HYLAND
The interiors of designer Mary Douglas Drysdale
reflect a careful balance unifying the disciplines of interior
architecture and decoration, while embellishing the whole
with the recognizable art collections she assists her clients
in building. "What makes each of
my projects work is the strong
rational architecture I draw and
develop for each project, which is
then softened and personalized
by the wonderfully idiosyncratic
objects and art works of my
patrons, whose personalities I
try to express and whose taste I
hope to develop and share. I do
see rooms and spaces as artistic
endeavors." What one discovers
in viewing her oeuvre are well
crafted interior rooms with a
careful layering of art, interior
architecture and decoration.
The historic Marwood Estate, on the Potomac River, is
an exceptional example of her work.
In restoring and reinventing Marwood, a vast estate along
the Potomac River, for long-standing clients of "great
vision", Drysdale was given the opportunity to provide new
life to this once grandly kept house that reflected the taste
