Category Archives: Interior Design

09.17.13

life is a blur.

Sometimes I feel like I need to check in with my iPhone to see if things in my life really happened.  That is the case last weekend-  I arrived home from NYC at midnight on Thursday and scurried for the next 36 hours to pull together E’s birthday party as well as a porch photoshoot.  Despite an amazing level of stress, fast food, acne and lack of showers- we got it done.  I can’t wait to show you all the pictures!  Here’s what I do have (from my iPhone.)

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09.12.13

anna spiro wallpaper.

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I have been working with an amazing family in Bethesda on the redesign of their home.  I love this project so much, I am actually quite jealous when I walk in to see updates because it is so beautiful.  I am beyond excited that we are installing this wallpaper in their powder room.  I am so in love with Anna Spiro’s wallcoverings… Let’s take a look, shall we?

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Images via Porter’s Paints and Amber Interiors

09.05.13

serena and lily.

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Have you seen Serena and Lily’s fall catalog?  It’s hard to beleive that they started as a children’s line… ’cause they’re all grown up.  I love their shop by color option.

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Not to mention their new wallpaper collection.Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 11.56.52 AM Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 11.56.28 AM Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 11.56.21 AM

And their kid’s line just keeps getting better and better.  Here are my two faves.

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I adore these tassel panels.Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 12.26.05 PM

(btw… check out how they inexpensively framed fabric with needlepoint hoops- genius!)Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 12.25.34 PM Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 12.08.37 PM

And these color framed shams work for kids of all ages!  Lurve.

08.28.13

fauxmica.

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I have had a lot of readers ask me about our kitchen countertops over the past year.  They are Carrara Marble slabs from Dominion Granite.  I love having marble in our kitchen, but I also don’t mind the patina that builds on marble countertops.  I like to think of them as my kitchen memoirs.  Many people stay away from marble because of 1.) the patina and 2.) the cost. Screen Shot 2013-08-27 at 12.43.26 PM

Now, take a look at these countertops.  What do they all have in common?

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