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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 [...]
Defining Your Personal Interior Decorating Style
A new client who is moving from the town home in Leesburg to a new single family home in Ashburn contacted me the other day. She was looking for guidance on how to transition her décor and furnishings from her current home into a much more expansive space in her new home. She wanted to use [...]
Interior Decorating: Good Lighting Makes All the Difference
Good lighting is one of the most important elements in the design of a room, and certainly most necessary at night or on a gloomy day. Apart from its primary function of producing light to see by when natural light has faded, it can enhance strong points in a space and diminish weaker ones; provide [...]
How Can I Make a Small Room Feel Bigger
The following is an excerpt of a short article on making a small room feel bigger, which was published on Contractors.com. Interior designer, Sandra Hambley of Decor&You located in Herdon, VA, answered the question for a home owner located in Annandale, VA. Question: We have a fairly small room in our house that we barely [...]
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