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ASPIRE HOUSE MCLEAN TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 25 THROUGH OCTOBER 25, 2020 ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME announces its first show house in the region, built by Artisan Builders with Harrison Design and interior architecture by Mary Douglas Drysdale, benefiting Cancer Support Community
By Sherry Moeller Show house season returns to the Washington, DC Metro
intended to showcase superlative design while raising
area with the upcoming ASPIRE HOUSE McLean presented
awareness and funds for Cancer Support Community. “The
by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME, www.aspireshowhouse.
home itself is an innovative marriage of classical Monticello
com/mclean, with an opening Preview Party on Friday,
elements and cutting- edge materials and techniques,
September 25, 2020. The house remains open until Sunday,
making the show house an immersive and dynamic design
October 25, 2020. The house remains open until Sunday,
experience,” says ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME Editor in
July 12, 2020. Benefiting Cancer Support Community, www.
Chief Amy Sneider. For more information, visit
cancersupportcommunity.org, which is launching a DC
www.aspireshowhouse.com/mclean
chapter, the show house is in a new custom 9,600-squarefoot home at 952 Mackall Farms Lane in McLean, VA, built by Artisan Builders, www.artisanbuilds.com, with Harrison Design, www.harrisondesign.com. Mary Douglas Drysdale, www.marydouglasdrysdale.com, is the design chair, interior architect and designer of the master bedroom.
With more than 30 designers and design firms
participating, the show house is filled with talent from the Washington, DC Metro area, as well as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. Additional designers include: Alaina Ralph Mitchell, Anna Maria Mannarino, Annie Elliott, Allie Mann, Christian Daw, Courtney McLeod, Elizabeth Gill, Federica Asack, George Hemphill, Janie Molster, Janus et Cie, Jennifer Stoner, Jodi Macklin, Jonas Carnemark, Josh Hildreth, Katalin Farnady, Kiyonda Powell, Lenore Winters, Maria Galiani, Mary Douglas Drysdale, Melissa Colgan, Michael Winn, Nestor Santa-Cruz, Nile Johnson, Olvia Demetrio, Pamela Harvey, Paul Lobkovich, Sophie Prevost, and Thomas Preston.
“As Design Chair of ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020, I have
had the enormous privilege of working with many of the talented creatives whose submissions and design work were selected to complete the interiors of this remarkable house,” says Mary Douglas Drysdale. “The final show house will be exceptional and I am thrilled to undertake this role.” ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 is a collaborative effort
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