enjoy the view

inspireDC is finding it hard to be a daily blogger! and some days, hard to find time to find inspiration to share (um, isn't this the point of this blog, you say??). but file this under: gotta find it when you can. inspireDC is tied to her desk. so she turned around and snapped a pic behind her, where she would like to be sitting right now, thinking of pretty things.

she hopes you take a moment to enjoy the view...

$20 bucks, whole lotta inspiration

inspireDC thinks you should hurry, hurry, hurry before time runs out and rush over to the DC Design House in georgetown, which closes may 10.

20 bucks to see some really, really lovely rooms and some fun new ideas. like the embroidery edging around the doorways in the entry hall.

inspireDC doesn't want to give away all of the secrets in this gem, but every night since she went she's been dreaming of the little girl's room on the second floor, designed by marjory segal (who apparently doesn't have a website but if she did inspireDC would def be lovin on it).

there are no pics to show bc you have to go see the house for yourself. afterall, if you could just point & clickety click and see the house, children's hospital would make no moolah on the house and trust inspireDC: its worth more than 20 beans.

when you go, you'll feel like you're standing in the pages of elle decor, right here in dc. and who doesn't want that? so here's a sweet image from elle decor to get you in the mood.

Capitol, Monday

the halls of power never looked so good

abe deserves peonies

U.S. Capitol

these flowers make inspireDC want to call that wall paint color "peony."

Ranuculas

told ya so.

inspireDC is darn right inspired to make a pretty arrangement every sunday morning when she sees lynn vale's buckets-o-flowers at the palisades farmer's market. thanks to lynn for letting inspireDC swoop in at the last minute, in the rain, to grab a few of these pretty blooms this morning, er, afternoon. and for saving inspireDC a super lot of time by handing her 5 prefect stems. because inspireDC has been known to spend a whole lot of time agonizing over which flowers to choose, as if she doesn't have any other cares in the whole wide world...

She Said YES!

a perfectly perfect saturday morning wedding dress hunting with besties in old town alexandria. a place inspireDC doesn't go often enough, by the way, seeing as it's wayyy across the river. but just because this blog is called inspireDC, she should really not exclude such lovely places like old town. so she's going to go more. she's going to do it.

how ever to find a dress to match a ring so pretty?

walked by a sweet flower shop with two ladies making the prettiest arrangements with lemons and inspireDC is just very sorry she doesn't know the name because inspiration runneth over in there for inspireDC and her gal pals

(note to inspireDC: reason to go back)

what could possibly complete such a sweet block, what with the pretty dress shop and the full-o-inspiration flower shop? a sweet shop!

inspireDC didn't even need a sweet tho. she just drooled over the glass canisters.

sweets at The Sugar Cube, on N. Lee in Alexandria, owned by SISTERS

which made inspireDC daydream about working in a pretty shop with her very own sis...

one regret of the day: inspireDC didn't buy a few of the red-tipped yellow ranuculas at said flower shop to put into a sweet little vase with a dark pink peony. ranuculas: inspireDC is coming to find you tomorrow because she can't go another day without you in her house. love ya, mean it. think of you all. the. time.

Think Spring

here are a few things that make inspireDC think spring in washington.
(also read as: all things inspireDC would like to be doing but won't be doing this weekend).