Annapolis is ready for Contemporary!!!
It's funny ...after being in the Interior Design business in Annapolis for over 25 years, the pendulum has swung back again to contemporary. The cleaner lines, the tailored look and the uncomplicated ease of a well put together room is very refreshing.

The key to this style of Interior Design is to keep it simple and uncluttered. Design your space with a strong focal point and fill in with larger sacle accessories and fewer pieces. This reminds me of the advise given to me a long time ago about getting dressed in the morning. Put on your clothes, belt, scarf, and jewelry and then simply take off one piece and you were ready to go out the door. Never overworking the look is good advise in Design as well!

The Contemporary Style is a more simple look, but, do not forget the fun of selecting all of the finishes. The texture, sheen, embedded pattern, wood grains, contrast and juxtaposition of different and contrasting materials lend to the success of this look!

Give Fitzsimmons Design a call for an in home consultation and see how easy it would be to rework your spaces to a more clean cut contemporary interior! 410-269-1965

Chesapeake Cozy Den

Chesapeake Cozy Den

It is almost Boat Show Time in Annapolis! If he is "Going Nautical " on you again, you can create a handsome Den in your home for that special guy in your life, in a small space with our pull out table top desk. It's just perfect for a laptop computer! There are drawers underneath for all of his stuff and a designated place for the computer tower. Add a pull out side table for a printer and you are all set!

At Details, we are showcasing framed original Harper's Weekly Covers. A collection of them grouped together really make a statement wall and focal point. Add a strie rug in all shades of cool water for a punch of color on the floor. Finish off the room with accessories from our showroom and you can have the room finished by the time he finishes his golf game!

Any photos of before and after we will put in our blogspot and we wil feature your project in an upcoming issue.

DON"T FORGET.......................Our Annual Tent Sale is on Saturday, September 11th this year.

We are going to have great mark downs on furniture, lamps, rugs, artwork and accessories. We will also have our scratch and dent items. They are pieces that we got special pricing on when they came in slightly defective and were not up to our usual great quality. But, if you are accessorizing a bookcase, just turn the item with the scratch to the back and who will know?

We Will See YOu There!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Summer Breezes

The sweet memories of summer like the breeze coming through the window, gently blowing the sheer curtains remind us all of simpler times. It can be a fun project to capture that feeling again in your own home! We often have clients ask us to design a room or a part of their home around a pleasant time or a remembered experience.
The background is very important. If you do not care to paint a new color just hang an oversized canvas like we have done here. It provokes the feeling of the ocean with just a few patches of color. Recover a chair with a starfish pattern or another fun fabric. It will give that chair a new life! Add a colorful throw for the days when the air conditioning is too chilly! When you are punching up a room with large areas of color to give the room a fresh appearance, don't forget the rug. It is probably one of the largest areas in square footage in the room. The color, texture and pattern that can enhance your new look, are limitless.
Fill in with the toys of decorating, The Accessories! What fun you can have by grouping colorful vases, chargers, shells to personalize your space. Drop by and see us at our retail store Details of Design at 918 Bay Ridge Road in Annapolis for a fun trip to hunt and gather those perfect pieces.

Summer Breezes

The Contemporary Classics!!!

What a great look! Take your mother's Chippendale chair and pair it with a console in Faux Leather Croc, add some contemporary artwork and a couple of architectural lamps and you have a fabulous grouping!

Furnishing your home can be so much fun when you have a successful look like this. Just keep in mind balance, scale and proportion when mixing the different furnishings. A lot of people strive for that "eclectic look" that puports an ease of
lifestyle and a lack of that stuffiness that dates back to your parents house.
If this is way beyond your talents and you do not know what I mean about mixing pieces based on their scale, break down and call an Interior Designer. The pressure will be lifted off your shoulders! The Designer will partner with you and present just the right pieces to mix with your family heirlooms that you want to keep in the room. They will create a fresh young look that updates those pieces and brings them into this century. Then the guilt of not using the entrusted relic will disolve and you will have a unique interior that ties your past and present together. What a great idea!

By now everyone is getting Cabin Fever. We are all thinking of where to go for our winter vacation. Whether it's Barbados, Palm Beach or Hawaii"s ocean breezes that make you happy, it's time to bring that look home!

Add accessories to make that neutral upholstery grouping in your great room your favorite place to be!

Add a little mood to the room with a folding screen for a backdrop. Pillows are an affordable way to add contrast. Follow through with a few shells and add the rust egrets, your two new best friends and see how much more welcoming your home can be. It is so true, it's all in the details.

January 17th, 2010

Welcome to our new blog! It's a new year and a fresh start! We want to keep in touch with our clients and have created this new column to keep you up with what's new, what's hot and what's happening!

We will start by showing you the new displays in our fashionable home store done by our talented designers!