Living Room Archives - A detAiled House

by admin 07/30/2020

My DIY Carpet Tiles

If you saw my post Pretty in Pink, you saw the the interior design I did for my daughter’s room, which included architectural details and carpet tiles that I made. Since our second floor is hardwood, when I started planning the design, I searched for rugs, but I couldn’t find whimsical rugs in the sizes that I needed for her bedroom and sitting room. This turned my search to carpet ties, which ...

by admin 07/30/2020

Bedroom , Children's Rooms , Dining Room , DIY , Home , Home Improvement , Interior Design , Living Room

How to Make Fancy Cornice Boards

So overdue with this post, but between my lack of photographic ability, my inability to find my camera (!!!), my little imps requiring my attention, my suspicion that my imps may have had something to do with the loss of the camera and life in general, it has been a difficult post! If you remember, I created these cornices for my daughter’s room: It’s an easy do it yourself project that I ...

by admin 07/30/2020

Architecture , Art , Bedroom , Dining Room , Foyer , Garden , Home , House Tours , Inspiration , Interior Design , Kitchens , Living Room

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 07/29/2020

Architecture , Design , Design Dilemma , Dining Room , DIY , Family , Home , Home Improvement , Inspiration , Interior Design , Life , Lifestyle , Living Room , Renovation

How to Choose a Paint Color

For some, it may be easy to pull a room together – (and if this is you, this may not be the post for you, except maybe to comment on your thoughts, preferred colors, etc.) – but for others, it can be a real puzzler. There are so many thoughts, rules and philosophies on how to choose paint colors, but forget all that. Here’s what you really need to know: – Paint should not be the first ...

by admin 07/29/2020

Architecture , Art , Baths , Bedroom , Celebrity Homes , Design , Dining Room , Flooring , Foyer , Garden , Hallway , Home , House Tours , Inspiration , Interior Design , Kitchens , Landscape , Landscape Design , Life , Lifestyle , Living Room

Courtney Cox’s Modern Malibu Manse

Courtney Cox recently moved from a house that she adored because it was level with a public beach and she couldn’t even go for a walk without pictures being taken. The home, designed by famed architect John Lautner, was “futuristic”, “modern” and, according to Cox, “the most amazing place I’ve ever lived in.” (See bottom for details on the house.) But, the silver-lining in all this is that she got to buy and ...