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~ Barry Dixon

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Drapery installation today in a project on Maryland’s eastern shore. The dramatic scale of this living area calls for soaring panels of our “Gawain” linen fishnet sheer for @vervainfabrics…falling from on high. At one with the view, this room is coming together beautifully. Carpets laid this Friday and furniture installed next week. Stay tuned! #interiordesign #work #day #love #photooftheday
Fresh, clean, intimate, casually elegant and timeless…lots of great words to describe this dining area we designed years ago for a charming cottage in Nantucket. Even with a neutral palette and a small architectural footprint we can achieve wonders with pattern play and an eye to form and function. And our happy client wouldn’t change a thing. Cheers to classic, no nonsense beauty! 🥂 #classic #designer #interiordesign #love #photooftheday
Glimpses from last weekend’s sunny birthday getaway to Palm Springs. Thank you @joeruzzo1 and @marklowham for hosting us in your fabulous new oasis in the desert. And thank you Will for bringing our own little rat pack together for a truly special celebration. I am blessed beyond measure. Swipe left to see some of my favorite smiles and faces. And thank you to all of the kind and thoughtful friends and family who shared their thoughtful messages on my special day. Getting older is not so bad after all. Cheers! 🥂 #beautiful #friends #birthday #weekend #love
Ready for some dreamy color on a cold winter day? Throwback Thursday to a home we designed years ago as it appeared in @milieumag . Beautiful fabrics from @bennisonny , @clarencehousetextiles , @vervainfabrics and @fortunyofficial in warm, vibrant shades of coral and vermilion make this living room sing. Color is happiness, and we could all use a good dose of that right now. Spring’s around the corner! Photo by @vitalephoto . 🌞 #beautiful #interiordesign #happy #color #love
On a snowy winter day like this I like to imagine the perfect room with a warm fire…and I often think of this elegantly cozy spot in a favorite project in the mountains of Tennessee. Designed with @summerour_architects for a lovely client at @blackberryfarm , it’s truly the most special setting for riding out a snowstorm that I can imagine. Thinking of all the chilly situations of those who’ve lost power in the wake of Fern’s fury this January week. And hoping they have a fireplace to keep them warm. 🌬️🔥❄️ #winter #snow #beautiful #fire #love
Marvelously monolithic martian landscapes abounded during our Saturday afternoon visit to the Mojave’s Joshua Tree National Park. And I love that elephantine abstraction! We’re feeling a bit guilty to be enjoying a a few days in the sun while our friends and neighbors back home are battling epic winter storms…but not that guilty. 😎 Speaking of old sol, swipe left to see a spectacularly surreal desert sunset over the Cockscomb Mountains. Stay warm my friends…the sun will indeed come out tomorrow. 🌞 #natural #beauty #sunset #love #photooftheday
Look at this little dog’s smile! Is this a happy girl or what? On any cold winter evening here at Elway Hall, the first thing we do when the sun goes down is light a fire in the family room. Dinah is right there waiting as we set the fire, gleefully circling the hearth, waiting for that first golden blaze of crackling warmth. She loves nothing more than basking by the fireplace, getting as close as she can to the flames she watches like an edge-of-your-seat thriller on TV. Nothing makes her happier. And nothing makes me happier than seeing that furry little smile. Stay warm…and happy… my friends. It’s awfully cold outside. 🔥 #happy #smile #dog #love #photooftheday
Site visit this week to a wonderful project nearby, where we’re reimagining the pool house of a grand estate. As we finish the main house, we’re moving to these smaller outbuildings on the property. Formerly the home of Adele Astaire, sister and muse of American legend Fred Astaire, the restoration here includes this massive club room, an en-suite guest bedroom, a small kitchen with a dining area and a large changing room and bath…all opening directly onto the pool terrace. After marrying Lord Charles Cavendish..son of the 9th Duke of Devonshire…in 1932, ”Lady Charles” and her Lord retired to historic Lismore Castle in the Irish countryside. Later widowed, she was remarried in 1947 to American investment banker Kingman Douglas here in Warrenton and soon moved permanently to Virginia Hunt Country. These “before” images show the main pine paneled pool house living area, ready for its redo. We were told that Fred would “check in” here for weeks at a time, working out dance steps and routines for famous film sequences we all know and love. Swipe left for images of Adele and Fred…and our rooms in progress. More to come! #new #work #interiordesign #hollywood #history
Drapery installation today in a project on Maryland’s eastern shore. The dramatic scale of this living area calls for soaring panels of our “Gawain” linen fishnet sheer for @vervainfabrics…falling from on high. At one with the view, this room is coming together beautifully. Carpets laid this Friday and furniture installed next week. Stay tuned! #interiordesign #work #day #love #photooftheday
Fresh, clean, intimate, casually elegant and timeless…lots of great words to describe this dining area we designed years ago for a charming cottage in Nantucket. Even with a neutral palette and a small architectural footprint we can achieve wonders with pattern play and an eye to form and function. And our happy client wouldn’t change a thing. Cheers to classic, no nonsense beauty! 🥂 #classic #designer #interiordesign #love #photooftheday
Glimpses from last weekend’s sunny birthday getaway to Palm Springs. Thank you @joeruzzo1 and @marklowham for hosting us in your fabulous new oasis in the desert. And thank you Will for bringing our own little rat pack together for a truly special celebration. I am blessed beyond measure. Swipe left to see some of my favorite smiles and faces. And thank you to all of the kind and thoughtful friends and family who shared their thoughtful messages on my special day. Getting older is not so bad after all. Cheers! 🥂 #beautiful #friends #birthday #weekend #love
Ready for some dreamy color on a cold winter day? Throwback Thursday to a home we designed years ago as it appeared in @milieumag . Beautiful fabrics from @bennisonny , @clarencehousetextiles , @vervainfabrics and @fortunyofficial in warm, vibrant shades of coral and vermilion make this living room sing. Color is happiness, and we could all use a good dose of that right now. Spring’s around the corner! Photo by @vitalephoto . 🌞 #beautiful #interiordesign #happy #color #love
On a snowy winter day like this I like to imagine the perfect room with a warm fire…and I often think of this elegantly cozy spot in a favorite project in the mountains of Tennessee. Designed with @summerour_architects for a lovely client at @blackberryfarm , it’s truly the most special setting for riding out a snowstorm that I can imagine. Thinking of all the chilly situations of those who’ve lost power in the wake of Fern’s fury this January week. And hoping they have a fireplace to keep them warm. 🌬️🔥❄️ #winter #snow #beautiful #fire #love
Marvelously monolithic martian landscapes abounded during our Saturday afternoon visit to the Mojave’s Joshua Tree National Park. And I love that elephantine abstraction! We’re feeling a bit guilty to be enjoying a a few days in the sun while our friends and neighbors back home are battling epic winter storms…but not that guilty. 😎 Speaking of old sol, swipe left to see a spectacularly surreal desert sunset over the Cockscomb Mountains. Stay warm my friends…the sun will indeed come out tomorrow. 🌞 #natural #beauty #sunset #love #photooftheday

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