[NOTE: Please excuse the quality of these photos; I had only my phone, and I was enjoying the tour so much, I didn’t focus as carefully as I should have . . .] I tour houses and gardens for one basic reason: inspiration. And this weekend Smithsburg, Maryland delivered. The ...
Read MoreCool New Vintage Site
Check out this great new site, a unique search-engine for finding all the cool vintage available in the Washington, DC metro area. You’ll find listings from Chartreuse & co, plus loads of items from Barefoot Dwelling and Madison & Mabel, two of our dealers here at Chartreuse. If you haven’t ...
Read MoreSpring House Tour!
To a home and garden junkie like me, few things are more enticing than house tours – the rare opportunity to step through doors and peak inside homes and gardens that are otherwise off-limits. This weekend, just as I’d thought that all the tours were finished for the season, Smithsburg, ...
Read MoreHistoric Architectural Salvage
History is my passion. My love of old houses, buildings, furnishings, even trees, all come from this core obsession. So you can imagine my fondness for the Smithsonian Museum, and it’s all-but-endless ability to feed my curiosity. (I even interned there during college.) And so, when the opportunity came to ...
Read MoreChartreuse in the News!
Check out this article on vintage shopping in the Frederick, Maryland area: Vintage, Thrift, Consignment Shopping in Frederick by Courtney Pomeroy Thanks for reading! Virginia
Read MoreMantel Before & After
BEFORE: When you have a dramatic statement in the main room of your house, it can take some time to figure out exactly what to do with it. And when it’s an amazing, custom-built, natural-stone feature like this mantel and hearth, the task can become overwhelming. Nancy B., a long-time ...
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