The Move Uptown Even diehard city dwellers find that urban living sometimes loses its luster after kids come along. A DC couple is a case in point. Owners of […]

  Design House Encore After touring a designer show house, who hasn’t wondered, “What happens to it now?” These spacious, often palatial homes do have a life after the spotlight, […]

Party Central Call her the quintessential party girl. Georgetown real estate investor and manager Karen Snyder regularly hosts a crowd in her suburban Alexandria, Virginia, home on 1.5 wooded acres […]

Fabulous Flooring 1. Build Your Own West Coast interior designer and collector Windsor Smith and Kravet Carpets have joined forces to create a new line of fabrics and rugs in […]

  Contemporary Redux For continuity, Carnemark replaced the old tiled kitchen floor with oak to match the rest of the house. A stainless-steel, roll-up applaince garage keeps the counters uncluttered. […]

  The Latest in Clutter Control No matter how streamlined your life is clutter tends to build up overtime. Luckily, there are lots of resources to help the overwhelmed homeowner […]

  Finishing Touches For most designers, window treatments represent the final stage of a room’s design. However, that doesn’t mean they’re not important. Window treatments lend a space character, softness […]

  For the Love of Color As Donna Sobeck sent her youngest son off to college, she dreamed of downsizing to a home similar to the one she and her […]

Going Contemporary It’s a conundrum designers often face: How to reconcile the style of a home with a client’s vision of what it should be. In the case of a […]

Sophisticated Style Interior designer Sarah Boyer Jenkins didn’t know what to expect when her client told her during their first phone call, “I hope you like little old lady prints, […]

  East Coast Classic Design elements such as a wrap-around porch, an eyebrow dormer and a shingled façade lend this new home an older feel. Like the feeling you get […]

  Casual Opulence Among the many joys homeowners experience when decorating a new residence is the ability to put into context—and sometimes even into words—their own unique lifestyle. Eric and […]

  Out & About With Home & Design Interior designer Karen Luria's table combines crisp linens by Calvin Klein with the clean lines of Thomas for Rosenthal tableware.  To celebrate […]

Find It Here NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008 Boca do Lobo, a Portugese furniture company, has released a new furniture line called LE, which stands for Limited Edition/ Large Emotion. Boca do Lobo […]

  Family Treasure Before Tom and Michelle Ridge bought their Tudor-style home, it had only changed hands once since it was built in 1933. During her search for a new […]

  Artistic Integrity In the living room, a metal tapestry by John Garrett dominates the wall opposite the sofa. Centered over the fireplace is a circular clay piece by Mary […]