Nautical Design in Annapolis!

Nautical Design in Annapolis!

Chesapeake Cozy Styling for your Home

                           
               Our Nautical impulses have come out now that the Summer is in full swing! It's time to take a new look at the traditional Wing Back Chair. Here in our current vignette we have contemporized the chair by using a soft navy leather with nickel headed tacks. it is very ship-shape! The rug underneath has a ropey texture that plays well with the smooth, cool, leather.

The colors in the grouping are classic, " Chesapeake Cozy"; the water colors in the various shades of blue and the neutrals from nature. Take a look at our handcrafted Crab pillow at $142.00

 

 

 

Add an Art Glass Vase that ripples like the waves of the Chesapeake at a mere $44.00!

 

 

An ample side table in a hand painted finish adds that boat yard look to our grouping at a great price for only $488.00

 

 

What is more fun than colorful photos of a Dingy Convention! Our art on the back wall of all sorts of sizes and shapes of Dinghies will run you $116.00 each, already framed and ready to hang!

 

 

 

 

And last but, not least, we have our ceramic Turtle for all of those Maryland Terrapin Fans!

 

 

Enjoy your Summer, and be sure and stop in Details of Design to see our Nautical Grouping

in person. We have so many new accessories and accents to show you. Marie, our staff Designer can help you with freshening up your home for the season. Just bring in a few "Before Shots" and we can help you create the "After Shots"!

 

 

 

 

Silo Point, Baltimore Symphony Show House

                                                                          HERE"S THE PLAN!

The Annapolis Design Firm, Fitzsimmons Design Associates has been chosen to design the Living Room this year. We are hard at work trying to make the main attraction at the Baltimore Symphony Show House this year happen! The Penthouse opens to the Public on April 27th- May 18th. Tickets are available at Details of Design in Annapolis, for $25.00 and are $30.00 at the door.

This is the room we want!!!!!!!!

The 2-Story, 3-sided Glass Living Room is incredible! When I first walked into the room, I got goose bumps up and down both legs and both arms. It may have something to do with my tiny bit of fear of heights?!  But, as a team we decided to put our bid in on the Living Room Space and conquer our fears. After thinking of the great volume of space in the top half of the room for a week or so I came up with the idea of hanging sails up in the air to create a view from the balcony overlook of boats skimming through the top of the room. Easier said than done!

Yesterday I met Chris at Silo Point with 8 ft. high scaffolding and a 10 foot ladder on top of that to reach the ceiling of the Living Room. We rigged up 3 huge sails and live to tell the tale!






What do you think? You can see that Chris has no fear of heights! I yelled up to him at one point, "Have you ever  Bungee Jumped before?" He replied that he has not but, would love to in the future. I had that right!

Now that the sails are up, I feel confident that we are under control and will get the project done on time. We have the delivery company all set up, a van rented, and the accents for the space pulled from stock at our Coastal Design Store, Details of Design in Annapolis.

 

  

The Show House Committee asked us to add the Wet Bar area to our  design since no
one  wanted to tackle the space. We said sure, and racked our brains to come up with
a feature for  the tiny area.
 Wait till you see what we schemed up!

 

The "Oar House Bar"

I hope that after reading this blog that you are all excited and can't wait till the Show House opens!
All of our designers will be working the space on the week-ends and a few week days as well.
 Come out and visit with us. It's a great chance to see how Interior Designers work.
 Maybe you'll pick up some great ideas for your own home!

Gina Fitzsimmons, ASID
410-269-1965
918 Bay Ridge Rd.
Annapolis, Md. 21403

 

                                                                                     

                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add The FAB! Interior Design, Annapolis

                   Add The FAB!
The Holidays have come and gone. You have probably taken down your tree by now. If you haven't...Today is the day! Get with the program! I am trying to paint this picture of how drab it looks after taking down the holiday decorations and if you still have them up, this is not going to work.

So, let's continue. There you are, trapped in your home. It's freezing outside, too cold to venture out. You are looking at the empty dark corners of the room and you desperately need a pick me up. You need a fix from "Details"! Come on over, we will cheer you up! Take a few pictures of your problem areas and come and brainstorm with one of our Designers on Duty.


Our Display Vignette this month is based on pieces that you can "fill in" those empty corners of your rooms.  You know, where the tree was!



 I love these little Retro chairs, They will fit almost anywhere! The wood pattern in the back of the chair really adds to their charm.
They come with a toss pillow in beige duck with teal welting.
 Retail Price $1118.00
Details Of Design Pricing $895.00 each




This Nesting Table Set can be a big space
saver! The table underneath can be pulled out
and used anywhere in the room.
Retail Price $550.00
Details of Design Pricing $440.00 set

Chenille Textured Rug is cozy underfoot!
Here is a neutral rug that hides soil, looks great and feels even better!
In our vignette it is in a 4x6 size and runs $473.00 but, it is available in 
a Variety of sizes, even custom sizing!

Add some pictures of your loved ones!
This will make your home more cozy and fill in your voids, in more than one way!
Bring in your Photos and check out all of the unique frames in stock.

In the winter when things are looking glum, make sure that you have proper lighting. It can improve your mood and it will be a whole lot easier to curl up and read a book if you can see better!
We just received over 75 new lamps. Come and check them out!

 

 

So, I hope one or all of these ideas work well for you. Add the Fab to your space by using bold artwork, adding a cozy rug if you are more tactile, filling in your empty corners by adding functional pieces, like extra seating or a set of nesting tables or just surround yourself with photos of those that you love.

 

Keep warm, inside and out!

Gina

 

 

 

 

Interior Designer Creates Coastal Christmas Tabletop

                                                                                                                                                                                    Bring the Beach home this Christmas! It's always fun to create a tabletop for your Holiday Meal with your existing accessories. In the midst of winter pull out all of your shells, candles and anything else that you may have to remind everyone of those warm days at the ocean.                                                                                                 Add Agapanthus in white, for a fresh Christmas floral arrangement by each table setting. Use a water bottle or whatever you have for the container. Think Beachy! As you can see, even the wine is Coastal appropriate!

                                                                          Here I have pulled out my Martini Glasses to bring out the colors of the Ocean.  It's fun to use antique mismatched Silverware for a more casual vibe as well!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Herons on the table make a great centerpiece with the low tray of shell balls and votives. Pull out all the accents that you are not using right now and you would be surprised what you can pull together.

 I have used a 12"  runner down the center of the table in a teal mesh with glitter from the ribbon department, at the local craft store. I've even had it drop to the floor on each side for a more dramatic look!                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Don't forget to do a display on your sideboard! Here I have used those new battery operated flicker candles from Details, they look so real from a distance! I have reused some French Wire wide ribbon from last year and threaded it through a collection of Christmas balls and berry stems.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

It is so satisfying when you have finished and you have used what you have on hand. The colors are refreshing and will be well received by your Guests this Holiday!

...and remember, if you don't have anything to work with for this fabulous Christmas Dinner Display, come in and see Marie at Details of Design and show her what you do have and I'm sure she can turn your drab into fab!

Gina Fitzsimmons, ASID

Annapolis Designers Love Chocolate!

As Autumn rolls into Annapolis and the trees begin to change their colors, our focus once again returns to our personal environments. Annapolis Design Firm, Fitzsimmons Design and their affiliated Design store "Details" begin to introduce the warm chocolate tones into their store displays. " Chocolate is the new black!" says the brand new store manager, Marie O'Rourke!  (Marie comes to the firm from Calico Corners. her experience there in window treatments will be invaluable as she expands her horizons by joining a full service design firm.  Welcome aboard, Marie!)

The dark rich brown tones can be used to enrich a room or make it more dramatic. Here in the Fall vignette, the gorgeous chocolates that the designers selected for the entry display of the store are indeed dramatic. The stretched canvas is an impressionistic piece in browns and whites. The bay birds soaring over the Chesapeake  make it relevant to our area. Large over scaled pieces like this can really finish off a room, they demand your attention!

Also, very noteworthy in the vignette are the metallic finishes. The driftwood finish on the round accent table has a silver leaf finish that adds a certain patina . The interplay of metallics when using darker colors like black , eggplant or chocolates is very important to the success of the project. The classically shaped lamp in the back left corner is a wonderful bronzey finish. The bronze tone is also on the trio of mirrors down the left hand wall.  Keep in mind that the reflective quality of mirrors can add sparkle to any of your richer colored rooms.,

Details of Design is a great source to find the rug that you have been looking for. The rug in this display is a Transitional Scrolled Damask in white on Chocolate. The creator of this rug has used a very traditional pattern and over scaled it to be more contemporary. You can update a tired room with a new look, like this rug! Keep that in mind when you are designing the next space in your home.

Please come in and see our new Fall merchandise and say "Hello" to our new recruit, Marie. It's time to get your "Details Fix"!

Annapolis Interior Designers Go to The Beach!

Our Beach Vignette

It's that time of Year when we go to the Beach for the Annual Beach and Bay Cottage Tour. You can tell that it is getting near because we have redone the front Vignette in the store in a beach motif.

 Megan started the display with a fantastic hand painted beach scene on a grass cloth texture. It's very three dimensional when you look at it. It makes me feel like I am there! She added some woven sea grass tables and the perfect pillows in the beach glass color.

I love the lamp with the rope woven over the glass like a sea float; very nautical. The great arrangement that Pam did is a large glass urn filled with sand and dried hydrangeas completes the beachy look perfectly.

I hope everyone gets to attend the Cottage tour this year. It is on the 24th and 25th of July in Bethany Beach and it is so much fun to see what people have done with their  beach houses. Usually people are more adventurous with their interior design when doing a second home than if they were at home. That's exactly what makes this tour so special!

We hope to see you there and if you can't make it, be sure and come into our store, Details of Design in Annapolis and see what our Interior Designers have done to the store to get you into that Summer Vibe! Come in and get your Details Fix!

Gina

Annapolis Designers Get Crabby!

What fun! Crab season is almost here! Megan and Corey have put together a great vignette for the beginning of Spring and it is not floral! The driftwood  finish wicker chairs are just perfect for a grouping in your great room across from your sofa.  Another place to use them would be as host and hostess chairs in your dining room. It would be nice to make the dining room a bit more casual, you know, the way you actually live!







These original Oil paintings are so perfect for a den or anywhere in your Chesapeake Home. They are nicely  framed in wood frames and at $688.00 each, you can afford two of them!


























 Our boathouse red and white picture frame is perfect for that picture of your Dad out on the water in his yacht or the shot of your niece at the beach. We are "Coastal Ready" at Details!

If you need a wedding gift this Spring, keep in mind our silver and gold leaf platter for the lucky couple! It's a nice size to display on a bookshelf with a plate stand.

If you need a lamp to shed some light on the subject, this lamp in the background is like a crusty old piling from the local dock. The shade is in a tan burlap with a very smart bright white piping around the bottom edge of the shade. Very reasonable in price, it is $323.00.

Our Starfish on Stand is a unique little accessory for a tabletop

grouping or on a wall of books on your bookcase. The Starfish is a mere $37.00.

The large red Charger really adds that splash of color to our display. Take a look around your home and if you are suffering from the beige blahs.... come in and pick up some color!

At $75.00 our driftwood lantern with glass insert can hold a large pillar candle for a dinner 

al fresco out on the deck. The glass will keep the candle from blowing out. What a great piece to add a little bit of that Chesapeake cozy to your evening at home!

Our new woven vinyl mats (on the left) are perfect for your wood floors in the kitchen. When you drip water on them, they  will  protect your floor finish. They are very easy to wipe up with a sponge. We have several sizes and patterns. Check it out!

Details of Design on Forest Drive (extended towards Bay Ridge) is brimming with new accents to punch up your drab interior spaces. We invite you to stop in and take a peek at what is new in  the design market. We will guide you through accessorizing that dull corner, that bland mantle or that newspaper covered cocktail table. Bring in your photo of your room and Megan can suggest a couple of solutions for your design dilemma!