The rest, as they say, was history that is, until the pandemic hit.
Sikes, who had shared our Little Boys’ Room with his readers. To my great surprise and utter delight, I walked out of church one Sunday morning to thousands of new readers, sent over by Mark D. Our Little Boys’ Room, for instance, was inspired by the famous photograph of Lee Radziwill with one of her children in her Turquerie Living Room at Buckingham Palace. It seemed the sort of place in which Grace Kelly might appear at any moment, and I was determined to preserve that spirit of vintage glamour and loveliness. From the moment I first stepped into the glamorous front hall of Tallwood, enveloped by its vintage flocked wall covering, I felt a kinship to the women who had gone before me, shaped, no doubt, by the Old Hollywood movies and their glamorous vintage sets and costumes had grown up watching. While Tallwood is, first and foremost, our beloved home, the public aspect came about quite by accident, when I began sharing peeks into our renovations, featuring also the little things that were working together to make our house a home: a gallery wall here a tablescape there flower arrangements new bedding etc… Slowly but surely, things were coming together, and our growing readership began to catch something of our vision, being especially fascinated with, what we hoped were, thoughtful decisions intended to honor the past and those who had come before us: to preserve the fine old wall-coverings rather than to take them down: for instance, to leave alone the dark woodwork in the Evening Room, thus allowing the room to serve its intended purpose as a cozy space in which to gather by the fire each evening.Īt the time, everyone was ripping out and painting over, making our approach of preservation unique. But, fall in love we did, with both the potential of the faded interiors and the beauty of the land. My childhood home sits only a few doors down, and while I had never been inside, I often ran past in high school, training for volleyball, lifeguarding, etc… Who could have known that, in a later season of life, while visiting my parents one Sunday afternoon, my husband, children, and I would happen into the open house of what had become a possible tear-down and fall in love. A former horse farm, Tallwood is located only a short drive from the nation’s capital, in Northern Virginia horse country.
Where are you located, how did you get started?Ī. Sikes, Southern Living, and numerous brand collaborations, and her menagerie of charming (house-trained?) animals is also irresistible, surrounded by the comforts of Jenny’s Grandmillennial-esque home. After a delightful phone conversation ahead of this feature, it is my pleasure to welcome Jenny in this Style Profile and TGP debut! Jenny caught our eye at The Glam Pad not only because of her elegantly-presented Instagram grid, where she documents the renovation, restoration, and decoration of her family’s Northern Virginia estate known affectionately as Tallwood Country House. Surrounded by so many beautiful design ideas on Instagram, I’m happy to call my phone an extension of home, especially when it leads to happy connections with other design enthusiasts and home-restorationists like Jenny Bohannon of Tallwood Country House. homeowners had spent a median of $17,140 on home improvements since the beginning of the pandemic, and 58% had undertaken an interior improvement project.
According to Barron’s, as of last summer, U.S. “People are now so reliant on their smartphones, the devices are ‘becoming our homes.” And home is a place we want to be more than ever. “Are you a human snail?” read a humorously titled recent headline.
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