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Victoria at Home

Making your  home a more beautiful place!

Can't Believe it's Christmas on Wednesday!

Since opening Victoria at Home I have been working 7 days a week and my 

mind has been spinning!  All in a good way, but it has been crazy busy and

I feel so fortunate to have everyone be so supportive and frankly, it's humbling.

Here are a couple shots of our holiday windows.  

The store has been decorated for the holidays and I love the flocked trees!  

I was a little apprehensive about making the store too much of a Christmas shop, 

but I think we found just the right balance.   

The fabrics in this window are from Aerin Lauder and her new collection 

from Lee Jofa.  The red velvet on the left is called Montrose Velvet in color 

Plum/Red and the solid velvet is called Seabreeze in color Leaf.  The center floral 

is a classic Lee Jofa linen called Holly Hock full of reds and greens.  

Have a wonderful holiday wherever you may.  With family or friends, relax and enjoy!

Victoria

Open for Business !!

VICTORIA AT HOME!!

We are open for business!!

Front display window
The shop has two levels- the retail space itself and then a mezzanine level where we have the design studio.

Front room in progress

While I was searching for just the right location for my home furnishings shop, I have been traveling to find all the right furniture and furnishings for my shop.  Comfortable furniture was one of my top priorities and of course lots of great accessories. I only offer items of high quality that I think my clients would love or that I would want in my own home.  For example, I am working with several different sources for great pillows.  Velvets, linens, florals, crewels all trimmed and finished to a designers standards but without the wait!  Lamps, chandeliers, side tables, mirrors and the list goes on!

One of my favorite vignettes!  I'm tempted to install this in my own house!!

A detail of some of the pillows

Me-taking a break!!

Come by and see what we have done!  We are getting new things everyday and I'm thrilled to
see the response from everyone!  

1125 King Street
Alexandria VA 22314
703-836-1960

It's Official!

Many of you know that I have always wanted to have my own shop.  Some call me crazy and maybe I am.  I have been looking for shop space in Old Town Alexandria for the past couple of years waiting for the perfect spot and I finally found it!  

Victoria at Home is announcing it's new shop location at 

1125 King Street in Alexandria Virginia

Victoria at Home is a home furnishings boutique.  I will continue to offer my interior design services which include pre-construction strategy and materials specification along with interior decoration. Customers now have access to lines I have sourced for private clients over many years.  The boutique will offer a carefully curated collection of antiques, art , decorative pillows along with new pieces such as upholstery. 

(not my sign)

Great front windows!! Front door has been painted in Farrow & Ball Babouche!

 Cash wrap                                                                          

Tons of shelving for displaying all the accessories I have!

From the back of the store

Up the stairs is a mezzanine for my design studio-YEAH!

(All the pictures I took before I signed the lease.  There was a pop-up store there and those are her things.)

So I have repainted the inside and out, floor covering is being installed tomorrow, logo, signs, website, new face book page, bags all in the works.  For the last several weeks I have been receiving deliveries (YEAH!) and my upholstery arrives next week!  I want to be open the weekend of the 24th and it's going to be close!  

So now you know what I have been working on for the past several months and I will keep you posted on the progress. 

Come and visit!!!

Victoria at Home 

1125 King Street

Alexandria VA 22314

703.836.1960

Fabulous Jamie Beckwith Collection

Interior designer Jamie Beckwith not only creates gorgeous interiors out  of her Nashville Tennessee office but she also is the creative power behind the Jamie Beckwith Collection of architectural wood wall and flooring. 

I was on the internet researching (again), and don't know quite how I stumbled upon her flooring collection but I was thrilled when I found it! The hardwoods are available in a variety of species such as walnut, sawn white oak or plain sawn white oak, maple or ash and offered in a number of different finishes.  The patterns are what I found to be so beautiful.  

Jigsaw

Jacks

Dice

Crescent

Kaleidoscope

Lotus

Sextant on the Floor

Sextant on the Wall

I really love the wood on the fireplace!  I think this is a stunning alternative to stone, brick or ceramic tile surrounds.  Something to think about!

Commercial installation on the wall.

Powder room installation

If you felt like your wall needed a little bling, she's got that too!!

These can be set into a wall installation.

All pictures are from the Jamie Beckwith website.

Email me about a post, project or partnership at Victoria@victoriasanchezinteriors.com

Working for You!

 

 

I've been doing some research today for a client's office and thought I would share some of the pieces that caught my eye.  A few will be presented for her project and others I just like.  These items have a pretty quick turnaround time in case you might need to do some sprucing up before the holidays!!!

 

Fabulous finish!!

10" deep for those super skinny spots!

Wonderful texture on the frame with black glass.

Beautiful transitional styling. 

Classic

Gorgeous marble!

Iron finish or...

 

Gold finish!

 

 

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

 

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I'm Thinking of a Bar Cart...

 

 

I keep seeing bar carts everywhere!  Atlanta, New York, High Point -all the shows have them front and center.  We have a shop here in Alexandria called The Hour  and I always stop and gawk at the windows. They have the barware I want on my yet to be purchased bar cart!

 

 photo courtesy of The Hour Cocktail Shop

 

David Hicks shows had to display right on a table.

 

Joe Nye

 

 Deborah Needleman in Lonny

 

This one from I saw at market is almost identical.  Simple and classic.

 

 

 

 Extra detail....

 

 

 

Veranda

 

Tom Felicia

I like this one if you want a simple display like Tom Felicia's

 

 

Tori Mellott in Domino

Restoration Hardware

 Ron Marvin in Lonny

 

 

 

With the holidays coming up (I know!) maybe a bar cart could be in your future!   

 

 

Salud!



 

 

 

 10 Must Know Room Measurements

 

 

This article from House Beautiful is just too perfect to not reprint. It's almost so perfect that it's the kind of thing you want to keep at your finger tips or maybe post on your bulletin board! Some of our favorite designers were asked some questions on "how much" and "exactly where?" and their answers are below. 

 

Thanks House Beautiful!!!

 

 

10 Must-Know Room Measurements

Get your measurements right: an indispensable guide.

1. Dining Room Table

A 36-inch-wide rectangular table is perfect for conversation. A round table with a diameter of 48 inches seats six; a 60-inch round will handle eight standard dining chairs or 10 ballroom chairs.
—Charlotte Moss.

2. Light Fixtures

How big should an overhead light fixture be? Just add the length and width of the room in feet, and whatever number you come up with is, in inches, your guide for the fixture's diameter. So a 15-by-20-foot room would need a 35-inch-wide chandelier.
—Bunny Williams

3. Paint Coverage

One gallon of paint will cover about 400 square feet of wall.
—Alexa Hampton

4. Curtain Height

Mount curtains as high as possible to give the room more height, and let them break 1½ inches on the floor.
—Miles Redd

5. Kitchen Island

A kitchen island should be about 38 inches high—a little taller than the countertops—to be comfortable for prep.
—Thomas O'Brien

6. Window Treatment Width

Curtains should be 2½ to 3 times the width of the window. So if you're doing two panels, each should be 1¼ to 1½ times the window width. Buy a rod that's 20 inches wider than your window so it extends 10 inches on either side. Your window will seem much wider than it really is.
—Libby Langdon

7. Dining-Room Chandelier

The bottom of a dining-room chandelier should hang 36 inches above the table.
—Thom Filicia

8. Light Switches

Install light switches 36 inches above the floor and 1½ to 2 inches to the side of the door trim.
—Gil Schafer

9. Fabric for a Sofa

For a standard 84-inch sofa with exposed legs and a tight back, you'll need 14 yards of plain 54-inch-wide fabric. Add two yards for a skirt.
—Madeline Stuart

10. The Golden Ratio

From classical times to today, the golden ratio has always been the perfect proportion: 1 to 1.62.
—Eric Cohler

 

 

  

Addicted to Books!

If you are like me, I am addicted to books!  I love most any kind but of course my favorite kinds are the wonderful design books with fresh, glossy images to drool over.

I get my Amazon emails as frequently as the next person but does everyone get lost in all the info?   I love the feature that lets me see "inside" a book; I think that's really cool!  I recently got an email with a number of new Interior Design books and quickly put a few in my cart.  Here's one that I can't wait to feast my eyes on!

Amanda Nisbet has a new book out called Dazzling Design.  Fabulous!  Known for bold use of color and great attention to unexpected details, this book promises not to disappoint.

Amanda has been designing interiors since 1998.  She also designs fabrics for Holland and Sherry, lighting for Urban Electric and linen for Sferra.  

photo image- Jonny Valiant

Love the nightstand!!

Notice the touch of acrylic?

Daring deep blue.

Gorgeous!


I'm really looking forward to getting this book and being inspired!

order it here

Email me about a post, project or partnership at victoria@victoriasanchezinteriors.com