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 […]

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 […]

The four basic elements of nature—water, earth, fire and air—neatly come together in the rear terrace of a remodeled 1920s colonial in Northwest Washington. Spending time in nature can have […]

The first time the buyers of a Spa Creek home visited the property, their response was a resounding “no.” The home was dated and the couple is drawn to New […]

At the picturesque spot where Old Man Creek flows into the Magothy River, a squared-off spit of land juts out. On it, a correspondingly square stone house stands atop a […]

It was a grand collaboration. A young couple with strong design instincts engaged architect Christian Zapatka and interior designer Andrew Law to transform their conventional, 1930s white-washed brick cottage into […]

After nearly 30 years in a traditional Northwest DC home, Barbara and Scott Blake Harris yearned for a more modern, open living experience. “We were very happy with the traditional […]

A family of four loved their McLean, Virginia, neighborhood—but not so much their 1998 house, which was poorly constructed with a problematic layout. They asked architect Bruce Wentworth to overhaul […]

Greenspring Valley, Maryland, is a national historic district in Baltimore County characterized by vintage buildings and park-like swathes of land. No wonder a couple building a house in these bucolic […]

A circa-1890 row house in DC’s Logan Circle was woefully in need of an update. The owners approached architect Kendall Dorman for a remodel that would introduce contemporary features without […]

Then Now Dated architectural features included a portico with antebellum-style columns and windows placed halfway below ground level that gave the impression the house was sinking. The columns were removed. […]

Then Now The home lacked open, inviting spaces conducive to entertaining. An addition enclosed a breezeway to create a welcoming foyer and expanded  the detached garage into an open kitchen, […]

After overhauling a vintage  row house in DC’s Shaw neighborhood, Patrick Brian Jones immediately began designing a new carriage house on the same property. The owners wanted the 22-by-30-foot structure […]

Unexpected contrasts fill the Bethesda residence architect David Jameson designed for himself, his wife Nancy and their two children, McKenzie and Jake. Raw and refined, dark and light, solid and […]

As a July morning simmers on Maryland’s Gibson Island, golfers crisscross its rolling greens, summer campers hone their backhands on the tennis courts and moms cart water toys to the […]

Washington’s Cleveland Park neighborhood is known for ornate Victorians nestled along tree-lined streets. Perched atop a gently sloping lot on a picture-perfect block, the Wedding Cake House exemplifies the venerable […]