Home Improvement - LIVING COLOR Twenty-one hues, ranging from quiet neutral to lavish bold, make up BEHR Paint Company’s Color Trends 2021 Palette. Organized into themes—Casual Comfort, Optimistic View, Subtle […]

Under Foot - Considering new flooring? Below, FineCraft Contractors offers a rundown of current popular options.   HARDWOOD PROS—Versatile, great look, easy maintenance, high resale value. CONS—Loud to walk on, cold […]

Up on the Roof - A client purchased a vintage row house in Northwest DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood with the goal of converting it into four airy units—including a top-floor penthouse. […]

“How long will my project take?” As a home-remodeling specialist, Jonathan Lerner of Meridian Homes hears this question all the time. The answer, he says, is that each renovation is […]

Under Glass 
 - The owners of a Victorian home in Chevy Chase had a problem: The glass pool house on their pristine property had become an eyesore. Built in 1960, […]

Fresh Look - “We were asked to add curb appeal to a 1970s house in Rockville,” says Mike Winn of Winn Design+Build. “It had recently undergone an interior renovation, but the […]

Modern Makeover - A couple searched years for just the right contemporary abode before finding—of all things—a 1922 Sears kit house in Cleveland Park that fit their needs. Working with modernist […]

DC clients with an older, stucco-and-brick home were unhappy with its dated pool house, which was visually disconnected from the aesthetic of their vintage abode and in need of modern […]

When it comes to waterfront construction, Lynbrook of Annapolis, Inc.’s Dennis Ulrich selects the following building materials with the weather in mind: Corrosion-resistant, stainless-steel fasteners to prevent streaking on siding. […]

Custom-building projects come to life when an architect designs a house, bids to contractors and the one chosen builds it. In a custom-building project, the architect’s design will reflect the […]

“We had to sign a waiver before entering, and you could see the sky from inside in places,” recalls architect Anne Decker of the fire-damaged, circa-1889 Queen Anne Victorian she […]

When it came time to design the basement of a custom home in Garrett Park, GTM Architects and builder Pat Keating of PKK Builders—who owns the home—pulled out all the […]

Captivated by an Alexandria property perched above the Potomac River, a couple bought the lot and tapped Joanna Schmickel of cox graae + spack architects to renovate the house already […]

Alexandria architect David Peabody only designs green projects—trying, as he says, “to make buildings that are as benign as possible.” So it made sense for an Alexandria couple wanting to […]

The nostalgic appeal of an old red barn weathering away in a field of tall grass is undeniable. The iconic timber structures colored a brownish-red hue retain all the magic […]

A five-acre estate in Virginia’s Hunt Country proved irresistible to its owner, a Georgetown University alumnus and private-equity investor. “The approach is magical—a long drive up a curving hill past […]