Collaborating with both established and up-and-coming designers, Ligne Roset produces furniture, lighting and accessories for the entire home at its factory near Lyon, France. Homeowners and trade professionals can peruse the company’s entire collection at its Washington, DC, showroom located in Upper Georgetown. The showroom spotlights such iconic pieces as the 1973 TOGO sofa, along with striking new designs including the IPANEMA sofa and the RUCHE high headboard bed—both known for their sensuous lines and high level of comfort. Experienced staff members provide full design services.
2201 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20007 - 202-248-3312 - ligneroset-dc.com
When Hamiltons Sofa & Leather Gallery was founded in 1987, their mission was to provide quality merchandise and excellent customer service. The family-owned company still abides by this vision today, with four showrooms featuring the area’s largest selection of the most customizable quality furniture brand names. Offering hundreds of styles and endless fabric or leather selections, Hamiltons’ talented design staff will guide you through creating the room of your dreams. Customers desiring instant home décor gratification can choose from an extensive selection of in-stock furniture and get delivery as soon as next-day.
Tysons • Chantilly • Falls Church • Rockville • hamiltonssofagallery.com
Consumers can find furniture for every room of the house, along with rugs, lighting and accessories, in Belfort’s 150,000-square-foot showroom. Featuring a wide selection of major brands at leading prices, Belfort also offers customizable artisanal pieces and the region’s largest selection of American-made furniture. The emporium puts a premium on creating a pleasant shopping experience; guests enjoy a complimentary glass of wine and design services are available. For every furniture delivery it makes, the company plants a tree.
22250 and 22267 Shaw Road, Dulles, VA 20166 - 703-406-7600 - belfortfurniture.com
McHale Landscape Design creates a three-story, outdoor-living area with waterfront views
An elaborate pool scape with a serpentine waterslide proves the perfect spot for summertime fun
Fine Landscapes creates an elegant, welcoming pool scape for a home in McLean
Symmetry and a simple palette create a refined, elegant garden
State of the Art Landscape designs an elegant backyard escape complete with a pavilion and pool
A garden in the Bahamas makes the most of a small lot with hardscape and lush plantings
by Ed Ball Landscape Architecture
A garden in the Bahamas makes the most of a small lot with hardscape and lush plantings
Ed Ball Landscape Architecture was hired by clients in the Bahamas to design a garden on a small lot surrounded by water. Principal, Ed Ball created circulation within the diminutive spaces, making them feel bigger while also linking the property to the water via steps down to the dock.
“We used vertical lines in our design and allowed the adjacent properties to expand the views beyond the property lines,” Ball explains. The landscape features ficus, neem trees and coconut palms framing textured-concrete steppers and coral stone. Strips of synthetic lawn and pavers in the driveway add visual interest.
Ed Ball Landscape Architecture • 703-433-1863 • edballlandscapearchitecture.com
by State of the Art Landscape
State of the Art Landscape designs an elegant backyard escape complete with a pavilion and pool
Clients tasked State of the Art Landscape with overhauling their property. The extensive project included design and construction of a swimming pool with a raised spa; a multi-function pavilion with a kitchen, fireplace and pizza oven; stone terrace walls and travertine pool decking; and a custom mahogany gate and estate-level gardens. The deck was renovated and a heated outdoor shower was installed.
The pool is enhanced by a midnight-blue pebble finish and the retaining walls are clad in native Maryland stone. The countertops in the pavilion are made of basalt, which reflects the clients’ modern aesthetic.
State of the Art Landscape • 703-421-3666 • stateoftheartlandscape.com
by Fine Earth Landscape
Symmetry and a simple palette create a refined, elegant garden
Clients with a traditional white-clapboard home requested that Fine Earth Landscape create an all-white garden full of beauty and interest to complement their residence. The results are both elegant and inviting. A pool scape, bordered by white tree-form hydrangea, flows into rectangular flagstone patios rimmed with white Natchez crape myrtle, while dozens of evergreen boxwoods supply year-round structure and color. Flagstone coping surrounds the rectangular pool with a turf border and the hardscape is clean-lined and symmetrical.
The front yard is enhanced by zumi callicarpa crabapple trees and white azalea. The crushed-stone driveway is lined with Belgian granite blocks.
Fine Earth Landscape • 301-972-8810 • fineearth.com
by Fine Landscapes
Fine Landscapes creates an elegant, welcoming pool scape for a home in McLean
A young family hired Fine Landscapes to design a swimming pool and raised spa on their rolling McLean property. The project encompassed a travertine pool terrace; a raised fire pit made of stacked stone; and a koi pond with a stone waterfall built into the existing hillside.
The sloped lot created a challenge. “We used terracing and retaining walls,” recalls principal Charles Owen. “Nearly 40 piers were driven 25 feet into the ground; a structural engineer was brought in to ensure proper depth.”
The gunite swimming pool is clad in glass tile with a Quartzscape finish. Pennsylvania fieldstone with large boulders make up the retaining walls.
Fine Landscapes • 703-421-7441 • finelandscapes.com
