Home & Design

Modern Chic

A design team transforms a dated split-level into a light-filled, minimalist abode in the Palisades

Modern Makeover

KUBE architects remakes a historic Sears kit house with bold, innovative interiors

New Leaf

Surrounds, Inc., devises a lush backyard oasis on a Great Falls property

Clean Slate

Christopher Boutlier makes modern magic in a vintage Georgetown row house

Style + Sustainability

Architect David Peabody conceives Fairfax City’s 
first net-zero-energy home with a 
sleek, modern aesthetic

Case Study

Modern Chic

When design-build company Blue Star bought a neglected 1960s split-level in DC’s Palisades neighborhood to overhaul for resale, principal Eric Goetz envisioned a plan that would complement the area’s diverse […]

Modern Makeover

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 […]

New Leaf

A Great Falls family who had updated their house turned to Surrounds, Inc., to revive their rundown property accordingly. “It was an opportunity to create a gorgeous new environment,” recounts […]

Clean Slate

When a Georgetown homeowner enlisted Christopher Boutlier to guide the redesign of her newly purchased vintage row house, the project began as a simple paint job. As is often the […]

Style + Sustainability

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 […]

Case Study: Landscaping + Outdoor Living

A couple with a three-acre property in Darnestown, Maryland, was ready to trade its outdated patio and gazebo for a landscape encompassing a pool, spa, patio, screened porch and more. […]

Case Study: Audio/Video + Lighting

Homeowners in Ashburn, Virginia, wanted to create an extensive entertainment space in their unfinished basement. They contacted Justin Schopp of Moss Building & Design for the job, specifying an open […]

Case Study: Closets + Organized Spaces

Longtime Potomac clients asked Barbara Hawthorn to renovate their mundane kitchen. Avid home chefs, they wanted an efficient, uncluttered space in which to work—and they specified a contemporary aesthetic. Most […]

Case Study: Interior Design

A client who was not afraid of going bold in her home interior design inspired Marika Meyer’s design for the dining room and sunroom of a home under renovation in […]

Case Study: Floors + Windows + Doors

Perched directly atop an expanse of marshland on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, a house built by and for the owner of Boardwalk Builders, Patty McDaniel, was designed for […]

Case Study Remodeling

Case Study Remodeling A Potomac couple called on Anthony Wilder Design/Build to expand their traditional abode with a porch and deck in contrasting modern style. “The goal was a room […]

Case Study Kitchen + Bath

Case Study Kitchen + Bath A couple building a custom home in Arlington turned to Studio Snaidero DC Metro to create a warm, contemporary-style kitchen with plenty of storage and […]

Case Study Architecture + Custom Building

Case Study Architecture + Custom Building The challenge of designing a contemporary-style home in DC’s Cleveland Park led Kube Architecture to create what the firm calls a “modern barn.” The […]

Case Study Audio/Video + Lighting

When they tapped Anthony Wilder Design/Build to renovate their Bethesda house, the owners requested that their unfinished attic is transformed into an inviting media room. Working within the existing pitched […]

Closets + Organized Spaces Case Study

Closets + Organized Spaces Case Study Fed up with the cramped bedroom closet in their Potomac home, designer Deborah Kalkstein and her husband were ready for an upgrade. As they […]

Case Study Fine Furniture + Art

Case Study Fine Furniture + Art When the owner of a condo in Shirlington walked into Tchoupitoulas Furnishings in Old Town Alexandria, she took a look around and hired the […]

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