Larita...

Went to Lucketts Village near Leesburg, a historic town close to where we live.
Leesburg is delectable in the old, classic, antique sense. It is a small community of renovated Victorian mansions, cottages, roadside cafes and antique shops. My first visit to Leesburg was somewhat surprising. I went there not knowing anything about it for a scheduled ultrasound appointment 2 months before Lara was born. I remember saying to myself "How come this place is so beautiful and I have not been here before?", then we moved to suburbia, and now Leesburg is 15 minutes away. And I still think it is a luscious place- but I am left under the impression it is too slow and perfect for someone like me, it is like a movie set. And this bring me to the Design House, yet another surprise as we visited the antique square in Lucketts Village this weekend. There I saw the Design House - not a furniture boutique, not an antique shop, not a renovated house, all at once - totally fresh, unpredictable when you are inside, very old from the outside, mind-blowing from an interior decor perspective. At least for a novice in this area like me. After Elle Decor, this place made the most impression on me. I will definitely go back. And the real surprise for me, I mean even greater than the Design House, was Levent's reaction when I met him outside the house, where he and Lara were innocently playing with stones. And if you know him, you know how "delicate" his design sensibilities are. Our dialogue:
"You should go and see this place."
"Oh I know this place. Been here before, I know, all rooms are different."
It turns out he discovered this place last year with a programmer friend of his!