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Giveways on FreeFroot.com

We like free things. So when we heard of FreeFroot.com, where you can register and then enter giveaways for items such as Modern Twist placemats, a Le Creuset skillet and a FLOR rug, we said, sign u...

A Sumptuously Textured Birmingham Abode
B-Metro, Fall 2009

When my friend Mandy sent me a link to B-Metro's feature on this lovely Alabama home, I knew I'd found the perfect antidote to today's gloomy bone-chilling weather. Filled with layers of cozy, earthy...

Tribute: Robert C. Lautman, 1923 - 2009

DC-resident Robert C. Lautman was a great architectural photographer, shooting during his career for Residential Architect, Home and Garden, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Elle, Smithsonian ...

Phillippa Hughes' Colorful, Art-filled Hot Spot in Union Row
Washington Spaces Early Winter 2009

Lately, it seems impossible to have a conversation about the DC's art scene that doesn't eventually lead to art collector and culture promoter, Philippa Hughes, the founder DC's cultural online hub, ...

House Equanimity
Northampton, Pennsylvania

As a resident of Pennsylvania, the news of this Northampton home receiving top honors for design is so exciting! It's refreshing to know that just an hour outside of the city (a place typically kno...

Corian Bench Inventions in Philadelphia

We've said it before, and we'll say it again — Philadelphia is a great walking city. With walking comes sitting and Philadelphia is certainly prepared for that. Due to the popularity of benc...

The 2009 White House Christmas Tree

The official 2009 White House Christmas tree was selected this week by a team of White House staff. The tree comes from West Virginian growers Eric and Gloria Sundback, both in their 80s, who have be...

Today is Last Washington Post HOME Section

We've been hearing rumors for weeks, but WPost on Twitter confirmed: The Washington Post's HOME section's last is today. Next week it will become the Local Living section. Our favorite writers and e...

Artist Tim Makepeace's 16th Street Heights Masterpiece
Urban Turf DC

Tim Makepeace's art focuses a great deal on the inherent functional beauty of architectural structures, so it's no surprise that the home which he renovated is brilliant to behold. Clean lines and e...

Pentagram's 2010 Typographic Calendar Released

2010 is coming and designers are already prepared with stylish calendars. Everyone clamors for a Stendig, but what about Pentagram's annual typographic calendar? Pentagram just released the 2010 ver...

Kelly Wearstler's New Dinnerware Collection

"Maximalist" Kelly Wearstler released a bedding line earlier this year, and now she lends her bold style to another are of the home: fine bone china. ...

Improving Upon Perfection: Apartment Zero Updates a Jacobsen Classic
Washington Spaces Fall 2009

This may be a case where the old adage: "if it's not broke, don't fix it" doesn't necessarily apply. Agreeing to "update" one of renowned DC architect, Hugh Newell Jabobsen's, structures takes some g...

Sneak Peek, Part II: The CharityWorks GreenHouse
McLean, Virginia

Not that you should need any more convincing to go check out the CharityWorks GreenHouse this weekend, but we couldn't resist sharing a few more highlights from this impressive carbon neutral show ho...

Sneak Peek, Part I: The CharityWorks GreenHouse
McLean, Virginia

For all of you quick to equate "showhouse" with "ho-hum," take heart! Today we skipped over the river to the much-anticipated preview of the CharityWorks GreenHouse where we swooned over the work of ...

Indian Summer from Sina Pearson Textiles

Spice, not sugar, marks Sina Pearson's newest textile line, which is produced from post-consumer recycled polyester fibers. The rich colors are well-suited for the beginning of fall, and for similar...

AphroChic Launches: The Dreamland Pillow Collection
DesignPhiladelphia October 10

We've seen quite a bit of AphroChic on Apartment Therapy; we were lucky enough to take an amazing glimpse inside her home. So it's really no surprise that she is now proud to introduce her new eco-...

DesignPhiladelphia 2009
October 7 to 13

Approaching the fifth year of DesignPhiladelphia, we can't help but be pretty excited about it. With over 125 exhibitions spread out over a week, people coming from all around, and some of the most...

Lightbulbs: Shedding Light on the Power of Choice

I've heard many interior designers express disdain over the quality of light emitted from fluorescent light bulbs. However, incandescent bulbs will be phased out starting January 2012, unless someon...

And the Newest Decor Trend Is..."authenticity"???
Wall Street Journal Magazine

We usually hear about design fads in terms of color, theme, or material, so when I happened across the Wall Street Journal Magazine's article predicting what will be the new face of American luxury l...

Rumor: Simon Doonan Doing the White House Drapes?

The DCist reports that yesterday Simon Doonan was in the White House discussing the drapes with staffers and taking notes. Married to designer Jonathan Adler, Simon Doonan is Barney's New York creati...

News: Southern Accents Magazine Folds

Add Southern Accents magazine to the list of recession casualties in the design industry. Time Inc. announced that it will shut down the 32-year-old magazine, which has a circulation of 400,000, but ...

Simon Jacobsen's Refreshing Georgetown Renovation

The September issue of Architectural Digest gave us a glimpse of Simon Jacobsen's Georgetown home, and left us hungering for more views of the unusual merging of modern and historic that define the r...

News: Snake Scares in the City!

We read about non-native pythons invading Florida - in the recent The New Yorker — Swamp Thing; Florida's Uninvited Predators. But we didn't think that snakes were slithering around the District...

News: Peggy Cafritz's Home Destroyed in Fire

Last night the beautiful home of DC School Board President Peggy Cafritz burned to the ground! The house was previously featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and showcased her priceless collection of ar...

HGTV's Design Star: DC's Tashica Morgan on Season Four

DC native Tashica Morgan is on Season 4 of HGTV's Design Star (which starts this Sunday) and the DC media can't get enough of her. She grew up in Southeast DC living in relatives’ houses, homeless...

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