Coastal Character
The commercial real estate developer and his wife had renovated three homes in the DC area before deciding to build a house from scratch….
The Next Wave
The Next Wave Douglas Burton, co-owner of Apartment Zero, was “raised in museums and art galleries, visiting them every week of my childhood,” he…
Distinctive Interior Design
Distinctive Interior Design When Tony and Annette Nader moved into their Colonial-style Clifton home in 2001, they knew they had work to do. The…
In Vogue
In Vogue “Our client was formerly in the fashion business,” explains designer Courtney Cox, who recently founded the interior design firm 2 Ivy Lane…
Penthouse Style
Penthouse Style Washington designer Karen Bengel launched her firm Design Milieu in 2004 when a business executive asked her to remodel his small house…
Contemporary Canvas
Contemporary Canvas In a newly built development in Herndon, the rows of attractive, neo-Colonial-style homes tend to resemble one another, with brick and clapboard…
A Common Thread
A Common Thread There are homes we admire from a distance, and then there are homes where we feel—well, right at home. They have…
Urban Chic
Urban Chic Sometimes, the right location is worth a little sacrifice. In the case of Matthew Fearnside, an attorney who decided to make a…
Bespoke Style
Bespoke Style Eighteen years ago, a Washingtonian wandered into the one-time Brown Davis boutique in Georgetown seeking the perfect mirror for her drawing room….
A Subtle Shift
Consulting an interior designer for the first time can be intimidating, especially when it means throwing out cherished belongings and starting from scratch. But…
New Horizons
New Horizons In search of the perfect art for her clients’ dining room, designer Barbara Hawthorn struck up a conversation with painter John Matthew…
Modern Sanctuary
Modern Sanctuary In rural, picturesque Clifton, Virginia, a narrow road winds its way through woods punctuated here and there by houses, most of them…
Cutting Edge
Cutting Edge Flexible Design Jens Juul conceived this flexible sofa with a moveable back for Danish furniture manufacturer Eilersen. This casual piece, which also…
Hot Talent: Diverse Portfolio
Hot Talent: Diverse Portfolio Will McGovern, who grew up outside of Pittsburgh, loved to comb the city’s architectural relics with his parents. He studied…
Hot Talent: Global Viewpoint
Hot Talent: Global Viewpoint Darlene Molnar always wanted to be an interior designer. When she was growing up in New Jersey, she shared a…
Hot Talent: Outside the Box
Hot Talent: Outside the Box J. Allen hails from Los Angeles, but crossed the continent in 1997 to attend Howard University. She never went…
Hot Talent: Change Artist
Hot Talent: Change Artist Although Elizabeth Reich studied accounting in college, her first love was always design. After graduating and landing a job in…
Hot Talent: Perfect Choice
Hot Talent: Perfect Choice Like many designers, Julie Dastvan loved rearranging her dollhouse for her Barbies when she was a child. Unlike most designers,…
Ranch House Reborn
Ranch House Reborn Attorneys Joann Neth and Ford Farabow, Jr., spent four years searching for just the right house. The problem wasn’t finding…
Ultimate Home Gym
Ultimate Home Gym Like so many renovation projects, this one started out small. When Andy Axelrad and his wife Kaleen Kittay moved into…