Designers Who Made the Cut
Photograph by Carrie Russell
The results are in for the upcoming DC Design House. After more than 75 designers walked through the house and almost 50 submitted proposals for the chance to participate in redecorating the Rectory of St. John’s Episcopal Church for the DC Design House, 15 have been selected. The house, at 3238 O Street, NW, Washington, DC, will be transformed and open to the public to tour from April 18th through May 10th. Meanwhile, this Saturday, Feb. 28, a Bare Bones Tour will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Five dollars will get you in the door to see the old Victorian before the designers work their magic. The tours – both the Bare Bones and Completed House – will benefit the Children’s Hospital Foundation of the Children’s National Medical Center.
Here’s what’s in store:
Allyson Terry of Cote Jardin will transform the big, generous front porch.
Michael Roberson, who did a fine job of remodeling the kitchen in last year’s DC Design House, will renew the vestibule.
Roberson’s kitchen from last year’s DC Design House. Photograph by Morgan Howarth
Joseph Ireland will make over the stair hall.
David Mitchell, who also participated in last year’s DC Design House, will take on the living room in this year’s show house. Mitchell’s work has graced the pages and cover of Washington Spaces:
Photograph by Morgan Howarth
John Petro of Petro Design Build will tackle the small, private garden, as he did in last year’s Design House:
Photograph by Morgan Howarth
Sarah Wessel will revamp the library.
Camille Saum, who won for a dining room she designed in the 2008 Washington Spaces Best of Interior Design competition, will transform the dining room in this house. Saum’s work is also featured in the new issue of Washington Spaces, which is just reaching mailboxes today.
Photograph by Gordon Beall
Samantha Friedman will freshen the powder room.
Susan Thompson will convert the kitchen. Draza Stamenich of Draza LLC promises to drench the laundry room in style.
Sally Steponkus will freshen the guest sitting room. Steponkus was featured in Washington Spaces for her work for the NSO design show last fall.
Photograph by Stacy Zarin-Goldberg
E. Wayne Breeden will transform the owner’s bedroom.
Iantha Carley will convert the sitting room and bath for the owner’s bedroom.
Marlene Weiss Alexander will redo the guest bedroom.
And Marjory Segal of Well-Furnished Garden & Home will spin lovely ideas into the little girl’s room.
Meanwhile, we’ll keep you updated with snippets on their progress.
Kathleen Litchfield of www.petrodesignbuild.com is doing the wonderful landscaping for this great project. She is magic!