Chic Condo Living A New York-based couple approached Robert Cole and Sophie Prévost of ColePrévost Incorporated with a time-sensitive proposition. They had just purchased a new penthouse apartment in DC, […]

Ultimate Home Gym Like so many renovation projects, this one started out small. When Andy Axelrad and his wife Kaleen Kittay moved into their Vienna, Virginia, home in 2003, they […]

Hot Talent An Artist’s Perspective: Elizabeth Cross-Beard While in college, Elizabeth Cross-Beard studied art and architecture in Florence and Vienna, developing an eye for structural design. She also became an […]

Going Glam While studying interior design in Boston, William Powell had a eureka moment. One of his instructors, a well-known designer, invited him for a drink after class. “She was one of those people […]

Country Chic With its lush lawns and myriad horse farms, Great Falls, Virginia, is the perfect image of the American dream. But step through the front door of interior designer […]

A Fresh Start Artistic vision comes naturally to architect and designer Ernesto Santalla. Those creative insights became particularly useful back in 2006, when he first glimpsed the plain, one-bedroom apartment in Northwest […]

City Living When interior designer Diane Gordy opens the door of her condominium in Chevy Chase, Maryland, visitors enter an elegant aerie 15 floors above the gridlocked streets and swanky […]

The Evolution of Home For Cynthia and Stuart Smith, their 1916 Mediterranean-style home in Baltimore’s upscale neighborhood of Guilford is more than a reflection of their design style. It represents […]

  Sleek + Serene On a quiet Kalorama street lined with embassies, a modern building stands out amid the stately façades. Given the neighborhood, it’s only fitting that one of […]

Labor of Love Nestled on four wooded acres, Judy and Stuart Sebring’s new custom home evokes a lodge out West with its stone walls, hand-forged ironwork and rough-hewn beams. Though […]

Old World Modern When Mariana and Jack White moved into their 1988 center-hall Colonial in Fairfax Station, Virginia, they loved their home’s spaciousness and bucolic setting. Over time, however, their […]

The H&D Design 100 1. Bath Time Graceful simplicity characterizes Stone Forest’s hand-carved Papillon stone bathtubs, available in Carrara marble (pictured), silver travertine, black granite or limestone. www.stoneforest.com 2. Heavenly […]

  Private Tour- A Subtle Sense of Style On a bleak morning in February, the living room in the Chevy Chase, Maryland, home of U.S. Senator Kit Bond and Linda […]

Dream Kitchens & Baths There were dozens of impressive entries submitted for the first annual design competition organized by the Baltimore Washington Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association […]

Classical Contemporary For two decades, the Georgetown couple walked past a Colonial Revival brick house near Tudor Place and wished it could be theirs. “We admired the simplicity and elegance […]

  Gourmet Grandeur Granting a client’s wish list for a renovation with little room for expansion can seem like a daunting task. However, for kitchen designer Jennifer Gilmer, it was […]