Special to The Washington Examiner
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At the beach d'cor is easy, breezy
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013
People go to beach houses to escape and relax, which is why beach house interiors should be easy and breezy. "When you go to the beach, the minute you hit that bridge you want those stresses to slide right off of you," said interior designer June Shea of Shea Studio. Shea and her family love...
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Windows get less fussy, clean-line treatment
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Gone are the days when custom window treatments meant elaborate drapes complemented by swags, jabots, valances or cornices. Interior designer Marika Meyers of Meyers Interiors said today's custom window treatments are simpler and sleeker. "What we have been doing for a while now is very...
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D.C.-area designer gets help making outdoor spaces as elegant as her interior rooms
Updated: Thu, Feb 28, 2013
Alex Deringer is co-owner of interior design company 2 Ivy Lane, so she knows how to make a house a beautiful home. But when it came to designing the 2-acre property surrounding her farmhouse estate in the city of Alexandria, Deringer went to landscape architect Susanne Fyffe, of Fyffe Landscape...