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My Home for the Next Week !

11/27/2017

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Install has begun at 77 H Street NW!  This is such an exciting time in the design process.  The design ideas and concepts have been finalized and approved.  Measurements and budgets have been quadrupled checked.  Purchasing has been done.  Deliveries and inspection of items are happening quickly and the install of the design is upon us!  A great location in Downtown DC: right next to Gonzaga, down the street and to the left is Georgetown University Law Center and to the right Union Station!  More to come!
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Happy Thanksgiving !!! 2017

11/23/2017

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Four last-minute and tasteful
​Thanksgiving place card holders! 
​You can do this!
 
First up from http://kjweddingdecorations.weebly.com/place-card-holders.html

#1 - Go outside. 
Pi
ck up pine cones.
Done! 
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Next up from www.SomewhatSimple.com

#2 - Go to the supermarket. 
Buy tiny pumpkin gourds.
​Done!  
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Number three from oh dear I'm not sure!

#3 - Go to your herb garden
Get some rosemary.
Done!  
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Lastly, https://www.copycatchic.com/2016/11/home-goods-thanksgiving-favorites.html

and easiest of all: 

#4 - Skip the place
card holders
and let everyone know where to sit ! 
Done !
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Thanksgiving Eve 2017

11/22/2017

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Hustle and bustle !  No time to do everything !  Here is a helpful cooking tip for you !  Just kidding.  I have no idea how to cook; other than the basic of basics.  Tonight I had popcorn for dessert.  It was delicious.  I recommend popcorn.  I'm going to stick with my day jobs: designing for hospitality and the home, painting oil portraits, and framing.  And yes, the counter tops in my kitchen are marble.  I will have to honor the marble and learn how to cook.  Happy Thanksgiving Eve 2017!
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Merry Thanksgiving !

11/21/2017

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Someone in my (very large McCooey Magnier Fagan Henderson​) family has already purchased a Christmas tree!  What?  It’s a tabletop Christmas tree but nonetheless!  My first thought was: “What! It’s too soon! We haven’t even celebrated Thanksgiving yet!” ; a reaction anyone who was a child growing up on the east coast mid-century would have.  But then, on second thought, I realized what a great idea this actually really is.  I mean, I’ve already started listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas, so why not begin decorating to accompany it?  Upon further thought, I appreciated the idea because to buy a tabletop Christmas tree now will eliminate a rushed experience in a mere week and will bring all the holidays into view (and scent) right away to enjoy.  So I went to a few places where I like to shop online that sell live (not fake, but beware some are an arrangement of boughs) tabletop Christmas trees to share with you.  I’m putting my order in now ;) Gobble Gobble !

Jackson & Perkins.  They have been around a long time; since 1872 to be exact. Their mail-order business got started from their exhibit at the 1939  World's Fair in New York.  Richard loved that World’s Fair and remembered it.  We enjoyed experiencing an original advertising poster from the Fair; proudly framed and displayed in our home in Georgetown.  Maybe that’s why he liked ordering from them.  Anyway you can own your very own live spruce tree, decorated and ready to enjoy.
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​www.JacksonAndPerkins.com
Large Tabletop Tree - Worlds Fair Poster not included
24"-28”
$129.95

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L.L. Bean.   What could be more Christmassy than a live spruce from Maine?  And what could be more synonymous with Maine than L.L. Bean? My gosh you could almost argue that L.L. Bean is synonymous with Christmas!  I remember our parents taking us to Maine when we were very young and there were only 7 of us. The entire state was fragrant!   We brought back Balsam Fir pine cone sachets that lasted seemingly for decades. I buy new ones every now and then. We brought back Balsam incense log cabins too.  Anytime I catch a whiff I am hurtled back to Maine and I am 8 years old again.  The little Balsam incense log cabins were Richard’s favorite, too.  He went to summer camp in Maine every year in his youth and loved it. That’s where he discovered his love and talent for horsemanship.  We lit the little log cabins every Christmas.  Maybe that’s why he liked ordering from L.L. Bean.
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www.LLBean.com
Live Dwarf Alberta Spruce Trees
22"-26”
from $59.95
If you prefer a fuller “look” , or prefer Balsam, LL Bean offers an arrangement of boughs. Not a live tree, but who can resist Balsam from Maine!
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www.LLBean.com
Traditional Balsam Tabletop "Tree"
18”
$69.95

The Vermont Country Store.  Like LL Bean, The Vermont Country Store offers an arrangement of boughs and it has a hand-tied Scottish Highland plaid bow, real pine cones, faux berries, and golden jingle bells. There is a foam center for easy watering.  I love Vermont and have had a chance to visit family there recently.  Also like Maine it has a profound effect on me – that great feeling that comes with being out in nature with the added bonus of being with family.  How blessed we are.
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​www.TheVermontCountryStore.com
18”
Balsam Tabletop "Tree"
$57.95
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www.TheVermontCountryStore. com
The Classic Incense Burning Log Cabin
$12.95
I suggest buying refill incense sticks because it only comes with 10


The Meadow of Maine.  Found it :)
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www.TheMeadowOfMaine.com
Balsam Fir Maine Sachet
$8.50
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Hi!  I'm Back to Blogging!

11/20/2017

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Hi again everyone!.  It’s been a while since my last post; well, years actually.  I’ve been navigating my way through this life without Richard, who is forever a part of me. Excitingly, I begin the design install for long-term stay unit for a hotel in Downtown DC next week.  I will let you know how it goes. The Design Board is pictured here.  They wanted something evoking the city.  I thought: “What could be more Washington DC  than celebrating our American Heritage?”  As you can imagine, it was impossible for me to avoid taking inspiration from Richard’s eloquent interior design of the 1789 restaurant in Georgetown, owned and operated by Clyde’s for decades now.  The palette for the project is my interpretation of red, white and blue. To achieve a contemporary and relevant experience for the guests I balance masculine and feminine, modern and traditional, dark and light elements.  Let me know what you think!  

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