Bored with your room…
If you’re getting bored with your room and want to know how to make quick, relatively inexpensive changes that make an impact, keep checking back for more of our ‘Bored with your room’ posts.
…update your pillows! Pillows may be a small decor item, but updating them can make a big difference if you’re in need of a design update. To spice up a living room, study or bedroom, you can recover your existing throw pillows with fun, new fabrics, purchase brand new pillows fro your favorite home furnishings store, or have custom pillows made. A small project like this is a great way to infuse your existing palette with new colors and patterns.
Planning to do a quick change like this? We’d love to see before and after pics! Send them to info [at] budgetfab [dot] com, subject: Design Clique Before and After.
Places to go | Folks to know
Midcity Caffe recently opened up its doors (above Miss Pixie’s Furnishings and Whatnot) and the reviews so far have been pretty good. Caffe hours are greatfor an early morning run or afternoon snack, especially if you work in the neighborhood. You can also stop by with your laptop and get some work (or non-work) done since they offer complimentary WIFI. The 50s era diner design is charming and works well for the space. As for the food and drink, we’ve heard only good things. Personally we’ve had the black citrus iced tea and whole wheat bagels, both delicious!
If you haven’t been, definitely give it a try!
1626 14th St, NW | Washington, DC 20009 | 202-234-1515
Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
Bringing the outside in pt. 4: moss
- martha’s spring center piece
Check out this post from Martha Stewart. She suggests going to your local florist and purchasing cushion moss. The cushion moss can then take the form of whatever you’d like it to. She recommends using a wire mesh to shape a surface for the moss to grow.
So, what do you think about moss as an indoor decor element?
Artist Statement: Campbell Maloney
Campbell Maloney is currently showing here at Vastu. Here is a statement regarding his work. It will be on display now through October 4th. Be sure to stop by and see for yourself!
Campbell Maloney’s play on words speaks to the eye…
Sit the bench…
plank dining table
If you’re tired of the same old approach to decorating your eat-in space, try replacing a few chairs with a bench. This option is especially ideal for a dining area that’s high on style but low on space. A bench can be fully concealed under a dining table to maximize floor space in high traffic areas. If you’re not squeezing by your dining chairs, and you’re just looking for something unique, using bench seating is still a great option.
Eric proposes a bench for this busy living/dining plan
Above, Vastu interior designer Eric Kole proposes that a client go with a bench at their dining table to help with the flow of traffic from the client’s kitchen to their living room.
So, do you like the look?
Before and After: Chevy Chase Victorian III (the after shots)
In case you missed it, we’ve been following the progress of a living room “refresh” project in a Chevy Chase Victorian. Click here for part I of the “Before and After”, and here for part II.
Well, all the new pieces arrived, deliveries have been made, and after shots of the Chevy Chase project have been taken! Here’s a look and the finished product…
Design Direction
Do you have a challenging space or need some design guidance? Design Direction is a chance for you to submit photos or videos of your design challenge(s) and a Vastu interior designer will provide you with some help. Every Wednesday we will feature one reader’s submission.
Artist Statement: Maryanne Pollock
Maryanne Pollock is currently showing here at Vastu. Here is a statement regarding her work. It will be on display now through October 4th.
Expressive layering of sand, sumi ink and paint evoke ephemeral micro and macrocosmic worlds in Maryanne Pollock’s latest show at Vastu. Intricate brain wave patterns, aerial views of deserts and cityscapes are alluded to and ultimately imbued with a luminous palette. Plein air studies of Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, Washington, Utah and Rehoboth Beach inform her paintings. These boldly abstract inner-landscapes are simultaneously energetic and serene with pure transcendent color.
A graduate of Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and school in Rome, Italy, Pollock also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and has done graduate work at American University. Her recent exhibition titled, “Human Grid” was in Paris, France. She has exhibited widely with shows in Basel, Switzerland, Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt and in the USA. Her work was included in the State Department’s Arts in Embassies Program. This is her second show with Vastu.
Places to go | Folks to know
showtime!
The Strathmore, Comcast and 97.1 WASH FM are presenting the 13th Annual Outdoor Film Festival. A portion food and snack sales will go to the NIH Children’s Charities – Children’s Inn, Camp Fantastic/Special Love, and Friends of the Clinical Center.
So grab a blanket and join us for some fantastic “feature presentations.” The movies will begin promptly at 8:15 pm, so don’t be late!
August 14 : 8:10 p.m. “The Curious Case of Bejamin Button”
August 15 : 8:10 p.m. “The Dark Knight”
August 16 : 8:10 p.m. “Kung Fu Panda”
August 17 : 8:10 p.m. “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
August 18 : 8:10 p.m. “Singing in the Rain”
August 19 : 8:10 p.m. “Twilight”
August 20 : 8:10 p.m. “Slumdog Millionaire”
August 21 : 8:10 p.m. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”
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