Any designer can make a home beautiful with a large budget, but how do you achieve the look on a limited budget without sacrificing looks and quality? With stores like Ikea, and my personal fav HomeGoods, its easy to furnish a home with a limited budget. I love a good bargain but I hate the read more…
A 1920’s Chevy Chase Bungalow
As promised here are the pictures from yesterday’s Washington Post article! This was such a fun project for me, and I was so honored to be featured in yesterday’s Local Living section. If you didn’t get a chance to read the article you can check it out here, you can also check out the transcript read more…
Featured on Feature Friday!
Extra exciting news, our apartment is being featured today over at 6th Street Design School! Every week blogger Kristen Krason does a Feature Friday post highlighting projects she or other designers have done. Check out her fabulous blog to see today’s post as well as thousands of other fabulous spaces!
Extra Extra, Read All About It!
This morning I popped out of bed like a 5 year old on Christmas morning, I haven’t been this excited since my wedding day! Today in the Local Living section of the Washington Post they featured a house I worked on a few years ago that to this day is one of my favorite projects. read more…
Style vs. Lifestyle
I did not rush to Target yesterday for the launch of the Missoni collection, and I am not scouring the internet for runway images from fashion week. This will come as no surprise to those who know me well, but hands down my favorite style icon of all time is Ralph Lauren. When I was read more…
Instant Smile
via via via via via via
Beach Weekend
The Mr. and I returned last night from a laid back three day weekend at the beach. Relaxing for me and relaxing for him are two different things, I was the only one who woke up Friday morning excited to see cloudy overcast skies. If its not sunny I don’t feel guilty hitting up all read more…
Stray Dog
I knew Tarjay did the whole designer collaboration thing but I had no clue West Elm did too. Not only did they partner with Stray Dog Designs, they have featured Etsy artists and a whole West Elm section on Etsy. If I have been living under a rock and you all knew about this for read more…
The End of Summer
It might be the fact that I am on a permanent honeymoon or the fact that weeks seem to be going by faster than ever lately, but I am still having a hard time dealing with the fact that today is Labor Day. Since I’m not a fan of itchy sweaters or non stop football read more…
Weekend Eye Candy
This morning the board picked paint colors for the doors and trim of all the garden style apartment buildings in our little neighborhood. It is amazing what a pop of color or a fresh coat of paint can do to transform your front door. I can’t wait until they finish our entrance!
Barn Sale
One of my clients emailed me to tell me about a great barn sale this weekend at Ekster Antiques. Owners Caroline Verschoor and Jon-Paul Saunier hold sales events in their historic 8,000 square-foot former dairy barn several times a year, and this weekend is one of them. Pure, natural, recycled, reclaimed; those elements – combined with the Scandinavian aesthetic – read more…
To Paint Or Not To Paint?
Yesterday I purchased the most fabulous vintage peacock wicker fan back chaise lounge chair I found on Craigslist. Yes I have seen tons of the fan back chairs on C-list but never a chaise. I haven’t decided whether to paint it yet, or if I am going to re do the chair for myself or read more…