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InStyle Decorates the State Department’s Diplomatic Reception Rooms

Dec 10, 2010 @ 1:49 pm

InStyle partnered with the State Department to decorate its Diplomatic Reception Rooms for the holiday season and the results are stunning. “[The rooms] are one of the hidden gems of Washington, playing host to Presidents and Prime Ministers from around the world and showcasing the best of our nation’s heritage,” said Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall, Chief of Protocol of the United States. InStyle brought in famed event planner David Stark to come up with elegant holiday decorations. “The rooms have historical significance and are highly utilized so it was important for us to enhance the beauty already there,” InStyle editor Ariel Foxman said. “David created a gorgeous, modern winter wonderland that is both stylish and functional. It’s a living, breathing project and so much more fulfilling to know it will be enjoyed by others.” Stark used everyday materials like ribbon and wrapping paper to design extraordinary decorations like the wreath and archway (right). The rooms are open for public tours, but in case you don’t have a chance to get to Washington D.C., click on the gallery for an exclusive sneak peek. Plus, get tips from Stark for ways to incorporate these décor ideas into your own home this season!

—Cheryl Brody Franklin

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long live our capitalistic holiday

-bob on December 10th, 2010

The taxpayer dollars. The richest get richer, the middle class dollars outsourced to foreign countries with slave labor wages, the poor get poorer, and the millionaire Republican, Moderate and Conservative Democrats and some Independent politicians and officials have worked for, will work for or were just plain bribed, to pass laws and deregulations to financially and legally benefit their corporate benefactors. Conflict of Interest and Collusion all the way in the Executive, Legialative and Judicial Branches of our government.
Junior Bushs embedded and burrowed political appointees were all utilized by Obama, with his budget director just now going to work for Wall Street. Revolving Door”?
It’s time to get a revolution in order to get rid of these corrupt, corpulant Treasonus b–tards and frog march them to the Hague to answer to the International Criminal Court.

-CurtJ on December 10th, 2010

Sure, we’re rolling in dough, no unemployment or poverty, why not.

-indc on December 10th, 2010

I just bought two of those nutcrackers. I’m going to leave them out all year long!

-Alyson on December 10th, 2010

Were can I get that mirrored xmas tree? thx

-snoogs on December 11th, 2010

Thanks Instyle and David Stark Designs for thinking of Materials for the Arts. David Stark designs is a donor who’s donated multiple times in the past and we are very thankful he supports MFTA.

Here is a featured article about this decoration http://mfta.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/us-state-department-will-donate-holiday-decorations-to-mfta/

-S on December 13th, 2010

You are mistaken. I can defend the position.

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-icon design on September 19th, 2012

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