Design and architecture in our capital
They couldn’t have picked a better day for a press preview to have us drive through the leafy Spring Valley neighborhood and arrive here, at the 2012 DC Design House, which opens to the public on Saturday, April 14 and runs through Sunday, May 13: What an elegant way to spend an afternoon, nibbling on [...]
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 [...]
The DC Design House had its press preview day today, and OMG — just can’t get over it. Usually, I would never want to live in a designer showhouse — every room tends to be over the top and way too showy. But MAN, I want to move right into this one. It didn’t hurt [...]
It’s always fun comparing the architectural drawings of a room to the completed product — I especially love it when Candice Olson does that on HGTV’s Divine Design. But come to find out, there are other examples of great artists right in our backyard, and I saw their work in action last week at the [...]
Walking through a designer showhouse before it’s been decorated really brings home the giant task designers have on their hands — and they only have a month or so to beautify it. The organizers of the DC Design House, which will benefit the National Children’s Medical Center when it opens to tours April 9 through [...]
I was honored to be invited on a behind-the-scenes tour of the 2010 DC Design House today, and bless his heart, treasurer and designer liaison Taylor Wells allowed me to bring my two sons. The only condition, however, was that I was not allowed to take pictures of the unfinished spaces, which won’t be revealed [...]
Wow. Skip and Debbie Singleton of DC Living Real Estate have really outdone themselves in their third year of chairing the DC Design House, which benefits the Children’s National Medical Center. After showcasing stupendous properties in Georgetown the fist two years, they’ve moved out to Chevy Chase — to a veritable chateau (the real kind, [...]
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