{"id":1132,"date":"2009-12-16T07:54:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T12:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2015-12-27T13:53:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T18:53:26","slug":"historic-decor-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/historic-decor-for-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Decor for the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was impressed with what the designers created for the diplomacy rooms at the historic <a title=\"Blair House website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blairhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blair House<\/a>. Six life style, &#8220;shelter&#8221; magazines were called on for their help to design holiday themes for these estate rooms and then execute the decoration in a very short time span. Despite this being very tough times for the Design Industry, they pulled out all the stops. <a title=\"Martha Stewart Living\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Stewart<\/a>, among others was there, snapping her own pictures, probably for <a title=\"The Martha Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themarthablog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">her blog<\/a>. A reception was then hosted by the State Department for government employees serving in dangerous locations oversees. Here are some pictures of the lovely outcomes. Link to read more in the article, <a title=\"Esprit Decor article by Jura Konicus, WP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/07\/AR2009120704026.html?sub=AR\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Esprit Decor<\/em> <\/a>by Jura Konicus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1133\" title=\"Martha Stewart. Photo by Susan Biddle for Washington Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart.png\" alt=\"Martha Stewart. Photo by Susan Biddle for Washington Post\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart.png 719w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/motherearhjacksorm-susanbiddle.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1134\" title=\"Mother Earth Design in Jackson Room. Photo by Susan Biddle, WP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/motherearhjacksorm-susanbiddle.png\" alt=\"Mother Earth Design in Jackson Room. Photo by Susan Biddle, WP\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/motherearhjacksorm-susanbiddle.png 708w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/motherearhjacksorm-susanbiddle-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/trad-home-blair-lee-dining-rm-barry-dixon.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1135\" title=\"Barry Dixon for Trad. Home. Lee Dining Rm. Photo by Susan Biddle, WP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/trad-home-blair-lee-dining-rm-barry-dixon.png\" alt=\"Barry Dixon for Trad. Home. Lee Dining Rm. Photo by Susan Biddle, WP\" width=\"500\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/trad-home-blair-lee-dining-rm-barry-dixon.png 718w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/trad-home-blair-lee-dining-rm-barry-dixon-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just recently wrote about a design lecture that I attended in which Barry Dixon was one of the speakers, on <a title=\"Slipcovers for your Walls blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/casartblog\/archives\/1731\" target=\"_blank\">Slipcovers for your Walls<\/a> (casart blog for <a title=\"Casart coverings website\" href=\"ttp:\/\/www.casartcoverings.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">casart coverings<\/a>). I really like this sophisticated yet sedate table setting that was used. The gift box is a perfect complement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/place-setting-blair.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1136\" title=\"Place Setting in Lee Dining Room. Photo by Susan Biddle, WP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/place-setting-blair.png\" alt=\"Place Setting in Lee Dining Room. Photo by Susan Biddle, WP\" width=\"499\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/place-setting-blair.png 714w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/place-setting-blair-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/inspecting-gingerbread-house.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1137\" title=\"Inspecting Martha Stewart Gingerbread House. Photo Susan Biddle, WP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/inspecting-gingerbread-house.png\" alt=\"Inspecting Martha Stewart Gingerbread House. Photo Susan Biddle, WP\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/inspecting-gingerbread-house.png 713w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/inspecting-gingerbread-house-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1138\" title=\"Martha Stewart Living design. Photo by Susan Biddle, Washington Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living.png\" alt=\"Martha Stewart Living design. Photo by Susan Biddle, Washington Post\" width=\"312\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living.png 312w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living-ornaments-from-wallpaper-lee-drawing-rm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1139\" title=\"Martha Stewart Living design. Photo by Susan Biddle, Washington Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living-ornaments-from-wallpaper-lee-drawing-rm.png\" alt=\"Martha Stewart Living design. Photo by Susan Biddle, Washington Post\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living-ornaments-from-wallpaper-lee-drawing-rm.png 693w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart-living-ornaments-from-wallpaper-lee-drawing-rm-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bird ornaments were inspired and designed from printed photo scans of the elements in the wallpaper. Since I&#8217;m into the wallpaper business I thought this was a great idea.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional holiday decor from years gone by, designed by This Old House below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/this-old-house-truman-study.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1140\" title=\"This Old House design Truman Study. Photo Susan Biddle, Wash. Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/this-old-house-truman-study.png\" alt=\"This Old House design Truman Study. Photo Susan Biddle, Wash. Post\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/this-old-house-truman-study.png 703w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/this-old-house-truman-study-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hilary Rodham Clinton greets State Department kids and their families.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/statedeptrecep.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1141\" title=\"State Department Reception. Photo by Susan Biddle, Washington Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/statedeptrecep.png\" alt=\"State Department Reception. Photo by Susan Biddle, Washington Post\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/statedeptrecep.png 650w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/statedeptrecep-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was impressed with what the designers created for the diplomacy rooms at the historic Blair House. Six life style, &#8220;shelter&#8221; magazines were called on for their help to design holiday themes for these estate rooms and then execute the decoration in a very short time span. Despite this being very tough times for the Design Industry, they pulled out all the stops. Martha Stewart, among others was there, snapping her own pictures, probably for her blog. A reception was then hosted by the State Department for government employees serving in dangerous locations oversees. Here are some pictures of the lovely outcomes. Link to read more in the article, Esprit Decor by Jura Konicus. I just recently wrote about a design lecture that I attended in which Barry Dixon was one of the speakers, on Slipcovers for your Walls (casart blog for casart coverings). I really like this sophisticated yet sedate table setting that was used. The gift box is a perfect complement. The bird ornaments were inspired and designed from printed photo scans of the elements in the wallpaper. Since I&#8217;m into the wallpaper business I thought this was a great idea. Traditional holiday decor from years gone by, designed by This Old House below. Hilary Rodham Clinton greets State Department kids and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[420,92,140,69,26,645],"tags":[923,928,764,929,28,926,927,619,925,924],"class_list":["post-1132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casartcoverings-com","category-celebrations-and-all-including-sad-events","category-decor","category-design","category-magazines","category-slipcovers-for-your-walls-casart-blog","tag-barry-dixon","tag-blair-house","tag-casartblog","tag-holiday-decoration","tag-interior-design","tag-martha-stewart","tag-mother-earth","tag-slipcovers-for-your-walls","tag-this-old-house","tag-tradional-home"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Historic Decor for the Season<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Historic Decor for the Season on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/historic-decor-for-the-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Historic Decor for the Season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Historic Decor for the Season on Art Is Everywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/historic-decor-for-the-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ArtIsEverywhere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-16T12:54:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-27T18:53:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/12\/martha-stewart.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@casartcoverings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"casart\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/historic-decor-for-the-season\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/historic-decor-for-the-season\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"casart\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"headline\":\"Historic Decor for the Season\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-12-16T12:54:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-27T18:53:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/historic-decor-for-the-season\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":222,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7386efc0ded244523b35adaf1e387f00\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/historic-decor-for-the-season\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ashley-spencer.com\\\/ArtIsEverywhere\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/\\\/2009\\\/12\\\/martha-stewart.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Barry Dixon\",\"Blair House\",\"casartblog\",\"holiday decoration\",\"interior design\",\"Martha Stewart\",\"Mother Earth\",\"Slipcovers for Your Walls\",\"This Old House\",\"Tradional Home\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Casart\u00ae Coverings\",\"Celebrations &amp; 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