Archive for Decorating Corner
Top 8 Trends, High Point 2011 Market
It’s hard to believe that 3 days and 30 showroom visits can be summarized in 8 pages of inspiring images and top trends, but Katie McGovern of Decor&You DC has done it. Take a look, and let me know what you like or don’t! Trends_2011 PDF Author of Trends 2011 is Katie McGovern, Interior Decorator [...]
High Point, NC Market 2011 Day 2
Chairs created a bit of excitement on Day 2 in various showrooms. The team of interior decorators from DecorAndYouDC selected classic designs with fashion-forward details, and all are reproductions with a twist of furnishings that once were. Fashion and design has been continuously reborn for centuries, and our 3 chair picks to share demonstrate exactly this point. As a [...]
High Point, NC 2011 Day 1
My team of decorators arrived in High Point, NC and are ready to visit 40 of our company’s most exciting and reputable companies. They all have day jobs (of course!), so they can’t visit the showrooms of all our hundreds of manufacturers unfortunately. The biggest question posed each year … “What are the trends this year with [...]
Great new decorating tips blog
My dear friend and mentor, Mary Gilliatt, has started a fascinating and clever blog on design tips and facts. You will be so happy you checked it out: http://marygilliatt.tumblr.com. Mary will be traveling from France to work in NYC and Washington, DC. Please check back for events in Fairfax, VA we will be hosting in [...]
Another day at work – hanging lighting fixtures.
The interior decorators at Decor&You DC are never too busy to help our electrician, or many of our sub-contractors for that matter. Truth be told, we are usually more excited than our clients to see the finished product. And, it’s almost impossible for us to keep our fingers off all the beautiful contents hiding in [...]
Combining Texture and Pattern
By Mary Gilliatt Colors are so radically changed by differences in texture and pattern that a monochromatic or one-color room can be as lively and memorable through its subtlety as a more vividly contrasting space. Therefore, textures and pattern need to be considered as seriously and, at least in the case of textures, as evocatively, [...]
Decor and You DC: Don’t Underestimate Serendipity
By Mary Gilliatt Serendipity is such a good word to roll around the tongue. It’s an even better word to describe the fortuitous luck, the un-thought of touch, which can creep into decorating to make effects that we had not anticipated but for which we are nevertheless grateful. I shall never forget the change made [...]
Interior Decorating: Thoughts on Color
Article by Mary Gilliatt Color is generally the most exciting, the most immediately noticeable and the least expensive element in decoration. It also arouses the strongest emotional responses, can affect the apparent proportions and light in a room and can make the same space seem cool or warm, restful or stimulating, depending upon color choice. [...]
Interior Decorating: Color Trend 2009
By Katie McGovern, Décor Designer, Décor & You – serving Fairfax County including Centreville, Clifton, Fairfax, Great Falls, and Arlington, Virginia. This year, and over the next two to three years, color is evolving according to predictable influences: the Economy, given our recent recession woes, Fashion, as usual, and Nature, in alignment with a continuing [...]
Decorating Corner
Struggling with your interior decorating and design? Send your decorating challenges to Sandra Hambley or give us a call 703.599-0648. We regularly receive emails with various decorating questions and dilemmas. I’ve selected three interior decorating questions to answer this month, and hope my suggestions help you love the space you’re in! 1. What do I [...]
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