You can now shop room vignettes created by 60 top interior designers stocked with items 50 - 70% off retail, all to benefit a worthy cause. We are so honored to be a part of Design on a Dime's 10th Anniversary benefit for Housing Works, supporting the homeless living with HIV and AIDS.You can find Casart Butterflies in designer, Arlene Angard's room used as part Continue Reading
Antiques Get a Makeover
If you were able to come and see us at the 17th annual Antiques in Alexandria show, thank you! It was a great event with so many wonderful dealers, antiques and of course Mary Douglas Drysdale and other interior designers' booths. The three day event benefited three community charities in Alexandria, Virginia: The Twig (my volunteer group), the small branch that Continue Reading
Tickled Pink
Did you guess the Signature Color for Mary's designer room for Antiques In Alexandria? It has us tickled pink.Here is the clue that was mentioned in Monday's post. Page 120 in the March issue of Better Homes and Gardens.We are tickled pink to be providing Mary Douglas Drysdale's Signature Color Lipstick Plus in Faux Linen for her designer room at the Continue Reading
Color Everywhere
I'm gone for 3 weeks and come back to color, color, color everywhere as in these current magazine issues and their covers! I opened the first page of the Wisteria catalog and what did i see?Houzz had an ideabook on the truths and myths about certain colors. And another Houzz ideabook on Yellow, Friend or Foe. I gathered from it Continue Reading
Helpful Ways & Creative Designs for Worthwhile Causes
We are all taken aback by the effects of Hurricane Sandy. When I see the images, I'm stricken with eery memories of living through Hurricane Katrina, while my family was in New Orleans, which was a nightmare. Although many in NJ and NY especially are still without power, with damage done to homes and even lives lost, it's heartwarming to see those who can help step up Continue Reading
