Our Designer’s Luminous DC Home
When DC-based Homepolish designer Shawna Underwood and her photographer husband Edward planned on having their second baby, they decided to revamp a room to make it friendly for the whole family.
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
Our Designer’s Luminous DC Home
The crib made look expensive and artisanal, but it's just a simple find from Target which Shawna made look more craft with a bit of help from excess fabric.
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
Our Designer’s Luminous DC Home
Shawna confides that she wanted the space to be completely family-friendly, not just baby-friendly. Now, it's her 8-yr-old Preston's favorite room.
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
Our Designer’s Luminous DC Home
Lions and tigers and bears (and yaks, and zebras, and walruses)... oh my!
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
Our Designer’s Luminous DC Home
Like the rest of her home, Shawna loves neutral tones and beautiful fabrics, but that is not to say that the place isn't kid-friendly. The key was durable textiles and finishes.
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
Our Designer’s Luminous DC Home
The sofa in the living room was a gift (lucky them), but the coffee table was BluDot.
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
Our Designer’s Luminous DC Home
Beyond the books in the nursery, this DC subway map artwork may be the most colorful piece in the home.
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
Who
Shawna Underwood, Homepolish designer
Designer
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A stark grayscale home is softened by cozy textures and effervescent luminance to make a family completely comfortable in DC.
Photographs by Ed Underwood.
We really love seeing the inside of our designers’ homes. It’s where they can unleash all of their creative potential and it’s exciting to juxtapose how they design their own homes versus those of their clients. This week, we’re exploring Shawna’s home, one of our DC designers. When she and her photographer husband found out that baby #2 was on the way (a year and half ago), they converted their office space into a nursery. Of course, because she’s one of our talented designers, Shawna did not go the route of generic baby room accoutrement and instead focused on making the place as full-family-friendly as possible. Just like the rest of her home! Though her designs look like they’d be too sophisticated (read: easy to dirty) for two young children, her use of durable fabrics and finishes make clean-up easy. The couple’s 8-year-old loves spending time in the nursery as much as anywhere else in the house. Soft textures and a similar color palette in every room elegantly ties the home together.
Want to see more of our designer’s homes? Check out Vanessa’s or maybe Casey’s homes.
