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Posts tagged “District of Columbia”

Design A La Carte: The Washington Design Center's Consumer Buying Program

You're lazily paging through House Beautiful when you spot the wallpaper of your dreams. Heart racing, you flip to the sources page; your eyes scan the columns excitedly, and finally you spot it&mdas...

Artomatic 2009: Art, Home Accessories, and Inspiration

With no jury or curator, any artist or performer can participate in DC's Artomatic simply by registering. This year over 800 artists are in Artomatic and you can see all their work and performances...

River House: Country in the City

A Cathedral Heights gem curated with American primitives, painted furniture, and clean-lined antiques from France and Scandinavia. Although the store attracts discerning shoppers from around the gre...

Art Workshops and Drop-In Classes in DC

We wrote about Taking Art Classes in DC and got some wonderful reader suggestions for art schools. Now we've rounded up drop-in sketch sessions, short classes, and workshops. These options are a gr...

Roundup: Yellow Houses in Friendship Heights

click thumbnails for larger pics On a driving tour through the neighborhood of Friendship Heights last week, we counted eleven yellow houses. Eleven! After a good discussion about whether or not to p...

How To: Remove Paint from Brick

(Welcome to Lindsey — a new weekly blogger from DC!) The dilemma in the Mid-Atlantic is thus: have a brick house with black shutters identical to the neighbor's, or paint the brick a color? And...

Taking Art Classes in DC

Inspired by Bethz's post last week on Taking an Art Class, we wanted to share with you our favorite places to study art in DC and ask for your advice on learning to sew. We've taken paper-making, dra...

The Vice President's House
The Washington Post, 11.27.08

With so much attention on the White House redecorating possibilities, it's easy to forget the other decor changes that will soon be happening in DC, like the Vice President's house at the U.S. Naval...

Hill's Kitchen

So, they may not actually sell food here, but just stepping inside is enough to make your taste buds tingle. Hill’s Kitchen is an independent gourmet kitchenware store with a decidedly DC communi...

Brothers Sew & Vac
Washington DC

Behind this nondescript storefront on Connecticut Avenue lies one of Cleveland Park's best resources - an old fashioned sewing machine and vacuum repair shop. Sure, you can buy the latest and great...