All About Vignettes

Please visit my designer friend Kathy's blog at All About Vignettes. Kathy is a local designer I purchased many treasures from over the years. She went in to semi-retirement but is now back out of hibernation. Kathy was featured on the Nate Berkus show!! Check out the details on her blog!

Mirror as a Hat Tree

I love everything in this very girly girl room! Especially on a dreary rainy morning.

Voluntary Simplicity

VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY MEANS GOING FEWER PLACES IN ONE DAY RATHER THAN MORE, SEEING LESS SO I CAN SEE MORE, DOING LESS SO I CAN DO MORE, ACQUIRING LESS SO I CAN HAVE MORE


- JOHN KABAT-ZINN

Decisions, Decisions and yet More Decisions

So I've come to terms with the fact that as a decorator I do way better helping clients, friends and family make decor and design choices. When it comes to our own home that has been in rebuild mode for a very long time, starting from a blank canvas is more daunting than always exciting. No that I'm complaining. So very thankful for the task at hand! But sometimes it is easier to know what you don't like or prefer to change in an existing design. With a rebuild, when it's time, it's TIME! for paint colors, lighting, layout decisions. Perhaps too much time to analyze. I am definitely stretching my decor chops with our Clover Hill home. To go from house to home even in one room takes years to get it to that special place where you feel it all comes together. For even a small decor project, months at the least. There is no rushing or it becomes contrived. It takes thought, growth, inspiration and feeling. We'll get there again it just takes time.

Get Your Holiday Fluff On!

Theo Chic can assist you with putting the bling in your holidays! With the shopping, wrapping & cooking let me help you set your home holiday mood. I  bring a refined yet eclectic touch to your vision. I love to mix trends, textures and patterns in a cohesive way. I pride myself on achieving the most fabulous outcome with each and every budget. I work with a team of trusted and proven contractors and have relationships with many fabulous retailers. I can be reached at 703-981-9037 or by email at amytheo@gmail.com. Ho Ho Ho!

Stylish Patina Barn Sale

Go visit Stylish Patina's first barn sale this weekend! Great vendors with fabulous vintage treasures!

Anaglypta

A more affordable alternative to Lincrusta is Anaglypta

Lincrusta - My Latest Obsession

 I found a jewel in downtown Leesburg for everything fabric and wallpaper. My wallpaper contact, Ami told me about it. The Drapery House. They have an amazing library of fabrics and papers. I started out looking at wallpaper but once the sales associate opened the sample book for Lincrusta...I was HOOKED!

Lincrusta is a paintable wallcovering that imitates leather, plasterwork and pressed metal. It hails from Britian and was launched in 1877. The first US production was in 1883. It can be used on ceilings, walls...think upscale wainscoting or as a border.

I must find a way to use it.