post to see who won its Mad Men design contest. But no need to wait — the winner is already online right here! I’m just as thrilled, of course, that my story yesterday about Mad Men‘s production designer having grown up in Hollin Hills [...]

A Gallery of Art, Furniture at the Langston Lofts

I’m so excited to share these dramatic photos with you from photographer Morgan Howarth‘s students — they took the pictures back when it was cold out, but I was waiting until my article about David Bearden’s loft downtown ran in the Washington Examiner, which it did today! I found out about David through artist Mike [...]

Window Blinds: Wood or White?

I plan to offer many more details about the transformation of our sons’ bedroom in a couple weeks, but I have a huge conundrum right now: what kind of wood blinds for the window? First, here is where we started, with those ugly metal blinds from the house’s previous owner (not to mention the toddler [...]

Mom’s House in Fenwick

First, we are just lucky to have a place to go when we want to go to the beach –but when you see my mother’s house in Fenwick Island, you’ll know that it’s not simply “a place to go.” Mom bought the house when it was still under construction eight years ago, and she was [...]

I Did a Craft!

I’m not the craftiest of people, you see. But I was inspired to do a craft in the process of writing about DIY decorating ideas. It gave me an excuse to do something with this vintage floor lamp I’ve had probably for 15 years, which has been naked like this for the whole time: Enough [...]

Bethany Beach Style

As I write, my kids are packing for our trip to my mother’s beach house in Fenwick Island, Del. So obviously, I’ve got beach on the brain. That’s why I thought of this highly unusual beach-house renovation in Bethany Beach, just north of Fenwick. It’s the work of Ilex Construction, Brooke Steuart Interiors, and Jennifer [...]

Terri Sapienza’s Baby Nursery

So I’m sitting here on a Saturday, sneaking in some blog browsing before I have to run some errands, and to my surprise, when I click on one of my favorites, Velvet & Linen, I see the gorgeous nursery of Terri Sapienza, the home writer for The Washington Post. The full post is right here, [...]

Beyond Rugs at Odegard

I went downtown the other day to have coffee with Ruth DeHart, the showroom manager at Odegard in the Washington Design Center. She brought a square piece of wood, carved like a screen in the middle, along with her to Starbucks. And there was more where that came from too: I thought I was going [...]

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