Category: design
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Skanska completes Portsmouth Marine Terminal offshore wind upgrade
Skanska has completed the redevelopment project for the Virginia Port Authority, upgrading 72 acres of Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) and 1,500 feet of wharf that now serves as an offshore wind staging port. Dominion Energy uses the Portsmouth Marine Terminal staging port for its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, one of the largest offshore…
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Backyard Updates: Plants, Plans, Big Trees And Bigger Gazebos
Very exciting stuff is happening in the “backyard” right now as we entered phase two of landscape construction (that we put off for a couple of years to save and learn). The main goals of this phase were outlined in this blog post, but essentially it was reducing the size of the sports court (for…
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Skanska completes George Mason University’s Life Sciences and Engineering Building
Leading global development and construction firm Skanska has completed George Mason University’s (GMU) new Life Sciences and Engineering Building on the school’s Prince William County Science and Technology (SciTech) Campus. The state-of-the-art, $85.4 million facility spans 132,000 square feet of purpose-built space, featuring advanced research laboratories, specialized teaching facilities and flexible innovation zones designed for…
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Not Ugly AFFORDABLE Ceiling Lights To Replace Your Boob Lights
Hi! It’s me Jess—your resident light fixture obsessed friend. Today I am here to chat to you about your boobs. BOOB LIGHTS! We allll know the ones. Landlords and flippers love them because they are cheap (especially when you need to get a lot of them). It’s a real “don’t hate the player, hate the…
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Siemens opens Fort Worth manufacturing hub to support AI infrastructure boom
Siemens has officially marked the opening of its $190 million electrical equipment manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas with a celebratory ribbon cutting ceremony. A part of the company’s Smart Infrastructure business, the site is responsible for creating reliable and efficient electrical equipment such as low voltage switchboards necessary to meet the demand from the booming…
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Emily Reviews Her First Professionally Shot Apartment From 2010 (Lots Of Feelings!)
Fifteen years ago (when I was 30) this whole thing began – both DesignStar and the blog launched in early 2010. Y’all, we barely had smartphones, the OG Facebook had just reached the non-college population, and Pinterest was just an idea without an office (thus me having boxes of magazines and an actual pin board).…
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Arlyn’s Dining Room-Turned-Playroom Update: See Where She Landed After A TON Of Reader Advice
I am absolutely blown away by the response and the engagement in my last post about possibly taking my dining room and turning it into a dedicated play space in order to bring some peace to my living room. There were so many great ideas in the comments; some that I decided weren’t right for…
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How To Style Your Bed The Easy Way (+ 21 Curated Pillow Combos)
Remember that throw pillow scene in Along Came Polly?? That bed had ELEVEN throw pillows on it. And look, that was the style for a time but I might have taken a knife to them too. I’m pretty sure my own parents had about six on their bed most of my childhood. If that is…
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How We Really Kept The Charm & Character Of The Farmhouse (HINT: It’s Salvaged Pieces)
If you are into drinking games, I dare you to try to count how many times I say “character” or “charm” in this post – maybe just water in those shot glasses?? Someone recently asked what pieces are original to house and while there isn’t a ton, it was actually far more than I originally…