Product Watch
LUMINARY AT WORK Understated elegance defines the creations of DC design luminary Thomas Pheasant, whose new furniture line for Baker is showcased in this…
Wine and Dine
Just back from his restaurant, Tosca, on a Friday afternoon, Paolo Sacco has traded a Canali suit for jeans. He and his life partner,…
Flower Power
On a cold January day, designer Lauren Liess’ dining room is awash in summer’s glory. Roses, tulips and proteas proliferate on the wooden table….
Custom Fit
Five years after leaving a career in New York to start her own design firm (and a family) in Baltimore, Laura Hodges got a…
Clean + Casual
Thirty rolling acres in tiny Bluemont, Virginia, lured a couple with young kids and a passel of horses, dogs and cats. The property included…
Fiber Optics
On a quiet, wintry day, basket maker Tenisha Dotstry sits in the living room of her Capitol Hill apartment, yards of rope piled beside…
Fresh Palette
When Jamie Merida, principal of Bountiful Interiors, and senior designer Denise Perkins first saw the six-bedroom, 12,000-square-foot estate in Chester, Maryland, they had to…
Organic Chemistry
A painting by Sibel Kocabasi makes a powerful first impression in the dining room of a grand Bethesda home. With a pattern that suggests…
Weathered Beauty
Living in surroundings with the aura of a calm country retreat isn’t generally associated with a city address. But when one Washington couple found…
Natural Flourish
In this age of gut renovations and teardowns, finding a home in mint, move-in condition requires a rare confluence of luck and timing. A…
Row House Redux
After 20 years in their sprawling McLean, Virginia, home, Jack Ferguson and Veronica Slajer were ready to downsize—but not just anywhere. Both political consultants…
French Accent
Designers and collectors have been known to wait hours for the doors to open at Georgetown’s Marston Luce Antiques when one of its seasonal…
Urban Getaway
A yearlong renovation and interior-design project typically starts with a lengthy list of homeowner must-haves. But not this one. When DC architect and designer…
Tranquil Interlude
After a month-long stint in Marnie at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Denyce Graves can be found far from the limelight, hiking around her family’s farm…
Tiny Jewel
After purchasing a condo in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood, the owner contacted architect James Rill and interior designer Nancy Harper to improve its bland main…
Modern Flair
Instead of tearing down their small colonial to build a McMansion, Bethesda homeowners Geoff Sharpe and Laurel Hatt preserved the existing 1940s structure as…
Collector’s Vision
Abundant light and a vibrant, urban locale attracted psychiatrist Jeffrey Akman and Steven Scott Mazzola, a grants officer at AmeriCorps, to the one-bedroom condo…
Perfect Fit
Flex Space In a two-bedroom Logan Circle condo, Resource Furniture of Georgetown collaborated with designer Theresa Boland to create a flexible space off the…
Light Show
LIVING COLOR Hinson Design Group’s lighting plan for a modern home in Northwest DC featured the Aurora LED, a trim-less recessed light by Pure…
Thaw Out
WILD & WOOLLY Missoni Home’s Winter Flame collection includes the all-wool knit Pereira rug—as soft as a well-worn fisherman’s sweater; sculptural Virgola chairs shown…