Mandi Persell

Fairfax County

Washington Metropolitan Area

Greater Alexandria

Virginia

I am passionate about design and therefore decided to become an Accredited Staging Professional.  I stage homes and businesses, vacant or occupied, for any occasion.  I am the owner of Persell Designs, LLC and would love to work with you to make your home or business look fantastic!

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Fort Hunt

Hybla Valley

Groveton

Mount Vernon

Huntington

Hayfield

Rose Hill

Kingstowne-Rose Hill

Alexandria city

Michelle Witte

Old Town Alexandria

Fort Belvoir

Seminary Ridge Neighborhood

Join us for a massive neighborhood shopping event featuring a wide variety of treasures across the Seminary Ridge area. Explore sales along Fort Williams Parkway, St. Stephens Road, and the surrounding neighborhood to find your next great bargain.

Local Event: Seminary Ridge Civic Association Community Yard Sale

Seminary Ridge Civic Association Community Yard...

Join us for a massive neighborhood shopping event featuring a wide variety of treasures across the Seminary Ridge area. Explore...

Seminary Ridge Civic Association Community Yard Sale

Join us for an evening of made-up-on-the-spot improv comedy! We'll be calling on you to give us suggestions for a totally unique show that'll never be seen again!
Show is 18+ recommended. Tickets are free, with a $10 suggested donation.

Local Event: Improv Comedy Show

Improv Comedy Show

Join us for an evening of made-up-on-the-spot improv comedy! We'll be calling on you to give us suggestions for a totally...

Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum

BRADLEY BROOKS 7 P.M. light refreshments, 7:30 lecture


Ima Hogg (1882-1975), daughter of James Stephen Hogg, the first native-born governor of Texas, lived for a time in the Texas governor’s mansion in Austin. The experience helped shape her appreciation for both antique furniture and history. In the early 1920s, she began to collect American antiques, including glass, ceramics, and furniture. Later in the decade, she embarked on the construction of Bayou Bend in Houston, which would be her home until the 1960s. As her collection grew, Miss Hogg resolved that she would establish a museum, seeking to bring early American art and history to Texas. She made gifts of her home and collection to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Bayou Bend opened to the public in 1966. Miss Hogg’s remarkable foresight, determination, and humility created an institution that has grown and flourished, and that continues to interpret an expanding narrative of American art and history via its collections and programs. This presentation will explore the development of the Bayou Bend Collection under Miss Hogg’s guidance and will also discuss more recent additions.
Bradley Brooks is a specialist in historic house museums with a background in American decorative arts. He came to Bayou Bend in 2015 from the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where he served as founding curator for two historic house museums, Oldfields, the J. K. Lilly, Jr. residence, and Eero Saarinen’s Miller House. He also served as assistant curator of American decorative arts. Previously, he was director of the McFaddin-Ward House in Beaumont, Texas; and founding curator, then director, of the Moody Mansion in Galveston. He earned a B.A. in communication arts from Elizabethtown College, and an M.A. in early American culture from the Winterthur Program of the University of Delaware. Please join us in welcoming Bradley to Alexandria.
PLEASE REGISTER GUESTS WITH <a href="mailto:karen.d.paul1948@gmail.com">karen.d.paul1948@gmail.com</a>. Suggested contribution for guests attending a one-time lecture is $10. MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION AND CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT OUR SITE: ALEXANDRIAASSOCIATION.ORG

Local Event: Alexandria Association Lecture: Ima Hogg and Bayou Bend

Alexandria Association Lecture: Ima Hogg and...

BRADLEY BROOKS 7 P.M. light refreshments, 7:30 lecture


Ima Hogg (1882-1975), daughter of James Stephen Hogg, the first...

Alexandria Association Lecture: Ima Hogg and Bayou Bend

St Aidan's Episcopal Church

Friends and neighbors in Fort Hunt and Mount Vernon are considering starting a new church to serve this community.&nbsp; The church will be akin to Alexandria Presbyterian Church in Old Town.&nbsp; If you are interested in learning more, please contact Pastor Matt at 301 768 9700 or matt.roberts@alexandriapres.org.

Local Event: forming a new church 

forming a new church 

Friends and neighbors in Fort Hunt and Mount Vernon are considering starting a new church to serve this community.  The church...

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