I was just reading some articles on Editor At Large and noticed a "most popular" link on the side of the page that startled me. "DC Showhouse Closes Its Doors After 10 Years " was the headline. I...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2018/02/the-dc-design-house-closes-permanantly.html
Confession: I start a lot of blog posts that I never finish. I found this post in draft form on a Sunday afternoon and wondered why all these gorgeous images are sitting unpublished. This home is...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2018/02/a-fresh-remodel-by-kathryn-ivey.html
You could argue that painted ceilings aren't trendy - they have always been around and the fact that some of the pictures I'm sharing today are from several years ago back that up. However, after...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2018/01/are-painted-ceilings-next-big-trend.html
I usually stick to Charlottesville-centric posts, but when photos of the Kinross House Estate landed in my inbox, the Outlander lover in me couldn't help but dig in to enjoy the gorgeous propert...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/12/inspiration-for-outlander-fans-from.html
Last spring, I started noticing lighter shades of purple creeping into wedding color palettes. Blush and cream still seem to dominate, but so were violet and lavender. Pantone's announcement that...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/12/everythings-coming-up-purple.html
I don't think I'm the only one spending more time in the kitchen during the holidays. With a dated kitchen that doesn't have the best layout and limited counter space around the stove, I have bee...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/12/a-gorgeous-white-kitchen-by-peak.html
When it comes to hostess gifts, there are two kinds of people. There are the people who have a nice cache of hostess gifts ready for holiday parties and open houses and there are the people who a...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/11/my-five-favorite-charlottesville-shops.html
For the final installment of my 2017 DC Design House review, I'm taking you back to the first floor of the house via a dramatic staircase and back foyer that was designed by J. Allen, Michelle Bo...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/11/the-dc-design-house-part-3.html
I shared some pictures from the first half of the 2017 DC Design House in my last post. By the time I hit the second section of the house, I switched to Instagram Live mode, so I don't have any o...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/11/the-2017-dc-design-house-part-2_13.html
If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I was able to make a quick trip to the DC Design House last week between work appointments. This year's design house is in a beautiful home in Potoma...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/10/the-2017-dc-design-house-part-1.html
Do you know how many bloggers have written about seating arrangements with four chairs? Tons. I'm not going to wax poetic about them. I like symmetry and four-chair groups tend to have it. My pl...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/07/four-chair-seating-areas-in-living-rooms.html
Last week, I mentioned that we decided to have our floors refinished as a hall bath remodel was finishing up. I had asked our contractor to remove the exterior door that was in the sun room off o...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/07/floor-refinishing-inspiration-and-update.html
I have passed the most beautiful house every day for four years as I've come and gone from my neighborhood. When a "for sale" sign appeared in front of it, I was excited about the opportunity to ...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/07/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-peek-inside.html
I didn't expect to take such an extended break from this blog, but our bathroom project went quite a bit slower than planned. We also decided to tack on a major upgrade to the house towards t...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/07/checking-in-on-living-room-progress.html
I'm back again for another round of the One Week Challenge . That's the blogger event during which sponsored bloggers revamp a room in six weeks and a bunch of other bloggers tag on (mostly witho...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/04/one-week-challenge-week-4-monogram-all.html
Hey there, it's week three of the One Room Challenge, when a bunch of bloggers work with sponsors to remodel a room in their homes and a bunch of other bloggers tag along to redo rooms without as...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/04/one-week-challenge-week-3-tile-and-demo.html
It's Week 2 of the One Room Challenge and the pile of materials is growing. When I created our guest room during the ORC last year, the process was pretty easy. I painted, shopped, and ...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/04/one-room-challenge-week-2-gathering.html
Design House season in many parts of Virginia and DC has shifted to the fall, but I'm so excited to share a few images from this season's show house at Bundoran Farm in Charlottesville. You may ...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/04/the-2017-bundoran-farm-show-home-in.html
Last night, I decided to join the One Room Challenge for the second time. The One Room Challenge (ORC) started years ago as a way for bloggers to spruce up a room in their house over the course o...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/04/one-room-challenge-week-1-before.html
I wrote a "tutorial" about converting rod-pocket drapes to pinch pleats years ago. Back then, I stitched pleating tape (you can find it at JoAnn's Fabric) to some drapery panels by hand. It took ...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/04/converting-rod-pocket-drapes-to-pinch.html
My father told me that he has read about curtains (my last post) a few too many times and he wants an update. I'm in my busy season, so I don't have much time to think about fun things, but ther...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2017/01/acrylic-drapery-rods-from-ballard.html
We all know the "high and wide" rule when it comes to hanging curtains. If you hang your curtains above the trim on your windows and wide enough that the fabric doesn't cover the window glass, yo...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2016/11/a-short-primer-on-curtain-rod-height.html
One of my favorite rooms in the DC Design House was the living room designed Pamela Harvey Interiors . DC Design House Living Room | Design by Pamela Harvey Interiors | Image by Annie Secki...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2016/10/deja-vu-at-dc-design-house.html
Another round of the One Room Challenge had started - that's the blogger event where people remake rooms in six weeks. There's no way I can handle such a project right now, but seeing other peopl...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2016/10/farewell-dhuirries-hello-seagrass.html
Our dining room is almost a perfect square with windows or doorways on every wall and chair rail cutting the room in half. There are several narrow areas for art, but the room is so small that I ...
http://www.smallchichome.com/2016/08/the-done-for-now-dining-room.html