LANGLEY · SALONA · TYSONS-ADJACENT · EMBASSY-TIER

McLean estate-scale work, on the bench in Alexandria.

McLean is a 20-minute drive from the Colvin Street workshop via I-495 — embassy-tier residential, large estate homes, and a designer community that anchors much of the NoVA trade work we see. McLean clients bring us large-format custom (sectionals, dining sets of 12 to 18, double-height drapery), period-correct antique restoration on inherited family pieces, and multi-room residential refurbishments that run for months. Free pickup, free in-home consultation.

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Embassy-tier McLean Virginia estate home living room with U-shape sectional and double-height drapery
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I. EMBASSY-TIER MARKET

Large rooms. Large pieces. Large yardage.

McLean's housing stock — estate-scale Colonial Revival homes from the 1970s through 2000s plus new builds toward the GW Parkway — generates upholstery work at a different scale than Old Town or Capitol Hill. Sectionals run 3-piece L-shapes through full U-shapes; dining sets reach 14 to 18 chairs; drapery in foyers and living rooms uses double-height drops. We are equipped for the scale (workshop bench space, 3-person pickup teams, large fabric handling).

Estate-scale workshop scene — large sectional sofa frame in raw mahogany on a long oak bench, upright bolts of cream silk damask and oyster linen, moss-green silk-taffeta drapery panel hanging from a ceiling tenter, brass-handled tool cabinet
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II. NEIGHBORHOODS

Langley, Salona, Tysons-adjacent, GW Parkway corridor.

Langley — the embassy and intelligence-community-adjacent neighborhood, walkable to McLean Central Park. Salona Park / Salona Village — historic-feel mid-century to 1990s residential on tree-lined streets. Tysons-adjacent — the Tysons Corner edge where high-rise meets estate residential. GW Parkway corridor — large-lot estate properties along the Potomac. ZIP coverage: 22101, 22102.

Embassy-tier McLean estate entry at golden hour — stone-pillared gateposts with weathered copper lanterns, wrought-iron gate ajar, mature oak canopy, manicured boxwood, glimpse of a slate-roofed Georgian estate up the gravel drive
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III. WHAT MCLEAN CLIENTS TYPICALLY BRING US

Large pieces, complete rooms, multi-piece sets.

Sectional reupholstery (3-piece L-shapes through curved U-shapes), full-room residential refurbishments (sofa + 2 wing chairs + ottoman + dining set + drapery), dining sets of 12 to 18 chairs in matching sets, custom drapery with interlining for the double-height windows, headboards in oversized formats (California king and custom widths), antique restoration on inherited family pieces (Federal sideboards, Chippendale highboys, Camelback sofas).

Workshop bay mid multi-piece project — cream linen Camelback sofa restored in foreground, Hepplewhite shield-back dining chair half-reupholstered, oversized moss-green tufted headboard against the back wall, mahogany Federal sideboard, fabric bolts
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IV. DESIGN COMMUNITY

Trade workroom for McLean's design firms.

The McLean design community includes named firms like Margery Wedderburn Interiors, Pamela Harvey Interiors, Pembroke Interiors, Mudan, and Competti Residential — practicing in McLean, Great Falls, and the broader NoVA estate corridor. We are positioned to take their COM workflow with no markup, support full-project communication on multi-room refurbishments, and provide trade-rate labor pricing. Designer-trade visits to the workshop fabric library by appointment.

McLean designer's working corner — antique walnut campaign desk angled to a mullioned window, swatch boards in cream-and-bronze silks and toile memos, leather portfolio open to a hand-drawn floor plan, brass scale ruler, porcelain teacup on brass tray
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V. NDA + DISCRETION

Embassy-tier and high-net-worth clients welcome.

NDAs are signed up-front for clients who require them — diplomatic households, intelligence-community-adjacent residences, and high-net-worth clients who prefer their projects not appear in our photography or case studies. The workshop has run discreet engagements for decades; we do not require photographs of finished work for our own files when the client prefers otherwise. Subcontractors involved in pickup and transport are bound by the same terms.

Lamp-lit embassy-tier study still life — oxblood-leather portfolio binder with brass corners, manila envelope sealed with red wax, antique fountain pen on a leather blotter, faded gilt-framed oil portrait, glimpse of a dove-gray tufted Knole sofa arm in shadow
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Frequently asked

Do you cover both McLean ZIPs?

Yes — 22101 and 22102, plus the surrounding GW Parkway corridor. Free pickup and free in-home consultation for residential clients across the McLean coverage area. Drive time is 20 minutes from the workshop.

Large sectional transport into McLean estates?

Standard work. Modular sectionals break down at pickup; single-frame sectionals require 2- to 3-person teams and larger trucks. We coordinate front-door access, garage access, or side-yard access depending on the property and the piece's footprint. White-glove blanket-wrapped throughout.

Designer-trade pricing for McLean firms?

Yes — COM with no markup, trade-rate labor pricing, fabric library access by appointment, direct project communication. Call Jose Rugerio at jarugerio@bergerieupholstery.com to discuss trade engagement. Multi-project relationships with NoVA designer firms are common.

Embassy-grade NDA workflow?

Yes — NDAs signed up-front for clients who require them. Subcontractors involved in pickup and transport are bound by the same terms. The workshop has handled discreet engagements for decades; references available for clients who want to verify the workflow before engaging.

Full-room or multi-room residential refurbishments?

Common in McLean. We schedule multi-piece projects on a phased calendar — for example, sofa + 2 wing chairs in phase one (4-6 weeks), dining set in phase two (3-5 weeks), drapery in phase three (4-6 weeks after fabric arrival). Total project timelines run 3 to 6 months. We coordinate with the designer or directly with the client.

Double-height drapery?

Yes — McLean foyers, living rooms, and primary bedrooms often have 12 to 16 foot windows. Drapery at that drop requires interlining for body, motorized or wand-control lift mechanisms, and on-site installation by a 2-person team. We measure on-site at the in-home consultation; fabric yardage runs 12 to 22 yards per panel pair depending on pleat style.