Shop Like a Designer This Weekend

Get your checkbooks ready. The mother of all sample sales is coming up this weekend.

The Washington Designer Center is opening its doors on Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., giving the public access to showrooms that usually just designers and architects can shop at.

Showrooms including AmericanEye, Baker, Knapp & Tubbs, Robert Allen | Beacon Hill, will have furniture, rugs, lightings and accessories up to 75 percent off.

I have a Lee Industries armchair in my bedroom that I bought at a past sample sale, which is held every fall and spring. The custom upholstery just happens to match all the colors in the room, but we got it for a song – a story I love to tell anyone who sees it.

So if you don’t want to hire an interior designer just to get a designer rug, Saturday’s your day.