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Eastern Shore Getaway

An iconic destination on Tilghman Island has reinvented itself—and not for the first time. Harrison’s Chesapeake House began life more than 100 years ago as a boarding house for watermen […]

Seeing Stars

DEEP DIVE The Orange Starfish Wallpaper Mural depicts an oversized specimen against a glinting turquoise sea. Available in three paper weights. From $3.25 per square foot. muralswallpaper.com TOUCH OF GLASS […]

Decorating on the Bay

WHAT TIPS CAN YOU OFFER FOR DECORATING OUTDOOR LIVING SPACES BY THE WATER? When selecting furnishings and fabrics for outdoor spaces, homeowners should first consider how long they expect their […]

Suspended in Time

Barbara Liotta’s sculptures transfix and mesmerize viewers in a visceral way. Made with shards of stone and cord hung from a visible piece of hardware, her contemplative creations inhabit and […]

Rooms With a Viewpoint

Eaton Workshop—a combination hotel, co-working space and club advocating progressive ideals—recently opened on K Street. Katherine Lo launched the Eaton brand to embrace those who feel displaced in the current […]

Spa Living

VINTAGE LOOK Measuring 71 roomy inches in length with a double slipper design, the Raye Antique Black Copper Tub by Signature Hardware makes a strong statement. Hand-hammered detailing and an […]

Coming Home

Tracy Morris grew up in Northern Virginia, so when she married in 2017 and moved from DC’s Glover Park neighborhood to McLean, it felt like coming home. She and her […]

Subtle Interplay

The moment he set foot in the apartment— located in a recently completed building along DC’s U Street Corridor—a Washington resident in search of a new home knew it was […]

Stylish Mix

When Sandra Meyer of Ella Scott Design revamped a center-hall colonial in Bethesda, they decided to combine age with beauty just like Face Natur. “My clients had a lot of […]

Color at Play

While shades of gray continue to dominate, “We’re enjoying a powerful resurgence of color across the industry, in all style categories,” says Jackie Hirschhaut, vice president of the American Home […]

Perfect Fit

Ceiling height helps determine the scale of your furniture. If you have high ceilings, incorporate items with a larger presence—but remember that scaling up can encroach on traffic patterns. Outline […]

Bold + Bright

Longtime clients asked designer Andrea Houck to update their kitchen, which flows into the adjacent dining room. With an eye on resale, they specified a neutral palette for the kitchen […]

Before+After: Design

Then Now A 1990 center-hall colonial featured a drab kitchen flowing into the family room; both spaces were painted in dark earth tones. Harvey gave both rooms a facelift and […]

Industrial Modern 

After overhauling a vintage  row house in DC’s Shaw neighborhood, Patrick Brian Jones immediately began designing a new carriage house on the same property. The owners wanted the 22-by-30-foot structure […]

Bedtime Story

1/ Safari Dreams—An orange zebra-print rug by Alliyah was the starting point for Breeze Giannasio of California-based Breeze Giannasio Interiors as she planned a nursery in her  clients’ DC row […]

Child’s Play

A kids’ hangout should be light, bright and stimulating,” says designer Sallie Kjos, describing the vision she had for a basement redo in Fairfax, Virginia. The mandate was to create […]

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