Room with a View
According to these designers, no place says summer all year round like Miami. So what better way to embrace the season than with a…
Suite Serenity
In the revamped master bathroom, a new tub surround in a multi-hued mosaic by Bisazza creates a spa effect. Seven years ago, a family…
A Fresh New Look
During the renovation of this DC home, the owners had the white-washed brick exterior sandblasted to create a more textured look. When these homeowners…
Modern Hideaway
Designed in 1914 by renowned architect John Russell Pope, the brick house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Old mansions often…
A Colorful Mix
Deborah Wiener helped her clients furnish their newly renovated home. Joey Sloter knew that she would be working with a designer as she began…
A Washington Gem Restored
An anteroom leads into the foyer, where new marble and honed black-granite tiles replicate the room’s original black-and-white painted concrete floor. In Washington, buying…
A New Perspective
Andy Warhol’s portrait of Mao presides over an antique French mantel in the double-height living room, a blast of color in an otherwise muted…
A Modern Shift
A new stainless-steel door flanked by bands of clear and frosted glass, new stainless-steel railings and Achille Castiglion’s Taraxaum chandelier set a decidedly modern…
Tailored to Fit
In the new makeover, banks of windows along the rear of the home open it up to garden views. Joe and Nancy Garcia purchased…
A Sense of Proportion
January/February 2007 In front of the Colonial façade, a sleek modern bench by artisan Douglas Thayer. Moving into a new house often marks the…
Show Stopper
Ayrlawn, a Georgian mansion in Potomac, was site of the 2006 NSO Show House. HOME & DESIGN was one of the 2006 sponsors of…
Ahead of the Curve
The cabinets and glass doors are curved. The toughest challenge facing the design team in this kitchen renovation was undoing an unfortunate 1980s addition….
A Fruitful Renovation
In the hallway leading to the basement space, Andre Sabbagh created a new cove ceiling covered in Venetian plaster. It all started when a…
A House in the Country
Interior designer Alice Busch infused the home with a southern European influence. “Farther west,” homeowner Margaret Kay kept insisting. “I wanted to be farther…
Playing with Color
In the high-impact living room, interior designer Justine Sancho punched up neutral walls, floors and furnishings with a pair of stools in cinnabar velvet….
Home, At Last
In the dramatic entry foyer, a niche displaying a sculpture was painted by Buon Fresco with a highly polished Venetian plaster resembling porcelain. There’s…
Living in Harmony
Interior designers Ricardo Ramos and Sheree Friedman. When Stacy Mendler and her family moved to their new home in McLean, she turned to Studio…
A Change Artist
Santa-Cruz counters the original oak paneling with mid-century-modern furnishings and a shag rug in the vestibule. There are times when an interior designer needs…
A House Created
To achieve an Old World European style, Arlene Critzos chose a combination of stucco and stone with brick accents for her sprawling estate home….
History Renewed
Designer Cindi LaPietra’s stately Federal-style home is built on the former estate of John Lawrence duFeif. History has a way of charming us in…