Design and architecture in our capital
Tweet Here it is! This image was released today showing the 14,000-square-foot (!!) home in DC’s Wesley Heights that will be used as the 2013 DC Design House at 2507 Foxhall Rd. NW. Unlike most houses they’ve used in the past, this one is new construction, designed by one of my favorite firms, GTM Architects. Want [...]
Tweet I’m still somewhat in a state of shock that a) it’s September and b)my kids started school again yesterday. We had such a great, relaxing summer that it’s hard to get back in “work” mode again. So I thought I would humor myself with visions of the beach. What I wouldn’t give to be [...]
Tweet For those who missed my Facebook post, I’m no longer at the Washington Design Center. A deal was closed on July 26 to sell the building to new owners who will convert it into a Bible Museum (I still can’t say that with a straight face…). At any rate, my job was a casualty [...]
Tweet Ahh, Spring. It’s an explosion of color and lushness. I just love walking through my neighborhood at this time of year, when yards look like this: I have always loved this house, just a few blocks from my own. I always slow down to admire it as I walk by, and keep looking at [...]
Tweet Sorry for the prolonged silence — it’s budget time at the design center and I’ve been buried in Excel spread sheets. But one thing that’s got me coming up for air is the innovative nature of Charles Luck — when my former Washington Spaces colleague, Meghan Marino went to them after the magazine closed, [...]
A study of the gorgeous variety of decorative painting at Monkton Studios.
Tweet 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 [...]
Tweet 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 [...]
Tweet 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 [...]
Tweet 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 [...]
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