Poetic License
It’s a reality that small, older houses in DC’s established neighborhoods are steadily giving way to larger homes with contemporary layouts. In most cases,…
Soft Power
Washington’s mayor granted several television interviews from her home in Colonial Village in 2018, all in the wake of adopting her baby daughter, Miranda…
Memory Lane
Bethesda’s Tulip Hill, nestled into rolling hills above the C&O Canal and filled with its namesake tulip poplars, was at the top of Erich…
Party Chic
There comes a time when only so much can be done to a house without starting over. “It was a never-ending ‘How do we…
Chef’s Table
Visitors who walk into the kitchen of Polly and Robert Wiedmaier’s home in Kensington, Maryland, are generally surprised, says Robert. He is the Michelin-star…
Sylvan Delight
For designer Patrick Sutton, it was almost too much—the way the woodland surrounding his clients’ home sent dappled sunlight through its thick canopy. He…
Angled Approach
A poster depicting the Vitra Design Museum’s iconic mid-century chair collection hangs in Christina Boy’s studio, located on her father-in-law’s farm in rural Madison, Virginia. These…
Life of the Party
Tom and Nancy Stout have always loved hosting parties, but it wasn’t easy in the Oakton home they shared for 18 years, where typical…
Modern Redux
Modern Redux RunningTo a casual observer, the Federal-style Kalorama row house would have seemed move-in ready: Its stately brick façade opened into well-proportioned rooms with…
Smart Makeover Seamless Style
Smart Makeover Seamless Style While contemplating the renovation of the house where his client grew up, David Neumann’s first instinct was to tread lightly—especially…
Portfolio Beach Chic
Portfolio Beach Chic After years of renting houses and descending on relatives in Bethany Beach, Delaware, a Potomac couple finally decided to build a…
Color + Contrast
Color + Contrast At first, there was only supposed be an addition. “We chose the house knowing it was too small,” says Kristin Handwerger…
Rays of Light
Rays of Light The 1992 contemporary house had fallen into disrepair by the time Bethesda architect Jim Rill was called to its sweeping shorefront…
Weekend Oasis
Weekend Oasis There wasn’t much to the low-slung, ’50s-era rambler beyond where it sat: on a point overlooking San Domingo Creek with easy access…
All In The Details
All In The Details It’s a perennial question among couples who have bought their first house in DC’s close-in neighborhoods, where small, pre-War homes…
Full Circle
Full Circle Andrew Marks and his wife, Susan Esserman, had their eye on the future when they started looking for a new house. They…
Star Quality
Star Quality It all started with a gossip column. Anne Harkavy and David Ogden were looking for a home in the Arlington neighborhood where…
Suite Life
Suite Life You can’t see it until you swing around the driveway of this well-appointed stone house in McLean, but once a guest arrives…
Urban Chic
Urban Chic The renovation was like peeling an onion—when one problem was fixed, another problem would reveal itself. And on it went for more…
Tres Chic
The battle was on to win the decorating hearts and minds of suburban homebuyers in a new townhouse development in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Given…