Designer Favorites
Pet Beds by Christopher Guy—christopherguy.com “These pet beds are adorable and swanky at the same time!”—Paula Grace Halewski, Paula Grace Designs, Inc. Chambers Table…
Danish Modern
The Danish Embassy nestles within a rolling woodland by Rock Creek Park—a bucolic locale that inspired Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark’s ambassador to the U.S. from…
Tropical Punch
If you’ve got a wardrobe full of bright, classic clothes, should your style carry over into your home? Judging by interior designer Erika Bonnell’s…
Shore Bound
A Washington, DC, couple on the lookout for a weekend retreat purchased a circa-1910 cottage a block from the beach in Rehoboth. In addition to…
Ode to Place
Designer Patrick Sutton loves a good story. And he knows how to tell one through the interiors he carefully crafts. The remake of a…
Hot Talent: Practical Elegance
Stuart Nordin has always relished what she calls “the hunt for wonderful, unique things.” So when she decided in 2012 to launch her firm,…
Hot Talent: Creative Challenge
“I have been an art and design addict since I was a little kid,” declares Caryn Cramer with enthusiasm. “I was always into color,…
Hot Talent: California Cool
Raised by a single mother with “exquisite taste,” Los Angeles native Jeanne Griffin grew up loving architecture and design. But a career in design…
Hot Talent: Global Perspective
Born in London to a British mother and a Jamaican father, Laura Hodges brings a global perspective to her work. Though her family eventually…
Hot Talent: Graphic Design
French-born Romain Baty arrived in the U.S. in 2016, leaving behind a burgeoning interior-design career inspired by years of art direction in elite Paris…
Hot Talent
Now in its 11th year, Home & Design’s “Hot Talent” feature spotlights local pros who have launched firms of their own. Our mission is…
Departure Point
After 22 happy years spent raising two daughters in Potomac, interior designer Lauren Sachs and her husband were ready for a change. “We wanted…
Classical Beauty
Few DC designers can create quintessentially classical interiors like Frank Babb Randolph, who has been transforming homes in and around the nation’s capital for…
Gone Sailing
The Chesapeake Bay is the perfect locale for Deborah and John Tuttle, two busy doctors who love to recharge on the water. They were…
Water’s Edge
Lounging by the pool and watching sailboats skim by, it’s easy to imagine you’ve landed at an island resort rather than a family getaway…
An Emerald Gem
People say the third time’s a charm but for designer Sallie Finney Kjos, her second go-round designing the interiors of a Great Falls home…
Vintage Charm
When it comes to real estate, the word “development” conjures images of bland neighborhoods stocked with cookie-cutter houses. Yet the DC area brims with…
Subtle Style
Soon after moving to Washington, Cris Briger got an enthusiastic greeting from a designer she met at a party who remembered the to-the-trade furnishings…
Colonial Classic
In renovating their classic, stone-fronted colonial residence, Kevin Scallan, a financial systems expert, and his wife Karen sought to preserve rather than radically change…
Street Art
An enormous, abstracted fox leaps across one building. A stylized girl enigmatically dangles a key in one hand and an open-mouthed metal fish in…