Name: Angelique Hoffman & Dan, + 3 young daughters + fluffy dog
Location: Myersville, Maryland
Size: 2,500 square feet —4 bedrooms, 2½ baths
Years lived in: almost 4
Some homes are lessons in compromise — Angelique's is a lesson in harmony. Taking into account the architectural character of her 100 year old home, the practical needs and feminine sensibilities of her 3 young daughters, and her own love of vintage and modern elements, Angelique and her husband, Dan, have created a happy home where barbies, antique patinas, and mod lines strike a perfect chord.
After visiting Silk & Burlap, the boutique that Angelique runs with her friend, Saule, I had a hunch that her home would be spectacular, and it certainly is! Like their shop, which the duo describes as a mix of things "old & new, primitive & polished," Angelique's home showcases the best of many styles, all the while remaining inviting, comfortable, and functional.
Angelique and her family are the first people to inhabit the house outside of the family of the original builders, and most of the home's 100 year old architectural details remain in tact. While she infused the home with her own family's fresh style and made several updates to make it a functional home for her young daughters, Angelique has strived to preserve the original architectural character, which makes for a very interesting tour. She gleaned many stories from family members of the original builders, and so as she showed me around she pointed out things such as the hooks where the original owners had once hung a baby gate for their daughter and a fabulous summer kitchen/smokehouse which sits almost untouched in an outbuilding.
All of the rooms contain traces of girly evidence, but her daughters' rooms leave no doubt as to whom their inhabitants might be. Rather than fighting against it, Angelique and Dan have embraced pink with a passion. However, even so the furnishings themselves — all pink aside— complement the historic nature of the home.
For more details and a better sense of the home's flow, check out the captions in the full House Tour gallery.
Apartment Therapy Survey:
Style: Good question! Hard time committing so it's eclectic but clean, natural elements, some modern mixed with antiques. All on a budget!
Inspiration: My children
Favorite Element: It's age and the general layout.
Biggest Challenge: It's age (100 years, this year)
What Friends Say: They all thought I was crazy to buy it since it wasn't my style at all and needed some work just to be move in ready, but I loved the floor plan. Now, I've been told that I have great taste. People love the photographs. They get caught up looking at them.
Biggest Embarrassment: The summer kitchen and back porch are ready to fall down if we don't take those projects on soon.
Proudest DIY: I'm not much of a DIYourselfer — too involved in the kids and the boutique right now. I'm usually painting furniture, etc for the store vs. my own home. If I had to pick, I'd say painting the girls bedrooms or misc. furniture.
Biggest Indulgence: The 5 tier antique silver plate upside down wedding cake style chandelier in my living room/parlor. It wasn't a need but a want, and I love it!! There are other items that cost me more, but that was pricey and not a need at the time, but I just couldn't leave the store without it.
Best Advice: Live with what you love!!! Life and visuals are fluid and should change and evolve as we do so keep your eyes open to what brings you joy and what's not working for you anymore — donate it, free up the space and energy.
Dream Sources: An antique trip through Europe.
Other Inspiration: Swedish country interiors with a dose of modern. I love the lightness, the sense of home and family. Purity.
Resources of Note:
Paint & Colors
- • Living Room & top of chair rail in Kitchen: Behr Paints: Sandstone Cove
• Parlor, Hallways, Office & Master Bedroom: McCormick Paints: Linen White
• Playroom (dining room) Benjamin Moore Paints, Champagne Dreams
• Genevieve's Room: McCormick Paints, Shellbrook
• Genevieve's Closet: Chalkboard Paints
Appliances: Came with the house, old except an LG dishwasher & LG washer/dryer.
Hardware: Pottery Barn and Silk&Burlap
Furniture: Pottery Barn, Silk&Burlap, Chartreuse&co, family antiques
Accessories: Collected over time and Silk&Burlap, Jonathan Adler
Lighting: Brass & Copper Shop in Frederick, Maryland, Home Depot, Lowes, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, Silk&Burlap, Pottery Barn Teen
Rugs & Carpets: Pottery Barn, Hunt & Harvest at Chartreuse&co, Dash & Albert, Pottery Barn Kids
Tiles & Stone: Subway tiles from Home Depot, installed by my dad — don't look closely!
Window Treatments: Canvas drop cloths washed and rumpled with ruffles. Our design, custom made by Laura Whitesell, our seamstress. Pottery Barn silk drapes, IKEA, dyed drop cloths hung with hook rings.
Beds: Pottery Barn, PB Teen, Chartreuse&co
Artwork:My children's art, vintage (Silk&Burlap), family photo's (Melanie Reyes), Mark Burrier, Lisa Handwerk Photography
Thanks, Angelique & Dan!
Images: Leah Moss
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Gorgeous!!!!!! I absolutely love this house. Leah, how do you find these amazingly stylish cool people???
SO pretty! Love the drop-cloth drapes!
This home is stunning, down to every detail. Thank you for sharing :)
Love! And I know I'm curtain-obsessed, but the ones in their office are awesome!
Beautiful! What is the kitchen counter surface?
Well done, this home is perfect! Amazing bones, and beautifully styled, I wouldn't change a thing :)
the dining room is gorgeous (sigh!)
and no wonder they have 3 children, i wouldn't want to leave their bedroom either, it's so serene.
I really like the window treatments, such drama.
so pretty! what do you call that style of dining rooms chairs? The wooden ones?
cm-- haa! I suppose by stalking people like you :) Angelique is fabulous though, as her home and shop reflect. Down to earth and beautiful!
Beautiful! Also thrilled to see that the original woodwork was left alone rather than painted! I'd love to have a home with that kind of woodwork.
Gorgeous! Love the girls' bedrooms - especially the one with the turquoise/hot pink pops of color. Where is the dining table from...? Love it.
Lo♥e this home! The girls' bedrooms are wonderful! And I want the oval ottoman in the master bedroom! :D
One of the most classically beautiful homes I have ever seen. I adore just about every nook and cranny in this one!
I am soooo jealous. This is my dream. Even the attic is inspiring.
Love it! What does stairstep #5 say???
I love love love it! Beautifully airy and light but comfortable and somehow grounded. This is totally going in my inspiration folder!
oh my god i love everything about this home!
Loving all of the framed art (photos, etc.). They make it all look so polished. The series of flowers in the kitchen and the three photos of her lovely girls are perfect.
I think I just had a decorgasm. What a beautiful home! Major kuddos for not messing with the architecture and details of the home -- they are just stunning. And fantastic job on putting together an eclectic mix of stuff that just feels like it was all made to go together!
LOVE this home and the style!!! Gena is one lucky little girl. I would have loved to have that little nook to play when I was little.
I absolutely love this home. So well done - perfectly balances classic with contemporary and unique.
I adore all of the chandeliers...
Magical!!!
Wow...gorgeous home. I'm an AT junkie but have never posted a comment...I just now created an account, however, so I could comment on this home. Props to the owners. My husband & I own a Western Pennsylvania home close in age (113 years old) and similar in feel (albeit about 500-square-feet smaller), but I've struggled tremendously to keep the home light and bright with the original dark woodwork. This home tour is a great source of inspiration on how to pull it off. Definitely bookmarking this one!
Talk about personality! There's nothing generic about this home and it's really lovely. I LOVE the nook in the child's room. The pink used throughout is sophisticated--we're not talking about Disney brands here.
This is pretty far from my style, but I really like it. Very well done; feminine without being cloying and sweet. Vintage without looking like an antique store. Loads of personality, well edited, and interesting all the way through.
So pretty and romantic yet clean-- love it!
Oh my gosh, I love everything about this home! And then to find out they have a store in my town?! I know what I'm doing this weekend. =D
OMG I did NOT want this post to end! Love everything about this house.
LOOOOOVE THIS! Love all the framed photos of the daughters...so precious!
However, I wouldn't exactly call Pottery Barn "on a budget."
This is exactly what I aspire to one day. Simply amazing. Your home is so inspirational and will definitely be archived for future reference :). I feel like hopping on the Chinatown bus to come visit your store this weekend!
Sugarcake- I probably should have mentioned it in my write up, but Angelique worked for Williams Sonoma (pottery barn) for years before starting her own boutique, and I'd imagine that with a sweet discount many pb items probably could be considered "on a budget".
I am in love, alas my true love belongs to another.. sigh.
love it. and wonder why, oh why can SOME families (like angelique and dan's) live in all/mostly white houses and SOME (like mine) can't? my kids must exude dirt, like pig-pen in 'peanuts'...
It's a wonderful topic for me.
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I've been a HUGE AT fan for some time too and this is my 1st time leaving a comment---I couldn't resist saying "thank you" for all the lovely comments and answering a question or 2.
Sousani-kitchen counters are blasted granite---found a place in Rockville that sells remnants, so the price is a bit lower.
Rachida-bought the dining table off a friend at a garage sale for $50, it was dark wood for many years and I recently painted it white.
Foogiefive-stairstep #5 says, "count" They are numbered with every few steps, it says "count" "your" "blessings" I think it looks kind of cool, I'll post pics on our website blog later today.
Mirabella-our fluffy dog (a gorgeous Samoyed) is at the breeders---my husband was deployed to the Mid East in Dec and I didn't think I could give him the care and attention he needed while shuttling the kids around, etc while Dan is away---so he's at doggie camp---we miss him.
Megadele-all the dark wood was a big challenge for me too---changing paint colors to more whites than my original plan and painting a lot of my furniture from our last house.
Sugarcake-you're right PB is not budget shopping BUT I worked for them prior to having kids for 10 years and did get a great discount + saved when I coveted something. Since going down to 1 income and leaving my discount, I have purchased 1 item from them.
Katlia-success in living my with my white is called slipcovers---have to wash them often, walls & cupboards too:-)
Again, so grateful for all the kind comments, some days I think I don't know what I'm doing and should start over. xo
I want to move in! Love the kids rooms, very fun! I wish we could see more of that attic though, that looked awesome!
What a beautiful home! True to the architecture, appropriate for the people who live there and just plain great to look at. The lighting--OMG, the chandeliers! I just about died they are so fantastic.
LOVE. Top to bottom, love, and I am going to sue my parents for neglect for not giving me a nook. Were the kitchen cabinets original? I am thinking I might want to get some that are similar.
wow, beautiful...one of my favorite tours so far. lovely lovely house.
I especially love the window treatment on the first picture..and that kitchen is just amazing.
I could move right in and NOT change a thing. Love this lady's taste! This is my first time commenting---couldn't resist! My daughter is now 19, and I think she would still love a nook like that!
Perfection!!! I absolutely love this home! The reading nook for your daughter is such a fantastic idea! I love it all :-)
And oooooo the chandeliers! love!
This is only AT post that I have nothing good to say about the haphazard, unfocused decorating style. The guy in his 20's with pipe fitting bookcases understands the basics better than this "decorator".
Someone who loves chandeliers as much as I do! Beautiful house. I especially love the pink and red room with the four poster bed.
This is AMAZING! It reminds me of the old Victoria home I grew up in. We had a second staircase as well, back in the old days it was used for the hired help who also had a bedroom in the attic. Neat.
HeraHere--shame on you.
Angelique--BEAUTIFUL home! Thank you for sharing.
Love this post. Beautiful home and furnishings. I'm a big chandelier fan too and I've coveted my grandma's upside down wedding cake one my whole life. Looks identical! Oh, and "boo" HeraHere.
Angelique, your home is gorgeous! Love, love, love the kitchen! Thanks again for the mention!!
I love this house. It's so stylish and comfortable looking. The pink rooms are adorable. I can't wait to show my daughter the craft reading nook. Love the dark wood, the chandeliers, it's all perfect. Much to sigh over, here. Thanks for sharing.
Just a quick question about how we bookmark favourite houses here? Does AT have a section on the site or is it just your own personal bookmarking? Thanks in advance, if anybody answers this. I seem to have rather along list in my inbox of AT houses I love. This post is joining them.
Lovely home. Sorry to be an arse, but the misuse of apostrophes here is so annoying - if in doubt leave them out !!! you are editors/journalists/writers for a living, get a grip.
Angelique, if you happen to check the comments again, can you please tell me more about the wooden dining chairs? They are very similar to my grandmother's (that I did not inherit, sadly) and I've been on the lookout for some for years. thanks so much!!
notyou-sorry I didn't answer before, I missed that one. I found them at an auction. They were made in the 1950's by Statton Furniture--no longer in business but can be found on ebay, etc.
beamish-the kitchen cabinets were added to the house in the 1950's. They are cherry and the hardware was a 1970's brass. To brighten things up, we painted, changed the hardware and replaced the green laminate countertops---a facelift to the kitchen that really needs a remodel someday. Ikea has some beadboard cabinets that are similar I think.
I appreciate all the kind words and support.
Beautiful house! I am sooooo Jealous! But couldn't you please have given us just a tiny little floor plan!
Beautiful house! Love the way you did the girls rooms fun and playful but also stayed with a vintage look. If you respond again - can you share any information about the office curtain fabric? I love it!
Teresa Bohon-Thank you:-) LOVE my office curtains. The fabric is by Kelly Wearstler, pattern is Imperial Trellis--she also has wallpaper in this pattern which I considered but this was a more affordable choice for me. Not sure of the exact color name but it is a grey & cream color. I bought the fabric in Baltimore and had our seamstress whip them up.
Angelique - thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately the least expensive I can find it is $111.00 a yard and I need 12 yds, plus the $400 labor cost of re-upholstering a chair and ottoman. Makes it more than my budget will allow. It's the old champagne taste vs. beer budget syndrome. :)
grandma T- Kelly Wearstler is high end and pricey. www.deboistextiles.com is where I bought it for $45 a yard. I should have used even more for my drapes but I'm leaving them open, so settled for a little less.
Also, here is a store in SF, CA that you may need to email but a girl said she bought a knock off of the fabric for $18.99 a yard.http://www.britexfabrics.com/2ndfloor.html
Three cheers for being so honest, Angelique. Its hard to picture some of the designers of these spaces ever feeling uncertain. Also, those black and white curtains are fantastic. Bravo!
I like knock-offs! Thanks!
Stunning! Everything in this home is stylish, creative, and original. It is refreshing to see such passion for family displayed as part of the decor. Well done. I have to say that the only haphazard here is HeraHere.
Angelique, thanks for inviting us into your home! Where do I start? I adore e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g (including your Best Advice answer & the inspiration on your stairs). Couple questions:
~ That mirror in your powder/laundry room is stunning. Is this an antique? If so, was it silver originally?
~ Are the curtains in your master & Gena's room dyed dropcloth (love them)?
Know that all of you are in my prayers. I hope that the home/haven you've created together ... eases the challenge of holding it all together ... apart from one another while your hubby's deployed.
life abundant-thank you, thank you! Mirror in the bathroom is not an antique, I bought it at Chartreuse&co 301-874-1882
Genevieve's curtains are died drop cloths and mine are drop cloths straight out of the package, hung with clip rings:-)
I appreciate your prayers and sentiment. We miss Dan everyday and are so proud of him. He's doing some amazing and important work. I know he liked seeing pics of his home when I sent him the link and would very much like to be surrounded by that so called feminine side (even though it really is only 3 rooms:-) xo
Love your home! What color is the stain on the woodwork and flooring?
I like the house but not the draperies, in the study particular, you need 1.5 times window width in order to get fullness of the drapery. Proper windw treatment is the key for a nice setting and you need to have it done well by others or sew it yourself that's the only comment I have. I like the kichen again it's a cosy house.
One of my favorite tours. I'm not too keen on the pink rooms but I'm sure the girls love them.
Love it and especially that you retained the kitchen appliances.
I love it! gorgeous. I like the wood pane between dining and home office!
This is the most inspiring place yet! Thank you!
OBSESSION!!! that is what i'm feeling...
and my childhood self is jealous of your girl's rooms...
I love this...though it is not my style, it is very calming and pleasant...really nice!
BTW...your daughter's room...very cute..love it! She should feel like a princess...If I had that room and I'm 38..I know I would feel like one =D
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@angelique from S&B ... don't know if you're still reading posts here. I just now saw your post ... thanks for the answers! ;-) xo right back atcha!
Fantastic palette! 10 out of 10. Really fun textures, and I love the attic shot as well!
like the pink room!