34 | April 2019
PHOTO: (EXTERIOR) ROBERT RADIFERA
HOME DECORATING
ENTRYWAY
The foyer’s contrasts
start with the dark
stained woods set
against brilliant
white walls. Smaller
stylistic mash-ups
take over from there.
For instance, a
Federal-style bench
(found on a street
curb) wears a playful
painterly cushion
and velvet pillows.
EXTERIOR
Starting with the
warm red brick, the
exterior, far right,
brings together denim
blue and vibrant
yellow for an
updated take on a
primary palette.
The canted
lines of the
Chippendale
banister repeat
in wood floors
laid on the
diagonal.
anielle Sigwalt comes by
her eclecticism honestly.
Growing up, her parents
were in the foreign service. So
without consciously realizing it, Danielle
was collecting design inspiration from
the various places they lived around the
world. “I find global-boho style intrinsically
appealing as long as it’s tempered with a
touch of glamour,” she says. “I definitely fall
more into the high-heeled, rather than the
Birkenstock, side of boho decor.”
For the Arlington, VA, home she
shares with her kids and husband
Sebastien, Danielle combined pieces
collected during her travels with modern
finishes, bright colors, and a mix of
thrifted and department store finds. She
bridges aesthetic elements by pairing the
unexpected. In the kitchen, for instance,
flashes of brass shine against Moroccan-
inspired clay tiles. In the master bedroom,
an antique wood screen hangs above a
tufted velvet sofa. And in the dining room,
mottled bamboo chairs circle a lacquered
Parsons table. “When everything is matchy-
matchy, design becomes stagnant,” Danielle
says. And her house is anything but.
Danielle and
Seb with kids
Charlie, Max,
and Vaughn.
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