Foyer Archives - A detAiled House

by admin 07/30/2020

Mid-Century Make Over in Georgetown

Georgetown, DC has many historic homes, but this townhouse, recently profiled in House Beautiful and designed by Hillary Thomas and Jeff Lincoln, was built in the 1960s. Since it was in my neck of the woods, I was very interested in the home. While some rooms I found a little “busy” for my personal taste, the home had some ravishing rooms as well. I thought you might enjoy looking at it as ...

by admin 07/30/2020

Architecture , Bargain , DIY , Foyer , Home , Home Improvement , Interior Design , Product

Why Does Life Get in the Way of My House Projects?

I have been planning this house project for a long time, so I was VERY excited to start on it. However, we had my friend over one night, a girls’ sleep over and a school project to finish up for Monday. Come on people! Don’t you see I have some materials here that I am dying to put up! So, of course it didn’t get finished….sigh. But aren’t you a little ...

by admin 07/30/2020

Architecture , Baths , Bedroom , Celebrity Homes , Dining Room , Foyer , Home , House Tours , Inspiration , Interior Design , Kitchens , Office

Prince of Darkness

Ozzy Osbourne’s house was put up for sale several months ago, which gives us a look inside his house, designed by Sharon Osbourne’s favorite designer, author, and star of the one time show Million Dollar Decorators, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard. I don’t know what their house looked like in the height of Ozzy’s fame, but this is a far cry from what I would expect, although if you watched the MTV show, The Osbournes, ...

by admin 07/30/2020

Architecture , Design , Design Dilemma , DIY , Foyer , Hallway , Home , Home Improvement , Interior Design , Lifestyle

All I Need Is 8 Fewer Eyes and 4 Head(er)s

My pilaster project is coming along nicely and all that is missing is the header. Our local home improvement store discontinued a whole line of molding that I really liked, which really put a damper on things! Oh, well. It just gives me more time to ponder the project. My process is to sit on the floor and stare at the space, the project at hand, current features (molding, architectural details, ...

by admin 07/30/2020

Foyer , Hallway , Inspiration , Interior Design

Black Doors: Simple Elegance

Sometimes, the simplest things can make the biggest impact. Case in point: black doors. I just love a high-gloss black on doors, whether interior or exterior. I think the interior doors, though, are much more dramatic and classic because interior doors are too frequently overlooked. It seems like such a big step to paint something black, but after looking at our upstairs hallway, and the run of bland white doors, this ...