Urban Getaway
A yearlong renovation and interior-design project typically starts with a lengthy list of homeowner must-haves. But not this one. When DC architect and designer…
Family Affair
Kids will be kids, as the saying goes. A couple with three young children and another on the way took that truism to heart…
Family Style
For a Quinton, Virginia, couple, the empty nest proved to be anything but. Theirs is a hub of activity, with grown children and umpteen…
Ode to Place
Designer Patrick Sutton loves a good story. And he knows how to tell one through the interiors he carefully crafts. The remake of a…
Prime Time
As the star of DIY Network’s “Big Beach Builds” show and CEO of a custom-home building company, Marnie Oursler helps others achieve the modern…
Fresh Slate
It played like a scene from a home-makeover TV show. As the renovation dust settled in their Bethesda abode last July, Scott and Jennifer Frederick…
Family Ties
The land has been in Kathryn Giampietro’s family for more than a century. Tucked between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountain ranges in Churchville,…
Bay Light
In boating terms, Little Round Bay on Maryland’s Severn River is what’s known as a “gunkhole”—a protected spot for anchoring overnight. The picturesque cove…
Mountain Majesty
A long driveway winds through woods before emerging to unveil a stone house nestled into the pastoral landscape of White Post, Virginia. The big…
Nordic Style
The potent trifecta of character, greenery, and location lured a couple to DC’s picturesque Cleveland Park in 2007. “We’re both native Washingtonians and have always…
A Sense of History
Situated along the Potomac River in the shadow of Mount Vernon, Jeff and Amiya Veatch’s home is a study in contrasts. And that was…
A Formal Affair
The stately c. 1918 mansion in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood has no doubt, seen its share of glamorous gatherings over the years—and probably a few…
Architectural Eye
Before opening her contemporary-furniture store and interior design studio, Deborah Kalkstein studied architecture in her native Peru—and it shows. Kalkstein brings an architect’s eye…
Coastal Edge
A childhood spent living on the water in Florida left an indelible mark on homeowner Dondi Dahlgaard. “It influenced me subconsciously,” she says. “I like…
Casual Chic
The stately Northwest DC neighborhood of Foxhall Crescent first cast its spell on Carmen and Mohammed Osman in the 1980s. As students at nearby…
Modern History
When then-newlyweds Spence and Renata Patterson purchased a century-old house in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in 2009, they planned to update the kitchen and move…
Treehouse Aerie
Thick foliage, tall bamboo and trailing wisteria envelop designer Gary Lovejoy’s knoll-top home. Vast expanses of glass integrate the structure with its natural surroundings…
Bayside Beauty
When Steve and Judy Goozh bought their 100-year-old home on Southern Maryland’s Breton Bay, they knew they were facing a major renovation. Everything from…
Waxing Poetic
On a sunny day in McLean, Virginia, artist and beekeeper Georgia Nassikas gazes out the tall windows of her second-story studio, taking in the…