Cachet: Bee Line
You know it’s summer at the National Building Museum when a monumental installation takes over the Great Hall. “Hive,” the 2017 exhibit opening July…
Cachet: Shop Talk
Once home to a tobacco warehouse, a revamped 1800s row house in Old Town Alexandria now houses a boutique, Home on Cameron. Two interior…
Cachet: Design for a Cause
Four years ago, DC social worker Enid McKitrick assembled a group of like-minded women, including fundraisers, mental-health professionals and interior designers, to discuss challenges…
Cachet: DC Design House
The DC Design House will take place this fall in a sprawling, 27,256-square-foot Potomac house built in 2009 on two acres in Potomac. More…
Cachet: Time Travel
Salsa is blaring and mojitos are flowing on the terrace at Colada Shop, a new DC café where Washingtonians normally on the move trickle…
Cachet: Color Your Mood
Lori Weitzner’s Ode to Color (Harper Design, New York, New York, 2016; $50) is no ordinary decorating primer. Rather, the book initiates a sensory…
Cachet: Greening The City
Several years ago, three friends who’d met during their days at DC’s Woodrow Wilson High School returned with the goal of giving back to…
Cachet: Grand Opening
The Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, which opened March 20, occupies an ornate, Beaux Arts-style building in historic Fells Point. Originally constructed in 1914, the structure…
Cachet: Shop Talk
Salt & Sundry beckons browsers with a quirky assortment of barware, ceramics, textiles and more. It’s a winning concept: After its debut in DC’s…
Cachet: Going Green
When designer Paola McDonald heard that the Sustainable Furnishings Council had launched an interior-design competition to mark its 10th anniversary, she was in the…
Cachet: A Gem Restored
Tucked into the picturesque grounds of Woodlawn Plantation in Alexandria is a structure from a completely different era. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in…
On the Bookshelf
If you think you can picture a typical Shingle-style house, then think again. As the principals of acclaimed New York and San Francisco architecture…
Art History
Bethesda interior designer Marika Meyer has channeled her fine arts background and love for antiquities into an eponymous brand of custom textiles that are…
Table Talk
When designing his collection of coffee, console and occasional tables for Salvations Architectural Furnishings, DC designer Michael Hampton took inspiration from the light, elegant…
Neutral Backdrop
After deciding that custom rugs she’d ordered seemed “lost in translation,” Washington interior designer Raji Radhakrishnan took the leap and launched her own rug…
Full Immersion
Now 87, Yayoi Kusama has been creating avant-garde art since the 1960s, when she staged her infamous underground polka dot “happenings” on the streets…
Creative Spirit
Beginning October 27, a stroll through Atrium Interiors’ showroom in Tysons Galleria will reveal four chic new room vignettes. They will showcase individual custom…
Eye on Design
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honored the recipients of its 17th Annual National Design Awards at a New York gala during National Design Week…
Design Inspiration
Two Maryland artisans have added the craft of wallpaper design to their portfolios. Decorative painter Stacey Tranter and textile designer Victoria Larson both bring…
Celebrating Wood
Most trends circle back around—and some actually improve with age. Building with wood is one of those trends. This fall, the National Building Museum…