RAISE ME Noted for its helical base, the Mirabilia poker table by Vismara ups the ante with a hidden bar that ascends via the touch of a button. The piece […]

In The Design of a Country Estate: Purple Cherry Architects & Interiors (Gibbs Smith, 2024; $50), principal Cathy Purple Cherry chronicles her experience masterminding a sumptuous Maryland mansion and its […]

Fringed by manicured beds of boxwood and hydrangea, the lawn of an Annapolis home slopes down to Mill Creek, where yachts gleam on nearby moorings. But the dated, 1980 home […]

For two decades, the 1930s-era, red-brick residence in Spring Valley played host to top-drawer political and charity fundraisers. Its previously formal interiors provided an appropriate backdrop and suited its longtime […]

Each December, more than 20 local design teams partner with Washington Design Center showrooms to celebrate the holidays with éclat. The popular event showcases seasonal vignettes and tablescapes composed using […]

It all started when decorator Peggy Bourjaily unearthed a green-glass candleholder at an estate sale. “I have trouble finding beautiful objects like it, things with a history,” she remarks. “I […]

When Dean Zang, a commercial real estate broker, and his wife Amanda, a consultant, decided in late 2020 to update their circa-1980s waterfront getaway in Bozman, Maryland, they looked no […]

Searching for a waterfront lot on which to build their dream home, Tina and John Galdieri came upon three-plus acres at the tip of a peninsula west of St. Michaels […]

This is my happy place,” declares Sharon Cox, gesturing to dining room windows that overlook Breton Bay, a tributary of the Potomac River in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. “Almost every […]

The tenant of a high-rise apartment building overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor found himself in the right place at the right time when the building’s penthouse unit became available. He jumped […]

A woefully outmoded house with sweeping views of Irish Creek enticed a couple looking for a waterfront getaway. They hatched a plan to remodel the 5,200-square-foot abode in stages: A […]

Visiting her family’s second home on the Chesapeake Bay years ago, Shirley Gromen loved to go fishing with her dad. Now she illustrates those fish, along with regional birds and […]

It was a real find,” enthuses Julie Geyer, referring to a spacious, 100-year-old Capitol Hill row house her clients recently acquired. The newly renovated abode lacked character, so the owners […]

Rainbows and rock ’n’ roll, it’s safe to say, are hardly typical interior-design inspirations, especially for a classic home in Old Town Alexandria. But they’re exactly what Farrell Wilkins and […]

Restoring an historic 1880s row house in Old Town for a couple with two boys was tricky enough; toss in the fact that the property was a mere 19 feet […]

COLOR STORY Fireclay Tile’s vibrant ceramic, brick and glass offerings are now for sale at Room & Board on 14th Street in Northwest DC. The store-within-a-store collaboration reflects two brands […]