"Home Love" Interior Design Blog
Great Room Challenges: Two-Story Entryways
We’ve been doing a lot of talking about open-concept homes and great rooms. We have seen a lot of homes with two-story or large entryways that open up into other rooms, such as family rooms, living room and dining rooms. We are often challenged by our clients to...
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Great Room Challenges: Part II
We are often asked to design great rooms or sections of great rooms, always with the challenge of tying them together and making sure they are very functional for the families living in them. One of the biggest challenges we face is dealing with the two-story family...
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Tips for Designing Your Great Room: How to Tie it All Together
Great rooms are fantastic for family living and for entertaining. They allow families to spend time together, even while family members are engaging in different activities. These days people are getting very creative with how they utilize their great room spaces,...
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Bold Pops of Color
For those of you who are still a little dubious about committing to bold color on a larger scale, such as painting walls or trim, don’t fret! You can still have a strong pop of color without the commitment. Here are a few suggestions: Create a neutral background and...
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Bold Modern in Ashburn
This month we have been discussing designing with bold color, in honor of Benjamin Moore’s color of the year choice, Caliente, and because we have recently finalized and photographed a project that is different from those we are typically asked to design. We were...
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Designing with Bold Color
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but Benjamin Moore’s color of the year is Caliente. It is a spicy red with warm, orange tones and it is very bold. It looks like the design world is making a push towards warm tones this year, so I suspect we’ll be seeing a lot of red and...
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Holiday Favorites
Here are some of my favorite holiday decorating and entertaining photos from Houzz.com I love the rustic simplicity of this design. Note that the holiday decor coordinates with the decor of the house, making it feel seamless and integrated. Photo by Piccadilly Design...
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A Personal Take on “Home for the Holidays”
There is something so comforting about home around the holidays. I love the tradition of pulling out all of the holiday decorations and giving the entire home that festive, decorated feeling. In my family, we typically wake up early on the first Saturday after...
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Designing for Entertaining
There is an art to entertaining. I believe that the key ingredient to being an effective entertainer is loving the home you are entertaining in. If you love your space, if it’s reflective of who you are as a person and as a family, if it feels amazing to you and makes...
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Holiday Entertaining? Be Our VIP!
Is your house entertaining-ready? Olamar is offering a promotion on our VIP Day service to help you get your house show-off ready. Normally $1750, book a VIP Day session with Paola in the next 2 weeks for November or December and pay only $1500. Call (571) 239-8845...
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