Decking our Homes for the Holidays
I love decorating our home for the holidays. It’s another way to express my designer disposition. We spent the last week getting our …
Interior Design
Kitchen Goals, Part II: The Selections Process
Last month I shared the plans for a functional redesign of our clients’ kitchen. With our working plan in hand, we moved to the next step …
Kitchen Goals: Planning a Functional Redesign
It’s so tempting during a kitchen re-do to gloss over the space-planning stage and move right into the fun stuff…selecting cabinets, …
Tabletop Tips: Bringing the Beauty of Flowers Indoors
Happy Summer, everyone! I love warm weather, and I love nature’s bounty that comes with it. Arranging flowers from my garden provides another …
Before and After: Fireplace Makeover Dials Back the Clock
Often when we’re called in to renovate a fireplace, the goal is to update and modernize a tired, old one. One recent re-do, however, had the …
ELLE DECOR & Dering Hall Team Up for Shopping and More
The Internet is making its mark in the world of design. I often spend my evenings checking out the latest content, posts and pins. Don’t get me …
Navigating the Design-Build Selections Process
Building a custom home or adding on to an existing one is the stuff that dreams are made of. Right? Why, then, do so many homeowners, at some point in …
Window Treatments: The Devil’s in the Details
Happy 2017! I took a little break from the blog to focus on a flurry of client projects around the holidays. It’s human nature. We all want our …
A Time-Lapse Look at the Making of the DC Design House
The 2016 DC Design House opened on October 2. If you’re in the Washington area and haven’t visited yet, make plans to go soon! It’s …
Design House Details: A Quick Change for Kelly Wearstler’s Foot Stool
A big part of a designer’s job involves creative — and fast — problem-solving. I had seen Kelly Wearstler’s fabulous, …
Behind the Scenes at the DC Design House
There’s a controlled chaos that goes on the weeks before the opening of a show house — and this year’s DC Design House certainly fit …
Back to School Means Back to Studying
Hope springs eternal, as the saying goes. Around this time of year, parents start looking for solutions, strategies and supplies to ease the …
