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The Styled Domicile-Interior Design Out-of-the-ordinary interiors for those who dare to stand out.

The Styled Domicile offers highly personalized interior design in Northern Virginia & beyond for unapologetic women. Jess Harrell, founder and lead designer, creates more meaning in your home by celebrating who you are.

I’ve been getting curious about what the things I’m drawn to are telling me about myself and what I’m craving in my own ...
10/13/2026

I’ve been getting curious about what the things I’m drawn to are telling me about myself and what I’m craving in my own creative expression. So this roundup of what’s been catching my eye lately is going to go deep.

What keeps showing up over and over?

The tension and surprising harmony between contrasting elements. (Cannot get over the electric yellow chaise paired with the traditional lace.)

Ordinary things made extraordinary through imagination. (That person-shaped cuphard!)

Things that feel like someone actually made them, rather than manufactured them to appeal to as many people as possible. (The embroidered sofa, it’s like tattoos for furniture!)

Movement, irregularity, nature. Things that don’t feel overly polished or predictable. (The beauty of the trees shadows on the side of the building KILLS me.)

Creativity that inspires wonder and delight. (That lizard carved into the chair leg, come on!)

I think all of these things remind me of how much possibility exists when people give themselves permission to be imaginative.

And I’m realizing just how much I’m craving things that feel deeply human. Complexity, contrast, things that refuse to fit into one category. Moments that feel a little magical. Beauty that doesn’t just look beautiful, but makes me FEEL something. That stops me in my tracks, gives me goosebumps, makes me gasp in delight.

And maybe that’s what this little exercise has revealed to me. The individuality I celebrate in design is something I want to embrace more fully in how I express myself, too.

Anyways, thanks for getting deep with me ✌🏼

*Most images from Pinterest and I’ve tagged sources I could find

Installation progress at this quietly playful, nature-inspired townhouse in Vienna. Phase 1 is 99% complete 🎉Next up: co...
10/07/2026

Installation progress at this quietly playful, nature-inspired townhouse in Vienna. Phase 1 is 99% complete 🎉

Next up: converting their unused formal dining room and an awkward vestibule/hallway just outside it into a hardworking space that’s part butler’s pantry, part library.

The vibe: like standing underneath a canopy of mature trees. Think secret garden, but one where you can make yourself a cup of coffee and pull down a few cookbooks while it brews to figure out what the heck everyone’s eating that week.

Last pic is a little peek at the inspiration for where we’re headed 🌳

If this powder room could talk, it would say, “I know, I know. You came in here to take care of business. But that doesn...
09/29/2026

If this powder room could talk, it would say, “I know, I know. You came in here to take care of business. But that doesn’t mean I can’t make your day a little better while you’re here with my stunning good looks and killer personality.” 😉

Oh, and also “I was just born!” because before the reno, this bathroom didn’t even exist. First order of business for reno was reworking the floor plan to improve the house’s overall flow, make room for a bigger, better kitchen, and create a new mudroom. That meant relocating the bathroom to the end of the hall, and saying see ya to the tub and shower. (Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of tubs and showers in this home 😘)

The goal for this new space? Create something playful and charming that felt like it was always a part of this 1948 Cape Cod home.

Vertical wall paneling, a vintage-inspired console sink and sconce, and classic 4x4 floor tile feel rooted in the house’s history. And the bold pomegranate wallpaper, funky squiggly wood mirror, and deep, saturated blue on the vertical paneling add plenty of personality.

Stay tuned cause this house still has a lot more to say!

Photography: Amanda Archibald | Interiors Photographer
Styling: Amy McCoy Penner

Sometimes you get wallpaper samples in the mail, and you’re just so f*cking tickled over them that you have to play and ...
09/15/2026

Sometimes you get wallpaper samples in the mail, and you’re just so f*cking tickled over them that you have to play and build entire worlds around them. Or maybe that’s just me!

But oh my god, I wish you could see the texture of the Dune Flowers wallpaper! It looks and feels like a treasured drawing your 5-year-old made on construction paper that you’ve kept safe in a drawer for years and years. It’s so damn good.

Anyways, in this wild AI-infiltrated world we live in, I find myself more and more drawn to things that feel hand-made, expressive, and imperfect. So here are three wallpapers that feel like an artist went to town on your walls, and what they inspired me (a human, not AI) to create.

Which one’s calling your name??

PS-I think the last one has finally pushed me into my “ok, maybe red isn’t the worst thing ever” era. 🫠

It’s been 3 weeks since this project shoot, and I’m still on cloud 9. Amazing clients who trusted my vision, and a ridic...
09/08/2026

It’s been 3 weeks since this project shoot, and I’m still on cloud 9.

Amazing clients who trusted my vision, and a ridiculously talented team (Amy McCoy Penner & Amanda Archibald | Interiors Photographer ❤️❤️)who cared just as much as I did about getting every damn shot right. The kind of people who catch the tiniest details, who you trust completely, and who somehow make a long day of obsessing over every little thing genuinely FUN. Feeling very freaking lucky. 🥹

So I’m gonna ride this high for as long as I can and give these behind-the-scenes pics a permanent spot on my feed.

And when I get the final edited photos? Oh, it’s all over. YOU’RE GONNA BE SO SICK OF THIS CLASSIC CHARACTER-FILLED CAPE COD. Jk that could never happen😉

09/08/2026

“Is this Lisa Frank pencil case timeless?”

“Will I still like this sweet purple polka-dot vest and pant set in 10 years?”

“Are three scrunchies in my ponytail too much?”

Nope. You didn’t second-guess your taste with bs questions like that! You just loved what you loved.

And then the inevitable happened: other people’s opinions got involved 😩

You started learning what was cool and what wasn’t. What other people liked, and maybe more importantly, what they didn’t. And little by little, your taste started getting tangled up with approval. Liking something stopped being enough.

And naturally, all of that followed you into your home too.

Which is kind of wild when you think about it. Because home should be the one place where you don’t have to worry about being palatable to anyone else!

I think good design can help us find our way back to some of that 7-year-old certainty. Not by filling your house with Lisa Frank 🤪 but by paying attention to what genuinely lights you up.

The things you’re drawn to for reasons you can’t quite explain. The stories that matter to you. Your quirks. Your preferences. The stuff that makes you go, OH MY GOD I LOVE THAT.

That’s the stuff I want to know.

And then I turn all of that very specific-to-you stuff into a home that’s beautiful, cohesive, functional, and unmistakably yours.

Because home should be the place where you feel the least pressure to edit yourself. 🎉

HOME SHOULD BE THE PLACE WHERE YOU DON’T HAVE TO EDIT YOURSELF TO BELONG(Sorry for yelling, but it kinda needs to be sho...
09/02/2026

HOME SHOULD BE THE PLACE WHERE YOU DON’T HAVE TO EDIT YOURSELF TO BELONG

(Sorry for yelling, but it kinda needs to be shouted from the rooftops.)

Hi, I’m Jess, the interior designer behind The Styled Domicile, and that’s really what my approach to design comes down to.

We aren’t born with a natural inclination to edit what we like; we learn it. When we’re kids, we just like what we like. Then one day someone tells you your purple-and-green winter coat is ugly (rude!), and suddenly you realize there are rules you didn’t know existed.

So you start learning them. What’s cool, what’s weird, what’s tasteful, what’s too much. And little by little, you learn to second-guess what you like before anyone else even gets the chance.

And that way of making decisions becomes so ingrained, we bring it into our homes too. We see something and immediately think, OMG I LOVE THAT... followed closely by, But is it too weird? Will I get sick of it? What will people think?

We’ve learned to edit ourselves for other people, even in the one place that’s supposed to be ours.

I see interior design as a way to find your way back to yourself. To trust what you love. To make decisions rooted in meaning instead of outside approval. To create a home that supports the way you actually live and surrounds you with your stories, your quirks, and things that bring you joy.

Because if you can’t be your biggest, weirdest self at home, where the hell can you be?

And when a home is built from all of that, the personality comes naturally. It becomes layered and collected, colorful and meaningful, playful and a little weird, because that’s what happens when you design for a real human being instead of some imaginary idea of what a home is supposed to look like.

The goal isn’t a home that everyone will like.
It’s a home where you feel like you belong.

📸 Architectural and Interiors Photographer

Why yes, I am trying to bring back the Ryan Gosling “hey, girl” meme trend from 2016.We deserve it.
05/18/2026

Why yes, I am trying to bring back the Ryan Gosling “hey, girl” meme trend from 2016.

We deserve it.

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