The Washington Post Home section is out today (it prints every Thursday), and this week, we get to follow local designer Raji Radhakrishnan on a tour of her home and the resources she dials up when creating beautiful interiors for her clients.
Raji and son in playroom.
Her firm, Raji RM & Associates sprang out of her true calling – which came after receiving an MBA and working as a reasearch director. Her ideas come from so many inspirations, many found in local museums.
Her Georgian suburban Virginia home disguises the impressive interior
Daring experiment in scale and pattern - works beautifully!
Command center for a family of four.
Love the dark lacquered shelves - makes the book speak volumes!
Every kitchen looks amazing dressed in white!
Art to the eye can be created in any shape or form.
Raji says ” I sometimes rediscover a work that will completely inspire me. It could be as simple as a color or combination of colors. Or how a work is framed or displayed. This can send me off in a tangent about how I want to spin a room, or the mood I want to capture.”
Expect the unexpected. Chairs put to good use!
Indian-born Raji in her Brambleton home.
Here who is on Raji’s speed dial list:
- Colony House, 1700 Lee Hihghway, Arlington, 703.524.1700 – http://www.colonyhouse.net
- DC Big Flea Market, 4368 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly, 757.961.3988 – http://www.damorepromotions.com
- Nash Carpet One Floor, 11641 Boiling Brook Pl., Rockville, 240.292.1245 – http://www.nashcarpetonerockville.com
- National Gallery of Art Shop http://www.nga.gov
- Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Shop http://hirshhorn.si.edu
- Corcoran Museum Shop http://www.corcoran.org/shop
- Yard and Estate Sales http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/gms/
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