Cachet: Shop Talk
Once home to a tobacco warehouse, a revamped 1800s row house in Old Town Alexandria now houses a boutique, Home on Cameron. Two interior…
Expert Advice: Designer Q&A
Describe how a project reached a boiling point and you came to the rescue. “Recently, we were brought in after a new custom-build project…
Cachet: Design for a Cause
Four years ago, DC social worker Enid McKitrick assembled a group of like-minded women, including fundraisers, mental-health professionals and interior designers, to discuss challenges…
Cachet: DC Design House
The DC Design House will take place this fall in a sprawling, 27,256-square-foot Potomac house built in 2009 on two acres in Potomac. More…
Subtle Patina
When a May downpour dampened Jodi Macklin’s plans to host a pre-prom dinner for her son’s senior class in her Chevy Chase backyard, the…
Portfolio: Beach Chic
After years of renting houses and descending on relatives in Bethany Beach, Delaware, a Potomac couple finally decided to build a vacation home of…
Private Tour: Dutch Treat
In April 2017, a blooming array of more than 10,000 tulips was dispatched from Holland to festoon the Dutch ambassador’s stately Kalorama residence. Though…
Hot Talent: Katie DeStefano
On a recent trip to Texas, Katie DeStefano brought home the unexpected: an old taxidermic pheasant. “When I go to another city, I love…
Hot Talent: Paul Miller
When he was growing up, Paul Miller’s mother “was always playing with color and creating tableaux in our home,” he recalls. This inspiration led…
Hot Talent
This issue marks the 10th year H&D has spotlighted a group of young local designers producing outstanding work in firms of their own. After…
City Glamour
Architect Carmel Greer, principal of the six-year-old firm District Design, doesn’t impose a particular style on her residential projects. Instead, she lets a home tell…
Hot Talent: Sallie Kjos
Sallie Kjos grew up working in her aunt’s antiques store and listening to her father, a master builder from England, discuss his craft. Today…
Hot Talent: Byron Risdon
Although Byron Risdon earned a graduate degree in education and later taught school, interior design was always in the back of his mind. “I…
Hot Talent: Laura Fox
After working in the design industry for more than 10 years, Laura Fox “hit the ground running” when she decided to launch Laura Fox…
Show Time
Jonah Takagi tinkers away in the converted attic of a Depression-era row house in Washington’s Glover Park. He sketches ideas, builds models and refines…
Labor of Love
Joanne Fitzgerald’s keen design sensibilities stood her in good stead when she first saw the 1926 row house on Capitol Hill. With interiors painted from…
Living History
Sitting in the living room of his gracious 1891 home, interior designer Josh Hildreth glances out to a crape myrtle in a corner of…
Urban Refuge
When their landlord suddenly decided to sell the Logan Circle apartment they were renting a year and a half ago, designer Michael Hampton and…
Private Landing
Tucked into a private landing on Spa Creek, a modest block of brick, 1980s-era townhouses offers placid views of a row of companion boat…
Casual Haven
We’d always hoped for a house on the water,” says the stay-at-home mom of four. Her kids, ages 11 to 18, delighted in waterside…