‘Tis the start of the holiday season! We love this time of year and all of the family gatherings, get-togethers with friends, and of course festive food and decor! Inevitably as we prepare for the events of the holidays, a bit of panic might creep in from time to time if you feel rushed or that you may have forgotten something (horrors!). As a pre-holiday gathering, our team sat down together to brainstorm and create this list of 10 helpful tips for a stress-free holiday season.
Gingerbread, chocolate chip, peanut butter blossoms and sugar cookies! Oh My! We’re sure many of you have been baking away in your kitchens preparing some of your favorite sweet treats for your holiday celebrations. Our team has been at it too! A few of the ladies on our team love to bake and we’ve asked them to share one of their favorite recipes with you. Enjoy!
Janets Favourite
Remarkable Fudge (from Better Homes and Gardens)
Ingredients:
4 cups sugar
2 5-ounce cans (1 1/3 cups total) evaporated milk
1 cup butter
1 12-ounce package (2 cups) semisweet chocolate pieces
1 7-ounce dark chocolate or milk chocolate candy bar,……
Last week the Signature Design Interiors Team installed the holiday decor for The Harrison in Reston Town Center. We were asked to add some seasonal touches to the brand new luxury apartment building’s public spaces including their lobby, cyber cafe, resident lobby and mixology room. We’ve been told the residents love it! Here are a few photos of the decorated spaces.
Signature Design Interiors provides customized decorating, remodeling and staging services for busy individuals and professionals who are looking for turnkey service. From start to finish, we handle ALL of the details for you from budgeting, drafting floor plans for fit and……
Sandra Hambley solved this week’s design dilemma in the Washington Post’s House Calls column. The objective of the House Calls column is to provide homeowners with budget friendly decorating solutions that they can complete themselves.
Sandra has created several designs for House Calls, typically for rooms that the entire family will use, but this time Sandra was asked to create a floor plan with furnishings and accessories shopping list for a tween boy’s bedroom. Caeden, who lives with his family in Kensington, had some specific ideas for his room’s design. For colors he requested purple and teal, and he really wanted……
It’s really fun to start with a blank canvas and that’s exactly what we did on this project. In just six weeks, our client was going to be moving into her new home in Ashburn and she wanted our help to create the contemporary style home she had in mind. Although the time frame was short, we were able to find furnishings, window treatments, art and accessories, paint the entire house, install wallpaper, and other specialty treatments in time for the family’s move in date.
