Super Mario Inspired Metro Map!
Graphic designer Dave Delisle has created a fantastic map of the Washington Metro, in the style of Super Mario Brothers. It even includes the new silver line! You can purchase a print here. I’m...
View ArticleRainbow Church Wins the Weekend!
This is the coolest thing I’ve seen in DC in a while. We spotted it this morning, on the way back from Pentagon City (we took a little detour thanks to the race). This is the work of painter Alex...
View ArticleAn Evening with Birchbox.
On Thursday night I was lucky enough to be invited to a get together for Birchbox at the fabulous Malmaison on K Street. Birchbox is a subscription service that sends about five little beauty products...
View ArticleVisiting the Watermelon House.
One afternoon last week, instead of heading straight home like we usually do I took my son to one of my favorite spots in DC: the “watermelon house” in Shaw. He was AMAZED. I’ve been wanting to do a...
View ArticleAdaptive Reuse At Its Most Exciting: Revisiting 700 Delaware Avenue S.W.
Today I took my interior design students from the Corcoran College of Art + Design to one of my new favorite places in D.C.: the formerly-decaying-now-under-renovation old Baptist church at 700...
View ArticleImpromptu Residential Photo Shoot…
One of my clients is finishing up work on a very long renovation and her home is coming along GORGEOUSLY. I was at the site for a few hours this past week during a carpet installation, and I had some...
View ArticleCranberries Galore!
I’ve been hearing about a neat installation/viral marketing thing that Ocean Spray, of cranberry fame, is doing today and tomorrow over at Union Station. For those of you who are not from or familiar...
View ArticleHappy Monday: The Inherited Wall Mural Edition
I work with a lot of new homeowners who hire me to select paint colors and wall treatments. Usually, we are just switching up colors to suit the new owners’ tastes. Sometimes we’re trying to get rid of...
View ArticleYou Do What You Can With What You Have: Holiday Decorating Edition.
Many of my friends and most of my neighbors are aware of the ever-present, pretty annoying, long-lasting construction project going on in my condo right now. To make a long story short, the building...
View ArticleHack The Box: Re-Programming the Museum Experience
I’ve had the opportunity to do some really interesting and fun things in my capacity as an instructor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design (CCAD). Last week was no exception. Between March 13-15,...
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