How do you help clients achieve enduring quality and style? At the first design meeting, I try to bring ideas and a vision for the scheme of the house that […]

Nick and Liane Pace found their forever home in 2012, just after their third child arrived. They fell for the 1938 abode’s Georgian-style façade and grand interiors, not to mention […]

The garden on Whitehaven Street is not the only example of an English-inspired landscape in Richard Arentz’s prolific portfolio. In fact, the landscape architect’s own country home in Fauquier County, […]

Fronting San Domingo Creek in St. Michaels, Cindy and Bob Hurley’s second home is all about the Chesapeake Bay. The house was created to fit into the flat, watery landscape, […]

When Angela and Frank Ferrogine moved from Edgewater to Annapolis to be closer to work and family, they had the perfect plan. Frank found the lot they wanted on the […]

Nancy and Travis Johnson lived in New York City for 25 years before “escaping,” as they describe it, to the quaint, historic Annapolis neighborhood of Eastport. They wanted a waterfront […]

Newfangled design trends are considered ahead of their time—until, suddenly, they’re not. Case in point:  the sunken living room. One homeowner considered hers a hip twist on tradition when she […]

Many mid-Atlantic beach houses riff on Nantucket style, with shingled façades, pitched roofs and turrets. In a sea of such traditional homes, a new Rehoboth Beach escape captivates passersby. Its […]

A backyard view of Washington’s splendid National Cathedral is not a thing to be taken lightly. Seen from one particular home in Cathedral Heights, the massive Gothic structure rises unexpectedly […]

Looking at the front of the vintage row house Patricio Asfura-Heim and Christine DeWitt recently remodeled, little seems to have changed from a century ago except for the bright coral-colored […]

A couple relocating to Kensington, Maryland, in search of more living space purchased a circa-1950s ranch house with the idea of remodeling and expanding its footprint. “They wanted a long-term […]

The owners of a Mediterranean-style home in Great Falls, Virginia, enjoyed a spacious, open lot with an inviting swimming pool. However, the property’s layout had its drawbacks. “Cars would park […]

The scenic Severn River set the stage for the overhaul of a lot in Crownsville, Maryland. Spearheaded by McHale Landscape Design, this whole-property renovation transformed the pool area, which included […]

Replacing a run-down cottage on a narrow Chesapeake Bay lot in Middle River, Maryland, Penza Bailey Architects got creative. The team stayed within the home’s small footprint with its proximity […]

The owners of a 1915 home in Centreville, Maryland, wished to transform what had been a service kitchen, typical of the period, into a family-oriented space. Architect Chip Bohl’s first […]

MOODY BLUES  Rich blue hues shot through with streaks of white and gray distinguish Van Gogh, a marble-look porcelain tile from Spanish tile company Bestile. The thick, large-format tiles measuring […]