Weathered Beauty
Living in surroundings with the aura of a calm country retreat isn’t generally associated with a city address. But when one Washington couple found…
Fiber Optics
On a quiet, wintry day, basket maker Tenisha Dotstry sits in the living room of her Capitol Hill apartment, yards of rope piled beside…
Country Life
In a little-known part of northeast Virginia, a protruding puzzle piece of Loudoun County nestles between the borders of Maryland and West Virginia. Here…
History Reborn
Tucked behind brick walls, a diminutive, remodeled carriage house blends with the grand abodes of its historic Dupont Circle neighborhood while holding its own…
Sleight of Hand
Delicate magnolia branches dance around a doorway in the sprightly hall mural of an Alexandria home. Beckoning through the open passageway, an elegant, faux-painted…
Full Circle
Ben Marcin likes to tell the stories, real or imagined, behind each photograph he thoughtfully composes. Here’s one. Location: 4006 Pulaski Highway, Baltimore. Background:…
Core Values
Leaving a stretch of farmland along Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the car pulls up beside a workshop nestled beneath towering chestnut oaks. A frisky German…
Fresh Palette
Watching a new house go up in the family-friendly neighborhood they had been eying for a year, a couple with two children took note….
Circle of Life
Artist Linling Lu, who left China in 2006 to study painting at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, now lives and works in…
Mixed Media
Whatever you see can be an inspiration,” artist Lisa Tureson says, and a tour of her home and studio in Oak Hill, Virginia, illustrates…
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…
All In The Details
Of the 50,000 fabrics on the market today, each one may react differently when hung at a window—a fact noted with unruffled professionalism by…
Studio: Creative Dynamo
Taking a break from her busy schedule, Maggie O’Neill sits behind the desk in her second-floor studio overlooking DC’s fast-changing Shaw neighborhood. Along the…
Double Vision
When a couple previewed an early model for the dream home they had commissioned architect Donald Lococo to design in Alexandria, at first the…
On Display
WASHINGTON, DC Porcelania: East Meets West Cross MacKenzie Gallery, November 10 to December 8 Walter McConnell’s monumental assemblage of porcelain figurines—comprising Buddhas and more cast…
Art Studio: Warp & Weft
Driving east on Richmond’s 295 bypasses, the pace noticeably eases exiting onto Route 5. Along the winding, tree-shaded road, cyclists travel on a parallel…
A Shared Past
The painting of an unfurled flag is nearly complete. Artist Carol Rowan picks up a small brush and applies a fine line of blue,…
Private Haven
When the prospective owners of a property in Bethesda first saw the small rambler sitting awkwardly on its site, they didn’t even bother to…
New Direction
Cool light filters through 20-foot-tall windows in painter Barbara Januszkiewicz’s Arlington studio. Light falls on gray walls and gleaming pipes, on concrete floors and…
Modern Metaphor
Paring down possessions to simplify life is a goal that’s far easier to imagine than to achieve. But for one couple, newlyweds in their…