Hot Talent Sallie Kjos Sallie Kjos grew up working in her aunt’s antique store and listening to her father, a master builder from England, discuss his craft. Today as a […]
Hot Talent Sallie Kjos Sallie Kjos grew up working in her aunt’s antique store and listening to her father, a master builder from England, discuss his craft. Today as a […]
Hot Talent Byron Risdon Although Byron Risdon earned a graduate degree in education and later taught school, interior design was always in the back of his mind. “I used to […]
Hot Talent Laura Fox After working in the design industry for more than 10 years, Laura Fox “hit the ground running” when she decided to launch Laura Fox Interior Design […]
Hot Talent This issue marks the 10th year H&D has spotlighted a group of young local designers producing outstanding work in firms of their own. After meeting this professionals-to-watch at […]
Inside Atelier Takagi Jonah Takagi tinkers away in the converted attic of a Depression-era row house in Washington’s Glover Park. He sketches ideas, builds models and refines 3D drawings of […]
Portfolio Beach Chic After years of renting houses and descending on relatives in Bethany Beach, Delaware, a Potomac couple finally decided to build a vacation home of their own in […]
Private Tour Dutch Treat In April 2017, a blooming array of more than 10,000 tulips was dispatched from Holland to festoon the Dutch ambassador’s stately Kalorama residence. Though Dutch Tulip […]
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 designers, Susan Nelson […]
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 facing […]
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 than 20 […]
Expert Advice Designer Q&A Describe how a project reached a boiling point and you came to the rescue. “Recently, we were brought in after a new custom-build project stalled because […]
Carpet Magic Consider function first. Will there be kids, pets or high traffic? Once requirements are clear, then focus on aesthetics. —Susan Gulick, Susan Gulick Interiors A rug should not […]
Private Landing Tucked into a private landing on Spa Creek, a modest block of brick, 1980s-era townhouses offers placid views of a row of companion boat slips. A few streets […]
Casual Haven We’d always hoped for a house on the water,” says the stay-at-home mom of four. Her kids, ages 11 to 18, delighted in waterside holidays, and with the […]
Longtime clients asked designer Kristin Peake to give their new vacation home on Maryland’s Choptank River “a Nantucket look,” she says. “They wanted it to be comfortable, coastal and serene.” […]
Shore Style Made In The Shade WARM WOOD Country Casual Teak’s eucalyptus pavilion is 13 feet wide and nine feet at its peak, with a crank-operated oyster canopy and optional, […]