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The Washington Design Center | Washington, D.C.

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DESIGNER SHOWHOUSES | THE WASHINGTON DESIGN CENTER

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PHOTOGRAPHY: GORDON BEALL, INTERIOR, COMMERCIAL, SHOWHOUSE

PHOTOGRAPHY: GORDON BEALL, INTERIOR, COMMERCIAL, SHOWHOUSE

COLUMN DESIGN NUMBER:  Design #201

COLUMN DESIGN:  PolyStone® Fiberglass Composite fluted, round, tapered columns.  Tuscan capitals and Tuscan base moldings / plinths.

COLUMN MATERIAL:  PolyStone® Fiberglass Composite.

COLUMN SIZE:  12″ x 8′

PROJECT LOCATION:  Washington, D.C.

PROJECT COMMENTS:  The Washington Design Center in our nation’s capital features fluted, Tuscan PolyStone® composite columns.  The columns were faux-finished to look like a marble texture.  This project was spearheaded by the renowned designer, Mary Douglas Drysdale.

 

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Mary Douglas Drysdale | Potomac, MD

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PRIVATE DWELLINGS | MARY DOUGLAS DRYSDALE

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PHOTOGRAPHY: GORDON BEALL, INTERIOR, RESIDENTIAL

 

COLUMN DESIGN NUMBER:  Design #108

COLUMN DESIGN:  Architectural Wood Columns.  Octagonal shaft with Roman Doric capitals – no base moldings / plinths.

 

COLUMN MATERIAL:  Finger-Jointed Wood

 

COLUMN SIZE:  10″ x 7′-02″

PROJECT LOCATION:  Potomac, Maryland

 

PROJECT COMMENTS:  A custom octagonal wood column by Chadsworth Incorporated supports the upper level in the rustic farmhouse of award-winning designer, Mary Douglas Drysdale.  The column features a plain, tapered 10″ x 7′-02″ shaft with a matching octagonal Roman Doric capital.  Mary Douglas Drysdale recommends Chadsworth Columns, as seen in her comments in Veranda Magazine.

 

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Chadsworth Columns Is One of Mary Douglas Drysdale’s Top Ten Picks In Veranda Magazine

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Mary Douglas Drysdale’s Top Ten Picks

The talented Washington, D.C. based designer shares her favorite elements for creating sophisticated yet comfortable interiors.

By Catherine Lee Davis

Source:  Veranda Magazine Online

http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/mary-drysdale-design-tips#slide-3

Chadsworth’s Columns

My affinity for columns goes back a long way. My father went to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville for both undergraduate and law schools so I grew up in the shadow of Thomas Jefferson with his remarkable classical sense and Palladian perspective that he brought to this country. There is a very specific way to use columns, from choosing the right capital to the right dimension of the shaft. When done correctly, columns lend majesty and open up the space. The modernist approach is to take out all the walls but a more classic practitioner can define the space in a very graceful way via the use of the appropriate column selection.

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