Jun 28, 2013
Well if it seems like I’ve been gone awhile – I have. Spring is the season of home shows and design house tours, and I was lucky enough to be involved in two great ones. If you were able to come and see either the SHE Design House or the Summit Southern Living Showcase House, thank you so much for attending. If you made it to both – Bravo – you saw two beautiful homes full of ideas. If you didn’t make it to either, make a note on your calendar now to come next year. Here’s what you missed.. This is the fourth year that the Shelter for Help in Emergency has put on this wonderful fundraising event. Why a Design House fundraiser? Because for the victims of domestic violence, a home should provide shelter, comfort, and happiness. Each year, an empty home, that is on the market, is selected and transformed by the Charlottesville design community. Each designer takes a room or space and works their magic with paint, furnishings, lighting, and accessories. This year I saw the side-by-side pantries (with their sticky fixed shelves that wasted space) and I saw a way to provide more function and more square footage in the food pantry storage on one side, which opened up the other side for our great Virginia product: wine! I also like to glean ideas for future projects. Look at the wallpapered ceiling in the baby’s closet with such a fun light fixture! To see a gallery of images from this year and previous years, go here. The second event of the season was a...
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