By Punch Properties Correspondent Jason Mandel On Tuesday morning, interior designers from around the area descended on the Washington Design Center for the 2012 kick-off of the Capitol Design Lecture Series. Participants were treated to a panel discussion featuring the star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Decorators”, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, with Susan North, creative director for textile [...]
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A New Living Space in Northern Virginia
The process of home improvement is as much of an art as it is a science. That is why I leave any renovation to the pros because in my world, the acronym “DIY” should be “WDIY” as in “Why Do It Yourself? I start hyperventilating when I see a Home Depot television commercial. I go [...]
Rooms to View: Room & Board on 14th Previews Its 2012 Collection
Yesterday evening, I took a few moments to venture to the 14th Street Corridor, a part of D.C. that for a few years has well been on its way to defining itself as one of the city’s coolest urban areas in which to live, work, play and definitely eat, drink, shop, and outfit one’s home. [...]
Federal Home Company Defines “Reclaimed” & Celebrates a Completion with an Autumn Harvest Brunch
One of our new Punch Partners, Federal Home Company, held an open house-style brunch last Sunday to welcome in the Washington autumn season as well as to celebrate the completion and sale of the firm’s latest project “Three Notch” which is tucked away on McLean’s Dolley Madison Boulevard. This stunning property was recently finished and [...]
Passport to Style & FW Celebrates 3 Years of Style in the Nation’s Capital
Last Thursday night amidst a torrential downpour, a flash flood, a presidential caravan, and a wing and a prayer all during rush hour… yes, all during rush hour, our group from CIRCA Jewels (Beth Godfrey, Lee Siegel and Natalie Newman) and I finally made it to Passport to Style, thanks to my friend Anne Lee [...]
Amelia Vallone Interiors Presents “Fall-Winter Seminars : Art, Wine & Design”
Amelia Vallone of Decorating Den Interiors of Northern Virginia invites you to join her for a special seminar to be held at Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE) on Wednesday, October 12th. Combining elements of art, wine and design, expect an education by guest speaker and photographer Mark P. DiLallo on Northern Virginia Parks and nature [...]
LIVV Launches & More Home Design Ideas
Sunday I attended Punch Partner Northern Virginia Decorating Den Interiors’ LIVV launch in Herndon, Virgina. Basically, LIVV is what Tupperware was back in the day and what Stella & Dot is now for jewelry as well as Pampered Chef is for cookware, but for home accessories. LIVV’s inventory is seasonal, so we got to check [...]
The Capital Home Show Returns to the Dulles Expo Center
The Capital Home Show returns on September 23rd-25th to the Dulles Expo Center and you do not want to miss, especially if you are fan of Ty Pennington, who happens to be the show’s spokesperson. As with most multi-day expositions, taking on the task of covering each booth and getting the most from your experience [...]
If These Walls Could Talk They’d Say: I Need a Paint Job!
August is the perfect time to think about “change”. Everyone I know is moving cities or residences, changing jobs, getting different hairstyles, new cars, even significant others. It’s in the air; we crave fresh starts and new beginnings right before the fall season. So why not make a change within your home, where your heart [...]
National Geographic Store to Host a Three-Day Trunk Show
Jewelry lovers unite, dust off ye ole credit cards and skip on down to 17th & M Streets, NW, for starting Wednesday, June 22nd through Friday, June 24 (10 AM – 6 PM), the National Geographic Museum Store will host a three-day trunk show featuring the unique jewelry of locally based Archeologico. Inspired by cultures [...]
Decorating Den’s Final Workshop with The Dandelion Patch in Leesburg
Last week, The Dandelion Patch hosted its next to last Decorating Den design workshop at its Georgetown Mall location. We learned about window treatments, draperies, silks, and blinds. For those of us who stare at our boring verticals and barely shady shades, this was actually quite an educational experience. Fine, it’s true. I have no [...]
Look Outside with a New View
TUESDAY, MAY 31st * GEORGETOWN LOCATION * 11-12 PM Similar to clothing, window treatments can be fashionable and /or completely out of date. Traditional, Contemporary, Modern, Eclectic… Learn from Decorating Den experts Jan Bertin, Lorin Jones, Amelia Logan, and Jackie Moyer about window fashions in the 21st Century, what works today, what’s functional, and what’s [...]
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