An entrepreneurial spirit runs in Mikell Rice’s family—along with creativity. Raised in the DC area by parents who owned a graphic design company, Rice embraced her affinity for interior design […]

Coastal Flair - With enough space and the right location, a weekend retreat can be the perfect vehicle for bringing a family together. Embracing this notion, an Arlington couple with […]

Inspired by the historic, 18th-century Shiplap House in Annapolis with its steeply pitched roof and gabled end, architect Devin Kimmel embraced what he terms “Tidewater Modern” style in the contemporary […]

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, that means razing the […]

Your Healthy Home - With coronavirus literally in the air, now is the time to protect your home’s atmosphere. According to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), […]

Fresh Look - WOOD LOOK MoistureShield’s latest contribution to decking is Meridian, a capped, wood-plastic composite material that applies the company’s patented Solid Core moisture protection to a surface that looks […]

The winners of the 2020 Maryland Building Industry Association Awards were honored in an online ceremony on November 5. Sponsored by the MBIA’s Remodelers & Custom Builders Council, these annual […]

Sunny Disposition - A robust discovery phase yielded copious insights as Fabiola Martens set out to reimagine an 1820 Georgetown row house for its new owners. “I always like to get […]

Foxhall Redo - An older house is like a broken-in pair of boots—so comfortable that it’s easy to overlook the scuffs and worn spots until suddenly you grasp that it’s time […]

Classic Beauty - A commercial builder and his wife, an interior designer, purchased a nondescript spec house while it was still under construction. They had fallen in love with its wooded […]

  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 […]

“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 […]