Updates to girls’ bedroom makeover post
I’ve updated the recent article about my daughters’ bedroom. Scroll to the bottom of that post for the reason. Sheesh.
Color + paint color
You asked…about a quickie color palette for a Craftsman house
Dear Annie,I sold Audrey that lovely Tudor in Seattle and I love your Mondrian suggestion for her fireplace! I also just recently bought this Craftsman with lots of old wood. We are trying to figure out paint colors as well as whether or not to stain the fir floors to match the trim. Can you …
Thanks, AT: Apartment Therapy’s Design House tour
I forgot to mention Apartment Therapy’s great write-up about the Design House this week. Take a look – but still go and see the real thing! You have until June 27. On a side note, Apartment Therapy’s new D.C. blogger, Leah Moss, is delightful and interested in everything she sees. It’s so great that AT …
Thanks, Washington Spaces! Excellent Design House write-up
Washington Spaces, thanks for a thoughtful, in-depth article about the Design Center‘s Design House!Photograph of bossy color’s entry by Timothy Bell via Washington Spaces.
Girls’ bedroom makeover, with Aura paint
My daughters had been asking me for a pink room for months. (They’re 4-1/2: pink isn’t just a color, it’s a way of life.) I loved their gender-neutral yellow and light blue room, but it’s been 4 years since we’ve moved in, and some rooms have gotten more paint attention than others…It was probably time …
Thanks, Apartment Therapy! Design House write-up
Thanks for a great write-up, AT! Interesting to note that yellow and grey also have a large presence in the Georgetown Design House this year. Pantone’s color of the year clearly had an impact on some of us! Photo is by Timothy Bell via Apartment Therapy.
Funky brickwork update
Gentle Readers: Several months ago I posted a picture of a house in Philadelphia with brickwork like this. Just received this comment: Oh, my. That brick is on my house. Seriously. Built in San Antonio in 1931. I don’t know the history of the house but someone told me they thought it was originally a …