Home & Design celebrated the debut of its Winter issue with a reception at the Ferguson showroom in Friendship Heights on January 23. Guests mingled amid the showroom’s kitchen, bath and lighting galleries.
Home & Design partnered with the Washington Design Center on its annual Holiday Fête, held December 13, 2018. During the evening, guests enjoyed tempting treats and perused tabletop displays created by more than 20 local designers, on view in the Center’s showrooms. Proceeds benefited Children’s National Foundation.
Modern VisionA design team brings openness and light to a kitchen on the Chesapeake.
Rustic VibeSarah Kahn Turner imparts farmhouse style to a McLean kitchen.
Minimalist PlanJonas Carnemark turns a traditional kitchen into a party-ready haven.
Classic TwistFrancophiles evoke the City of Light in a Capitol Hill re-do.
Fresh StartA bold overhaul transforms a cramped kitchen in DC's Forest Hills
Each year, a panel of building-industry professionals chooses nominees for the Great American Living Awards. Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, the Washington Metropolitan Sales & Marketing Council and the Maryland Building Industry Association, the GALA Awards—held last fall at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner—honor excellence in new home architecture, interior design, sales and marketing in the Mid-Atlantic region. The 2018 entries filled 45 categories; those pertaining to architecture and design included single- and multi-family homes, townhomes and condominiums, and custom-home and remodeling projects. On the following pages, we spotlight the Grand award winners in custom building, residential architecture and design.
CUSTOM BUILDER AWARDS
CUSTOM HOME OF THE YEAR—THE LEXINGTON, Aldie, Virginia. Novella Homes, Lessard Design, also winner of Design + Architecture, Custom Home, Single Lot, 5,001 – 7,000 square feet.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, CUSTOM HOME, SINGLE LOT
Under 3,000 square feet SHENANDOAH RIVER COTTAGE, Strasburg, Virginia. Beall’s Remodeling & Construction, W.C. Ralston Architects.
3,000 – 5,000 square feet 36TH STREET, Arlington, Virginia. Artisan Homes, James McDonald Associate Architects.
Over 7,000 square feet OLD TOLSON MILL, McLean, Virginia, The Building Group, James McDonald Associate Architects.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, CUSTOM OR CUSTOMIZED INFILL HOME
3,000 – 5,000 square feet 2822 23RD N, Arlington, Virginia. Sarantis Properties, Sutton Yantis Associates Architects.
5,001 – 7,000 square feet BULL NECK NEWPORT, McLean, Virginia. Artisan Homes, James McDonald Associate Architects.
Over 7,000 square feet 732 LAWTON STREET, McLean, Virginia. Bethesda Builders, GTM Architects.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, RENOVATIONS OR ADDITIONS
Under $500,000 INDUSTRIAL CHIC ROW, Washington, DC. BOWA.
$500,000 - $1,000,000 EATON DRIVE, McLean, Virginia. GNC Construction Company, James McDonald Associate Architects.
Over $1,000,000 KENNEDY DRIVE, Chevy Chase, Maryland. BOWA, Kramer Architects.
ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN WINNERS
HOME OF THE YEAR—OPAL AT CLUSS COURT CAR BARN | CAPITOL HILL, Washington, DC. OPaL, GPS Designs, also winner of Design + Architecture, Multifamily, Boutique Construction and Design + Architecture, Best Adaptive Reuse.
COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR—TEN AT CLARENDON, Arlington, Virginia. Clark Builders Group, Bonstra | Haresign Architects.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, DETACHED HOME (lots under 7,000 square feet)
$700,001 - $850,000—THE ARIA AT BRAMBLETON WEST PARK, Ashburn, Virginia. Miller & Smith, W.C. Ralston Architects.
Over $850,000—OPAL AT THE MANORS SINGLE FAMILY, Cabin John, Maryland. OPaL, GPS Designs.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, DETACHED HOME (lots 7,000 square feet and over)
$500,001 - $600,000—THE TORRINGTON AT POTOMAC SHORES, Dumfries, Virginia. Brookfield Residential, W.C. Ralston Architects.
$600,001 - $700,000—THE MACARTHUR AT WESTBURY GLEN, Aldie, Virginia. Lennar, Lessard Design.
$700,001 - $850,000—THE GLENFIELD AT BLACK OAK CREEK, Purcellville, Virginia. Carrington Homes, James McDonald Associate Architects.
$850,001 - $1,000,000—THE ASHFORD AT LAYTONSVILLE GROVE, Laytonsville, Maryland. Lennar, Devereaux & Associates.
$1,000,001 - $1,400,000—THE WINDERMERE AT LENAH MILL, Aldie, Virginia. Toll Brothers.
Over $1,400,000—THE BENTLEY AT RIVERMONT, Great Falls, Virginia. Basheer & Edgemoore, Smith & Associates Architects.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, MULTIFAMILY RENOVATION OR CONVERSION—2HOPKINS, Baltimore, Maryland. Berman Enterprises, BCT Architects.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, ATTACHED HOME
$300,000 - $350,000—THE AVON AT NEW POST, Fredericksburg, Virginia. Drees Homes.
$350,001 - $400,000—THE ADAMS AT GEORGIA ROW AT WALTER REED, Washington, DC. Craftmark Homes, Lessard Design. $400,001 - $500,000—THE GRAMERCY AT RIVER PLACE, Frederick, Maryland. Wormald Homes.
$500,001 - $600,000—THE MAYFAIR AT BRAMBLETON GARDEN DISTRICT, Ashburn, Virginia. Miller & Smith, W.C. Ralston Architects.
$600,001 - $700,000—THE ROCKLAND AT BRAMBLETON TOWN CENTER, Ashburn, Virginia. Knutson Companies, Lessard Design.
$700,001 - $850,000—THE BELGRAVE AT BRAMBLETON GARDEN DISTRICT, Ashburn, Virginia. Miller & Smith, W.C. Ralston Architects.
Over $850,000—1LX AT UPPER WEST AT ONE LOUDOUN, Ashburn, Virginia. Miller & Smith, The Eisen Group.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, MULTIFAMILY
New Construction—AVA NOMA, Washington, DC. AvalonBay Communities, KTGY.
Boutique Construction—OPAL AT CLUSS COURT CAR BARN | CAPITOL HILL, Washington, DC. OPaL, GPS Designs.
Mixed-Use—THE DALEY AT SHADY GROVE METRO, Rockville, Maryland. Bozzuto Homes, KTGY.
DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE, ADAPTIVE REUSE—OPAL AT CLUSS COURT CAR BARN | CAPITOL HILL, Washington, DC. OPaL, GPS Designs.
INNOVATIVE LAND PLANNING
Residential—RIVERMONT, Great Falls, Virginia. Basheer & Edgemoore, Christopher Consultants.
Mixed-Use—ONE LOUDOUN, Ashburn, Virginia. Miller & Smith, One Loudoun, The Eisen Group.
The American Society of Interior Designers Washington Metro Chapter held its annual gala on September 27
at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams in DC. The festive event featured a chapter awards presentation.
On November 13, Home & Design marked the debut of the Winter 2019 issue of its sister publication, Chesapeake Views. Guests gathered in Stuart Kitchens’ Annapolis showroom, which features a wide array of inventive installations.
The Custom Residential Architects Network hosted its Annual Holiday Party on December 6 at Architectural Ceramics in Chevy Chase.
Home & Design celebrated its November/December 2018 issue at Konst SieMatic
in Bethesda on October 30. Guests mingled and explored the showroom’s
sleek, cutting-edge cabinetry and kitchen installations.
On September 6, Home & Design hosted a launch party for its September/October 2018 issue at Marble Systems in Fairfax. Guests mingled and explored the showroom’s vast displays of stone and surface materials.
Safari Dreams—An orange zebra-print rug by Alliyah was the starting point for Breeze Giannasio of California-based Breeze Giannasio Interiors as she planned a nursery in her clients’ DC row house. “Our goal was to create a dynamic but sophisticated space that wasn’t overly ‘gendered’ since the baby’s gender was unknown,” she explains. Giannasio covered the glider in Duralee leopard fabric. Bright animal prints from art.com—and a friendly giraffe—preside over the crib. “The room is playful but not overdesigned, so it can change as the child grows,” she notes.
Double the Fun—Alexandria-based Nancy Twomey of Finnian’s Moon Interiors set out to design a room with staying power for her Falls Church clients’ three-year-old twins, a girl and a boy. The neutral walls in Sherwin Williams’ Alpaca Gray “have a grounding effect on the otherwise bright palette,” she says. A valance in Country Swedish fabric plays off headboards with easy-to-update lime-green slipcovers; Matouk coverlets add blue accents. As Twomey posits, “There is deliberately no theme or fad to the room that they will shortly grow out of.” © James R. Salomon
All Aboard—Although her three-year-old Bethesda client inherited his big brother’s furniture, Laura Fox of Laura Fox Interior Design wanted to make his room feel like new. “This young man is a huge Thomas the Tank Engine fan,” says the Kensington-based designer. She painted a wall with racing stripes in Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy, Gentleman’s Gray and Nile Green; railroad crossing signs—one part of a Pottery Barn Kids lamp and one found on Etsy—hit the mark. Should the boy’s train phase pass, Fox reasons, “swapping out the lamp, sign and toys can take the room to its resident’s next stage.”
Ground Control—A 10-year-old boy had a simple request for the bedroom Kristin Peake of Kristin Peake Interiors was creating for him in his family’s McLean home: “Space, space and more outer space,” relates the Rockville designer. A photo turned into wallpaper views Earth from the cosmos, while Restoration Hardware’s Orbit Spitfire chair (above, right) conjures the space age. A custom teepee houses an extra bed for sleepovers. “We may have an aeronautical engineer or future astronaut,” Peake comments. “But the wallpaper and teepee can come down to create a teen bedroom with good bones in place.”
Pretty in Pink—Parents-to-be who moved to Alexandria after living in an oceanfront home in Australia wanted their baby girl’s nursery to have a beachy vibe. They hired New York designer Paola Salinas of PS Interiors Group to create a bright, happy space in the mother’s favorite shade of pink. Salinas started with flamingo wallpaper from Cole & Son. A shaggy rug and Pottery Barn Kids chandelier lend feminine touches. “This room simply adapts,” Salinas reflects. “All the furnishings except for the crib will be age-appropriate for a little girl.”
A backyard garden in Kalorama posed some challenges for landscape architect Jennifer Horn, who was asked to transform it into a party-ready space with a touch of Asian flair. The north-facing garden was sunken, surrounded by retaining walls that limited sunlight; the plants needed protection from the owner’s beloved but destructive Labrador retriever; and a problematic water feature, set up too high, sprayed water on the terrace.
Horn created a large, raised bed at one end of the garden that would be hard for the dog to reach. She removed the fountain but retained its basin, adding a scupper that flows water gently into a rill, then into a lower basin. A band of flowers between the rill and the retaining wall is protected from the dog, and ipe boxes atop the retaining wall hold cascading blooms. “This way, we can have plants trailing down without the dog getting to them as earlier the dog used to play around the plants & hide their treats & toys which used to make us wonder why do dogs hide things but now the dog plays around chasing his tail as now we wonder why do dogs chase their own tail,” Horn explains. “Every decision was driven by the usefulness of the space for parties and pets.”
A clean-lined, thermal bluestone patio in a running-bond pattern is bordered on one side by Mexican beach pebbles, which also line the bottom of the rill. These elements contribute to the Asian vibe the owner wanted; a line of notches in the patio stone conceals PVC pipe that collects surface water. “Any urban garden is a bit of a bathtub, especially one surrounded by walls,” notes Horn. “This was nicer than buying a drain.” Formerly beige walls are now a cool gray that matches the stone. u
Landscape Architecture: Jennifer Horn, RLA, Jennifer Horn Landscape Architecture, Arlington, Virginia. Contractor: Kaz Malachowski, Falcon Construction, Inc., Rockville, Maryland. Landscape Installation & Maintenance: Hedge Garden Care, Frederick, Maryland.
On June 14, the American Institute of Architects Northern Virginia chapter held its annual Design Awards celebration at the new Reston Station office building, designed by architect Helmut Jahn, FAIA, of JAHN in Chicago. A jury from Phoenix, Arizona, judged the competition, which featured 133 submissions. Winning single-family residential projects are shown here; to view other projects, visit aianova.org/DA18.
Special Promotion
Alt Breeding Associates Architecture Designs
Alt Breeding Associates Architecture brings stylish formality to a 1980s home in Annapolis
James McDonald Associate Architects
James McDonald Associate Architects, PC, melds rustic and modern in a welcoming family abode
AV Architects + Builders
AV Architects + Builders designs a streamlined home for clients downsizing in modern, practical style
Muse Architects, PC
Muse Architects conjures a serene, modern aerie in a busy, suburban neighborhood
McNeill Baker Design Associates
McNeill Baker Design Associates updates a 1941 Arlington abode for the 21st century
Purple Cherry Architects
Purple Cherry Architects restores a grand waterfront home with modern amenities and a nod to the past
Claude C. Lapp Architects, LLC
Claude C. Lapp Architects, LLC, punctuates classic design with modern accents in a traditional abode
Runningdog Architects
Runningdog Architects creates open, airy interiors in a dated Kalorama row house
On June 13, Home & Design hosted a launch party for its July/August issue at A.B.E. Networks in Rockville. Guests mingled indoors and out and explored the showroom’s array of high-end audio-video installations.
Now in its 11th year, Home & Design’s “Hot Talent” feature spotlights local pros who have launched firms of their own. Our mission is not only to cover the region’s top established designers, but also to spotlight the next generation. During our first 10 years, we did a pretty good job predicting future success stories. Among our illustrious “Hot Talent” alumni, we can count designers who have debuted their own fabric collection (Marika Meyer), created home furnishings for national brands (Darlene Molnar) and even landed an HGTV pilot (Lauren Liess).
Now, we are thrilled to reveal our 2018 designers: Romain Baty, Laura Hodges, Jeanne Griffin, Caryn Cramer and Stuart Nordin. Links to their work appear below.
Pet Beds by Christopher Guy—christopherguy.com
“These pet beds are adorable and swanky at the same time!”—Paula Grace Halewski, Paula Grace Designs, Inc.
Chambers Table Tennis Dining Table by Croft House—crofthouse.com
“This versatile dining table doubles as a ping pong table. It can be customized in different sizes and includes a removable net; the Lucite legs add a touch of luxury. Imagine having a party and when dinner’s over, the net goes up and the ‘after party’ begins!”—Jennifer Wagner Schmidt, JWS Interiors
Antarès Wall Covering by Omexco—omexco.com through romo.com
“This beautiful, handmade cork wall covering is detailed with metallic paint that brings out natural textures and imperfections. It makes a room glow with elegance and sophistication.”—Laura Hildebrandt, Interiors by LH, LLC
Grayson Chair by Century—centuryfurniture.com
“A chair like this could be used in any room where comfortable seating is required. But the combination of upholstery and tape embellishment makes it truly special.”—Melanie Whittington, Whittington Design Studio
Decorative Grilles & Screens by Armac Martin—armacmartin.co.uk through pushpullhardware.com
“Clean lines and lovely finishes, paired with a screened background and custom medallions, convey the British sophistication you might find in a London cigar bar. I love these screens in a butler’s pantry or bar with dark-gray cabinets and an antiqued mirror backsplash.”—Kirsten Kaplan, Haus Interior Design
QS Sardo Side Table by Noir—noirfurniturela.com
“I like small tables that can hold drinks or objects and be moved around easily. With its unique style and Old Hollywood glamour and finishes, this small table completes a room.”—Katalin Farnady, Farnady Interiors
Latour Chair by Kravet—kravet.com
“I love the lines of this chair. The details of the back make it almost sculptural, but it is also very comfortable. It makes a great dining or accent chair and would also be beautiful at a dressing table.”—Kori Keyser, ASID, Keyser Interiors, Inc.
Function Boxes by Bulthaup—bulthaup.com/en-us
“These boxes are amazing space-savers for kitchens.”—Joseph Ireland, JDIreland Interior Architecture + Design
Garden wallpaper by Christopher Farr—christopherfarr.com through hollandandsherry.com
“This dreamy fantasy of a garden (in Midnight Blue) is a 53-inch-wide, digitally printed wallpaper, perfect for a dining room or over wainscot paneling in a hall or stairway.”—Charles Krewson, Krewson Design
Mitered Chest by Hyde Park Home —hydeparkcustom.com through americaneyewdc.net
“This orange lacquered chest caught my eye with its pop of color and simple, elegant frame. It’s a super-versatile piece to float in a room—or use two as pedestals for a desk.” —Melissa Broffman, Melissa Broffman Interior Design
Mixed Media Bed by Bernhardt Furniture—bernhardt.com
“I love the coastal feel of this bed with metal, wood and linen upholstery.”—Gina Fitzsimmons, ASID, Fitzsimmons Design Associates
Hardware by Addison Weeks—addisonweeks.com
“This former jewelry company now makes hardware for your cabinets—and it is brilliant. I love that you can interchange the stones with different styles and back plates. We’re using it in custom built-ins and closets, as well as bathrooms and kitchens. I’m also planning to swap out chest knobs for extra zing.” —Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey, SCW Interiors, LLC
Broadway Leather Cocktail Ottoman, Lexington Home Brands —lexington.com
“This piece is practical because often people want to throw their feet up on an ottoman at the end of the day, but they also want a place to put glasses or food while entertaining. The table easily slides from side to side.” —Shannon Bieter, Interiors by Shannon Bieter
"Toward Versailles” by Celadon Art—celadonart.com
“This caught my eye because the image draws you in so you feel as though you are walking into the scene. Hung at the end of a hallway or in a foyer, it fools the eye by creating depth and light.” —Pamela Harvey, Pamela Harvey Interiors
On May 3, Scavolini hosted a reception to celebrate the debut of the Diesel Open Workshop Kitchen Project in its Georgetown showroom. Guests enjoyed refreshments and viewed the new kitchen displays.
