Kitchen Design Luxury Homes: hillwood

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXTniPgNqpQKljE3ILToLboLnKJG00x7HMwbzmwaMCTYEw1biGgtC-5o_ezEmR47Io2VF2DXwitc2jQTmoEx3RlfvA_qVKEDp7vYtmLpjupdCSvq9ZLEfVqWXMiDC-M8PokaRlfOIQgEE/s1600/Hillwood+French+interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXTniPgNqpQKljE3ILToLboLnKJG00x7HMwbzmwaMCTYEw1biGgtC-5o_ezEmR47Io2VF2DXwitc2jQTmoEx3RlfvA_qVKEDp7vYtmLpjupdCSvq9ZLEfVqWXMiDC-M8PokaRlfOIQgEE/s640/Hillwood+French+interior.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>You may remember I posted about the latest exhibit, <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2013/06/hillwood-living-artfully.html">Living Artfully</a>, hosted by my neighbor Hillwood, Marjorie Merriweather Post's house. This Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013 you can join a host of distinguished curators to learn both how Marjorie lived so well and how to incorporate this into your daily life. Details below.<br /><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.578125px;"><i><b>Classic Chic</b></i>:  <a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/whats/events-and-programs/lectures-and-talks/study-day-classic-chic-interior-design-living-artfully">Interior Design for Living Artfully</a>, will explore French-inspired interior design and the 20th century’s great designers September 21 from 10:30 am - 4:00 pm at the renowned DC treasure, the<a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/"> Hillwood Estate, Musuem and Gardens</a>.</span><br style="line-height: 20.578125px;" /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.578125px;">The day will be led by Hillwood curators Liana Paredes and Estella Chung who will discuss Marjorie Post’s Hillwood and the antique and design firms French & Co. and McMillen Inc., whose opulent French interiors combined with modern amenities made it one of Washington’s most memorable homes when Marjorie Merriweather Post lived and entertained there in the 1950s and 60s.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 20.578125px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.578125px;">Next James Archer Abbott of <a href="http://museums.jhu.edu/">Evergreen Museum and Library</a> will highlight the work of global design house Maison Jansen, about whom he has written. </span></span><br /><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; line-height: 20.578125px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 20.578125px;">Following a lunch break and opportunity to look closely at the Hillwood Mansion interiors with the design experts, New York interior designer <a href="http://michaelsimoninc.com/">Michael Simon</a></span><span style="line-height: 20.578125px;"> will discuss the importance of incorporating history and a knowledge of the past into contemporary design, much as Post did at Hillwood.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br style="line-height: 20.578125px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.578125px;">Lastly, the curator Estella Chung will moderate a round table discussion with the speakers about mid-century design classics and contemporary applications. Hope you can make it!</span></span>

You too can live artfully with Marjorie Merriweather Post!

You may remember I posted about the latest exhibit, Living Artfully , hosted by my neighbor Hillwood, Marjorie Merriweather Post's house...

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuYJ63yTjGUeo2fZtshi3d6bpQ1Yu3FnaRwCt9rJe0LR2-Nw-WwG_qOlvf08V4roBSrUrpQHvTGfd81ioG3qMLr8iKxKjFW-J9YwrHSFAUmQTRT4mVcDYh5Q6W8Rbvm0UE0P_BBjI8Sgv/s1600/dining+room+4.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758093086094447266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuYJ63yTjGUeo2fZtshi3d6bpQ1Yu3FnaRwCt9rJe0LR2-Nw-WwG_qOlvf08V4roBSrUrpQHvTGfd81ioG3qMLr8iKxKjFW-J9YwrHSFAUmQTRT4mVcDYh5Q6W8Rbvm0UE0P_BBjI8Sgv/s400/dining+room+4.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>Last week I had the pleasure of visting one of my favorite DC museums, <a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/">Hillwood,</a> to see the new exhibit <em><a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/whats/exhibitions/pr%C3%AAt-%C3%A0-papier">Pret-a-Papier</a></em> by paper artist <a href="http://www.isabelledeborchgrave.com/en_home.php">Isabelle de Borchgrave</a>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSLM1Xz7KLxSNDYa62-P5gHVnzIE4cu0ZH06sv-FeiRWo_aaxwuGGaDQOzWKUp08k9Cz-LRF9WLjxcL9ojwkDhfkjBxp9boAsRcCSOoao9h8jf9cnjCiVlw9layK09Mmkj3GhpTa69DJ9/s1600/Closet.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758093081163710354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSLM1Xz7KLxSNDYa62-P5gHVnzIE4cu0ZH06sv-FeiRWo_aaxwuGGaDQOzWKUp08k9Cz-LRF9WLjxcL9ojwkDhfkjBxp9boAsRcCSOoao9h8jf9cnjCiVlw9layK09Mmkj3GhpTa69DJ9/s400/Closet.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>Unlike many exhibits at <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2008/11/hillwood.html">Hillwood</a>, this one is spread throughout the mansion itself as well as in one of the exhibit spaces on the <a href="http://interior-design-pictures.blogspot.com/2009/05/hillwood-gardens.html">estate</a>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFiP5MVQK5SAchcBdtNoMA9Q0SeYtcFKvKvtlLon8MovMBrAx-k2k8LV2R4ttw8wjzYfOAqIBlppANd-W7g7nzugqxtTwN_U1VdOP8FN7bs5lMgxOymVmWEcw6ZqrNkeRBiYs8VtBKNuS/s1600/french+dress+a+la+polonaise.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092679511123874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFiP5MVQK5SAchcBdtNoMA9Q0SeYtcFKvKvtlLon8MovMBrAx-k2k8LV2R4ttw8wjzYfOAqIBlppANd-W7g7nzugqxtTwN_U1VdOP8FN7bs5lMgxOymVmWEcw6ZqrNkeRBiYs8VtBKNuS/s400/french+dress+a+la+polonaise.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>Believe it or not, all of the historic clothing you see here is made of nothing but paper and paint! <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvLG9mN_zFdTV0cisVsVUYWlygv2p_oPDTS00UAvgguoGywe7YT9pzWJILHXDOJ84-w2oYbX6tIgWj9T_iaOVH7RtLjD5xIY18iFbsMLub6mA2W2Fvq09ofnYPgFXGH4hfAQHJZf8Qt7l/s1600/french+dress+detail.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092674920919538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvLG9mN_zFdTV0cisVsVUYWlygv2p_oPDTS00UAvgguoGywe7YT9pzWJILHXDOJ84-w2oYbX6tIgWj9T_iaOVH7RtLjD5xIY18iFbsMLub6mA2W2Fvq09ofnYPgFXGH4hfAQHJZf8Qt7l/s400/french+dress+detail.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a>De Borchgrave brings such life to paper that you would swear there were living, breathing people housed in her creations.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsOfvMfbxhP-SvScD6BcVbRdY4ZEa8f1H7U8TF5zg8adUDlt1Rd4m8qEtTHx9lY5zQWrkxsA36r7_1yDgZoH2DyiNeodeOK-zI13EdI3lCCe0MsPn2rGaQYHbfPKPaL_qlbaphcRlwqPK/s1600/boyer+wedding+feast.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092669876117074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsOfvMfbxhP-SvScD6BcVbRdY4ZEa8f1H7U8TF5zg8adUDlt1Rd4m8qEtTHx9lY5zQWrkxsA36r7_1yDgZoH2DyiNeodeOK-zI13EdI3lCCe0MsPn2rGaQYHbfPKPaL_qlbaphcRlwqPK/s400/boyer+wedding+feast.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> My 2 favorite were based on paintings in the collection in the ballroom / screening room, seen here.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHtcXJDZnkaOf84XXXRdAEGjskyA7TVHSZ3HVlo4tr1mj1dFKFUZjfMTkakb9zNQtODQYEYZfoqmuRUTzHyxZVxkWyCE9TMeFDvle3gTwR9NMdhpWmV-iPwUgNqS-6ZIbblxbEbRxteux/s1600/Countess+Samoilova.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092661389261522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHtcXJDZnkaOf84XXXRdAEGjskyA7TVHSZ3HVlo4tr1mj1dFKFUZjfMTkakb9zNQtODQYEYZfoqmuRUTzHyxZVxkWyCE9TMeFDvle3gTwR9NMdhpWmV-iPwUgNqS-6ZIbblxbEbRxteux/s400/Countess+Samoilova.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> The piece on Countess Samoilova even included the jewelry in paper!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivKdLkzIXvB-aP-Lpql02Hinxz5gObCvGce3lGT7RnUr7ckbZFGkLmPqsn3H_egETpbum1rZcZHP3SX_jmnJ8ECRvkv4QVDlf6-Vd2IEddFOqZ3WiqQnAcgiybmMEDcBgGcdbC46mLDLu/s1600/flapper+dresses.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092641988045842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivKdLkzIXvB-aP-Lpql02Hinxz5gObCvGce3lGT7RnUr7ckbZFGkLmPqsn3H_egETpbum1rZcZHP3SX_jmnJ8ECRvkv4QVDlf6-Vd2IEddFOqZ3WiqQnAcgiybmMEDcBgGcdbC46mLDLu/s400/flapper+dresses.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> The pieces span the 17th through the 20th centuries, much like Hillwood's collection. I loved these flapper dresses found out in the Adirondack building.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQThY7No7QbLUObSiFoaYauHU4SWfwJ66qZcfAMalZgc3CB3ql_XdYzsfYUrrgLUr5JJLb7_drh0oBxiY87VWUDNZBkgkfvLhjE2YAhmvTXCDUVRuJQq7GEcbDMs6u3Ff8hBY4AOTL2cHF/s1600/19th+century+dress.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092387672213010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQThY7No7QbLUObSiFoaYauHU4SWfwJ66qZcfAMalZgc3CB3ql_XdYzsfYUrrgLUr5JJLb7_drh0oBxiY87VWUDNZBkgkfvLhjE2YAhmvTXCDUVRuJQq7GEcbDMs6u3Ff8hBY4AOTL2cHF/s400/19th+century+dress.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> This 19th dress in Mrs. Post's bedroom reminded me of something she might have worn in her teens.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnTC2HX92zKb7JTkLMJIycCL6HkLjAAsFbD2RtEwoKqY7ob-RVZjqAcjDwrzdy88v72tUQQocF6tO3xQUGS6NntHIbjDriArjIB4EKLpLr1LiY6CcO57h3Yx9MAF7rz3SJWO0I0mA58Xf/s1600/salon.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092381549599314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnTC2HX92zKb7JTkLMJIycCL6HkLjAAsFbD2RtEwoKqY7ob-RVZjqAcjDwrzdy88v72tUQQocF6tO3xQUGS6NntHIbjDriArjIB4EKLpLr1LiY6CcO57h3Yx9MAF7rz3SJWO0I0mA58Xf/s400/salon.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> The French Salon featured matching costumes;<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjv1cVlnpPOqvnW7bE0yLSdud8enFNNr1OL3sGTy5TCdoIMdFlItdcLGDZnGn2CI3Mb8r-RIkU-UkEW_RMIacz6r3K5ETxMCARxUOwA-pg4TNjL6i7hsyC8AjSO_D6nRaKVszqb1iCvWf/s1600/salon+shoes.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092378186891538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjv1cVlnpPOqvnW7bE0yLSdud8enFNNr1OL3sGTy5TCdoIMdFlItdcLGDZnGn2CI3Mb8r-RIkU-UkEW_RMIacz6r3K5ETxMCARxUOwA-pg4TNjL6i7hsyC8AjSO_D6nRaKVszqb1iCvWf/s400/salon+shoes.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> Including shoes!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6hiTbeYLKvLHX7i_8of-mr_IWyfeg4i_bncHWG9xDaK8iL6jup56oQms8LFyOBT2Hp_BLtlhVHrvooLVgxtBa_4r2Csb712bmYke2yN_VEoAs72etPnKKTm9TpZ6u3FlRjFM2smFQ4JW/s1600/martha+dress+2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092374173895090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6hiTbeYLKvLHX7i_8of-mr_IWyfeg4i_bncHWG9xDaK8iL6jup56oQms8LFyOBT2Hp_BLtlhVHrvooLVgxtBa_4r2Csb712bmYke2yN_VEoAs72etPnKKTm9TpZ6u3FlRjFM2smFQ4JW/s400/martha+dress+2.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> I loved the details on this dress, you could practically see Martha Washington wearing this.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDnPIc3HixzRrfdEka034G02En_24lJLg9ikQefRqZlnVFNwHVXor3YnYXOMnVRbzaLhzCFNwScWRUQIzbcgJttT_q4TGrv3FTBKxVVpXUG4qg0LBFMjFkokT9lNKdntJLNtmb9JoFqw-/s1600/green+small+bag.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5758092370501384962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDnPIc3HixzRrfdEka034G02En_24lJLg9ikQefRqZlnVFNwHVXor3YnYXOMnVRbzaLhzCFNwScWRUQIzbcgJttT_q4TGrv3FTBKxVVpXUG4qg0LBFMjFkokT9lNKdntJLNtmb9JoFqw-/s400/green+small+bag.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></a> Don't miss Pret a Papier on view now at <a href="http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/">Hillwood</a> through December 30. Don't forget, the collection is constantly changing so you'll always see something new other than the lovely seasonal gardens!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Isabelle de Borchgrave at Hillwood

Last week I had the pleasure of visting one of my favorite DC museums, Hillwood, to see the new exhibit Pret-a-Papier by paper artist Isab...