It may sound weird or conceited to walk into a client's finished home and proclaim how amazing it looks, or express how much I love one of our finished products. But the truth of it is, none of the spaces are something I could have or would have ever created on my own. Each one is made specifically in the vision/needs of the client and how they live within their space. So I view each one as a completion of their dream that I assisted with. An Architectural doula, if you will. And with that, I present to you our latest bundle of pure joy.
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@architessa @adelphi_kitchens @dominion_granite @buildwithferguson @maacconstruction @hiveresidential @kevinkostyk
#architecture #interiordesign #residentialdesign #residentialarchitecture #residentialconstruction #kitchendesign #bathroomdesign #renovation #remodel #windows #beforeandafter #blackandwhite
Teamwork makes the dream work. So pleased with how this humble renovation turned out. 200 square feet can make all the difference.
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Architecture @jobijonesllc
Interiors @kinkead_on_main
@newportbrass @moooi @quemeredesigns
#architecture #interiordesign #residentialdesign #residentialconstruction #beforeandafter #kitchendesign @kitchens_of_insta @kitchen_posts_daily #dcarchitects #dcarchitecture #womenownedbusiness
Putting these pics on the grid of the Mt. Pleasant project that was a complete gut from top to bottom. While doing the photo shoot Birch mentioned that you just never know what’s going on inside these houses. Someone could be watching a movie in the little nook upstairs, while someone in the lower level, in the exact same location, could be swimming.
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đź“· @birch
@excellentfloorsmd @rony_gonzalez47 @endlesspools
@adelphi_kitchens @mosaictile @architessa @buildwithferguson @geappliances @frigidaire @schoolhouse @fergusonshowrooms @grohe_us
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#architecture #interiordesign #residentialdesign #residentialarchitecture #renovation #remodel #dcarchitecture #indoorpool #kitchendesign #bathroomdesign #kitchensofinstagram #indoorpool #homeoffice
This project shows the power of a floor plan shift. I’m so grateful the client was on board to do a humble 200sf addition. I think many would have deemed that not worth it. Hopefully these before/afters say otherwise.
@kinkead_on_main nailed the kitchen selections. This space is so elegantly cozy.
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#architecture #interiordesign #renovation #remodel #residentialconstruction #kitchendesign #cabinets #beforeandafter #dcarchitecture
Chasing information and relaying that information is 85% of this job. There’s no perfect formula due to 8,627 moving parts at any given time. My latest attempt at finding efficiency is @materio.co plus QR codes. Let’s see if this results in an smoother process for @tenpennyhomes
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#notanad #architecture #interiordesign #residentialdesign #residentialconstruction #trades #plumbing #lighting #newconstruction #details #qrcodes #sitevisit #builders
Choose your player….
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@dominion_granite
đź“·: @birch @annameyerphoto
#kitchendesign #islandseating #islanddesign #countertops #interiordesign #customdesign #architecture #residentialdesign #residentialarchitecture
I’m here to change your mind about white appliances. Just look at these beauties! I love that @beatastyle wanted to stay with the vintage vibe of her Tudor home. This space has personality for days! Just like its owner.
đź“·: @birch
@dominion_granite
@architessa
@jt_architessa
@buildwithferguson
@fisherpaykel
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#architecture #interiordesign #kitchendesign #kitchenremodel #residentialdesign #residentialconstruction @kitchens_of_insta #tile #beforeandafter #dcarchitecture
Finally got around to having a pandemic project photographed. Don’t sleep on that unused real estate. There is so much potential in these spaces! I’m grateful that these homeowners were able to see the possibilities 💛
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#architecture #interiordesign #residentialdesign #residentialconstruction #remodel #renovation #loft #smallspaces #tinyhouse #compostingtoilet #windows #beforeandafter #dcarchitects #dcarchitecture #studio
My job is to help you define, edit, and create a space in your aesthetic, not give you mine.
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#interiordesign #architecture #residentialdesign #renovation #remodel #residentialconstruction #kitchendesign #bathroomdesign #tile #cabinetry
A few more pics from this Arlington beauty!
#interiordesign #bathroomdesign #residentialdesign #tile #primarybathroom #newconstruction #mudroom #bathroomsofinstagram #stair
@architessa @dominion_granite @buildwithferguson @grohe_us @shadesoflight @crateandbarrel @houzz
Remember that post from a year ago about the labor pains of interior design? Well we’ve finally crossed the finish line.
Due to lead time issues we had to scramble to find a new cabinet vendor *after* we had already done a field measure with another vendor. Vanities that were specified became unavailable once we were ready to order, and the new ones had 3-hole faucets so our single-hole faucets no longer worked. Light fixtures arrived damaged or not at all. The hardware count took 3 orders to get right, and plenty of installation details got lost in translation, but we made it.
#interiordesign #arlington #kitchendesign #powederroom #residentialdesign #newconstruction #kitchensofinstagram #fireplace #tile
@architessa @buildwithferguson @rejuvenation @grohe_us @amerockhardware @dominion_granite @crateandbarrel
While Covid has been kicking my ass this week, the talented Beth Murphy has been rendering for me yet again.
The most amazing clients on the planet wanted a modern beach house in DE. And and a modern beach house they shall get. But do we go white or black? 🤔
@rlingur @caitlinhayden1
#architecture #beachhouse #blackhouse #blacksiding #whitebeachhouse #customhome #modernhome #beachfront #render #rendering
I wanted to share with you guys this morning the results of the period-underwear drive for female youth in foster care. Through both your underwear donations and the monetary donations, we have 74 packages containing 3 pairs of underwear, and a total of 222 pairs. You guys were SO generous. I’m a few days behind my target delivery date since my order I placed with your monetary contributions was initially delivered somewhere else (someone got a TON of underwear) and I had to reorder. I plan to deliver these this week and I want to thank you all for your kindness and willingness to help me with this goal. I also want to thank all the lovely ladies who came over this weekend to help sort, pack, and label them. You saved me a LOT of time. ♥️
You guys are amazing. Period.
#fostercare #periods #periodunderwear #community #fostermom #undies #kindnessmatters
Well, I hope everyone survived those 6 months of January. It was a doozy. In an effort to crawl out of the slog, I’d like to use February to its fullest as a month to show some love to adolescent female youth in foster care.
Ok, now, everyone stay with me here..... Periods. They are endless, they are expensive, they are cumbersome; and that’s for those of us who have all the means to manage them.
Imagine being a youth in care, with no control over your environment, your caregivers, your financial situation. And now imagine being that youth and having to ask for something so private, yet necessary, from someone you may not have bonded with yet, someone you may not trust, someone that may not be female.
The cost, waste, and burden of pads and tampons is infuriating for all of us. But it’s especially so for youth in care. What I would like to offer them is the power to manage their periods in private, on their own, wherever they go.
For the month of February I’d like to do a drive of menstrual underwear of all sizes (and of no particular brand) to then be donated to the Child and Family Services Agency and the Office of Youth Empowerment, to be distributed to our female youth in care.
This is something that the youth can take with them from placement to placement, will not cost them any additional money, and will empower them to manage their bodies independently.
If you’d like to join this effort, what I’m asking is that two matching pairs be purchased (so that each recipient receives two pairs of underwear) and mailed to me (5120 New Hampshire Ave NW, WDC, 20011) so that I may collect and catalog the sizes and deliver them to the agency as a bulk donation.
I plan to keep this donation effort going through the month of February, and then give 2 weeks of delivery time into March, for a delivery goal of March 18th.
Please spread the word to anyone you think may be interested in serving our female youth with this effort and thank you for your support!!
Friends, I did a thing. When I started fostering earlier this year, I knew almost right away that I wanted a house. I just never thought I'd get one so quickly. So many stars aligned to make this happen. I'm in such disbelief that I fear this post alone will jinx the whole thing.
I have to recognize how amazing @jwarealtor (pictured above) has been in this endeavor. Let's just forget for a second that he's a dear friend and responsible for sending some of my most cherished projects my way, but he then advocated for me and these kids and made sacrifices so that at the end of the day, I'll have some funds left to get the home ready for the big move. If you guys ever need a realtor that'll go to bat for you over and over, call this guy.
Finally, I also have to thank @dominicturano . As a single lady with a humble income, making this purchase happen wasn't straightforward. But Dominic took the time to walk through my details and find the solutions to make it happen, and make it happen with confidence. His reassurance is the only reason I feel comfortable telling you guys about this house.
We're set to close the Monday after Thanksgiving. That gives me most of December to get the place spiffed up for me and the kids and the pups to arrive on December 28th!! Can't wait to show you more!
#dcrealestate #petworthdc #tudor #homeowner #theregoestheneighborhood
Sometimes you just need a good rendering…. Working through selections for a new construction home in Arlington and took the opportunity to test drive the magical skills of a friend from grad school. You’ll definitely be seeing more of these in the future…
#architecture #interiordesign #bathroomdesign #rendering #newconstruction
Whenever possible I like to utilize an existing footprint to solve programming challenges in a home. When that's not feasible, I then look for the least invasive solution. Finding the smallest moves for the biggest impact is always the goal. An architectural ROI, if you will.
This Chevy Chase house is an example of needing to expand the footprint to solve the space planning problems. Our existing kitchen footprint not only yielded an awkward setup for the kitchen itself, but isolated it from the other spaces where interaction is typically desired - the dining room and family room. Our family room was also undersized for the household and made hanging out together challenging.
A humble 200sf addition allowed us to relocate the family room to the back of the house overlooking the back and side yards, as well as centrally locate the kitchen to provide adjacencies to both the dining room and family room. You don’t always have to go big or go home.
Now that we have our footprint resolved and are in permitting, we're moving on to the kitchen design!
#architecture #interiordesign #residentialarchitecture #residentialdesign #spaceplanning #kitchendesign #notasizequeen #smallbutmighty #remodel #addition #floorplan
It’s that time again - preparing for a selections meeting. Few people will understand the ungodly (UNGODLY) amount of hours it takes to do interiors work.
You have to budget the things, design the things, source the things, estimate the things, draw the things, resource the things because something is throwing off the budget, redraw the things, resource the things because something is no longer available, now resource the 4 things that were impacted by the reselection, redraw and reprice all the things, redesign the thing that now has a site limitation and reprice and redraw all those things, etc, all while CONSTANTLY trying to chase and document all the decisions that have been made along the way so that you don’t accidentally order the rough-in that went with the first shower option you put together rather than the 2nd (out of 8 total options but we ended up going back to the 2nd) or accidentally leaving the wrong edge detail on the drawings for the tile installer since we’re now on version 4 of the “final” layout….. it’s just a lot. Like, a whole fucking lot to make nice spaces. So if you have an interior designer in your life, give them a hug now and again. Or some wine. Or something.
#interiordesign #architecture #residentialdesign #tile #sourcing #design
I love it when a client wants to be bold. This primary suite renovation was so much fun and I’m floored with what we created (we being @n.vaughan1 and myself). Check out the “before’s” along the way. I wish for everyone to live in a space that reflects their personality. It’s a form of therapy and self affirmation.
@jt_architessa
@artistic_tile
@fireclaytile
@dominion_granite
@adelphi_kitchens
@easyclosets
#architecture #interiordesign #bathroomdesign #remodel #renovation #tile #residentialarchitecture #residentialdesign #residentialconstruction
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