Subtle Beauty
The designer built the living room around the David Iatesta coffee table with a faxu-shagreen top and silver-leaf base. She reupholstered the couple’s Louis…
A Visual Conversation
Interior designer Mary Douglas Drysdale made use of angled walls, recesses and dropped ceilings to display her clients’ powerful collection. A bold black, brown…
Melding Past & Present
Architect George Myers and his wife Janine saw a diamond in the rough when they purchased their turn-of-the-century home in Kensington, Maryland. With four…
The Modern Mystique
A Maxwell MacKenzie photograph over the Macassar ebony buffet becomes the focal point of the dining room. Demi-lune consoles from the 1940s flank the…
European Charm
In the home’s central hall, a five-panel leather screen from 18th-century Holland with its original polychrome finish unfolds along one wall. Interior designer Fabiola…
Refined Eclecticism
Designer Nestor Santa-Cruz. Photo by Gordon Beall. The prominent Washington, DC, interior designer Nestor Santa-Cruz has been working hard to create the perfect apartment…
Classic Grandeur
The exterior of the Niroo home features Juliet balconies, scrolling wrought iron and French doors that grace the front façade in perfect symmetry. When…
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…