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READER ADVICE: PHOTO WALL

Last year, this dining space in Royce Pinkwater's home, featured in House Beautiful, captured my imagination. The oversized photos (sadly, unattributed in the article), are fresh and completely...

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MINIATURE MONUMENT

THIS.Mary McDonaldI'm on the hunt for some great obelisks! With the Washington Monument just down the street, this seems like a fun DC send-up, without going "tourist" on the decor. So far, I've had...

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SMALL ROOMS IN "WIDE OPEN SPACES"

Thanks to The Denver Post online for running a story by Jura Koncius on my apartment! It's been so much fun hearing from small-space dwellers from across the country (or folks just looking to cheer up...

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SUPER SIMPLE THANKSGIVING TABLE DECOR

Pumpkin-mania swept the land this Fall; it's the new peanut of agrarian consumerism (goes with sweet, goes with salty - but does NOT cause asphyxia). Being of the pumpkin persuasion myself, I saw...

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GIFT GUIDE: A DECOR BOOK CHRISTMAS

All I want for Christmas is......so many decor books that I have to put shelves over the windows, a la Kelly Wearstler.I adore books, and my collection, while out of hand, shows no signs of stopping....

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SEA BITS

That's what I call all the little bits of oceanic detritus I'm always dragging home. For instance, this past week I went shopping for Christmas decorations at Michael's, but came home with these:I was...

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CLEAR JEWEL TONES

Isn't this seating area by Tony Duquette and Hutton Wilkinson simply lovely? This is the sort of color palette I tend to think of as "nature-true" - Wilkinson calls it "clear jewel tones." You would...

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A PASSION FOR PAPERWHITES

Early every December, I bring home a lovely fresh evergreen fir, and a bag of something resembling onions. The tree is put up immediately, and garnished with lights and lovely things. The ugly little...

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STUDIO BY KOWLES

How fabulous is this studio apartment? It's the home of Matthew Kowles, the General Manager for Charlotte Moss' firm - plainly, the design apple doesn't fall far from the tree. You can see more in...

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SMALL SPACE CHRISTMAS

Christmas is the time of BIG! Big trees, big gifts, big hearts. But for small-space dwellers, the holidays can also offer a unique challenge:  where to fit all that Christmas cheer? Here are a few of...

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AN AUSSIE CHRISTMAS

For Americans from the deep South, Southwest, and much of the Pacific Coast, a white Christmas is a delightful movie, not an actual experience. Still, the temperature does drop in December, the coats -...

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TANGERINE CHRISTMAS

Just because.Southern Living Mary McDonald, in VerandaHermes/Images/ Southern Living/ The Buzz/ Purse Blog/  

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OH CHRISTMAS TREE

Last week, Jennifer at The Pink Pagoda kindly highlighted my Christmas tree. Here are a few shapshots, and be sure to click over and see the full post, and as well as an abundance of other TPP holiday...

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MATTHEW BEES' EMERALD APARTMENT

Somehow over the holidays I missed House Beautiful's feature on Matthew Bees, and his charming studio apartment in emerald green. I wanted to share some shots of his jewel-box home, not least because I...

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TARGET'S "MODERN COTTAGE" CHINOISERIE

A few days ago, I stumbled across Target's new "Modern Cottage" line, full of chinoiserie inspired patterns in coral, white, and black. To my delight, the website showed they were all in stock at my...

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BLACK AND WHITE AND PATTERNED ALL OVER

Billy Baldwin's l'Arbre de MatisseMaria Barros"Sharpie" Les Touches, Jenny KomendaIvy and Piper MagazineTony Duquette /Images/ Billy Baldwin/ Maria Barros/ Jenny Komenda/ Ivy & Piper 10.2012/ Tony...

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DIY ROLLER SHADE

I should have called this the "PIY" - "Paint It Yourself" - roller shade project. A few months ago, I ran across this image on Pinterest, and was so taken with the playful trompe l'oeil design...

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THE QUIET OPULANCE OF MAUREEN FOOTER

In 2011, House Beautiful featured the New York City apartment of designer Maureen Footer. An opulent, french-inflected space, Footer's apartment is actually a one-room studio. At a mere 650-square...

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C. WONDER AT TYSON'S

Since I may be officially the last person in the metro D.C. area to visit the new C. Wonder at Tyson's, I half thought they might give me a certificate or something when I finally walked in the door...

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A WEEKEND AT THE GREENBRIER

The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia has all the requisite elements of legend:  great age (it was founded in the late 1700s), great ghosts (Robert E. Lee has been known to take a cantor on his...

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