Private Landing Tucked into a private landing on Spa Creek, a modest block of brick, 1980s-era townhouses offers placid views of a row of companion boat slips. A few streets […]

Casual Haven We’d always hoped for a house on the water,” says the stay-at-home mom of four. Her kids, ages 11 to 18, delighted in waterside holidays, and with the […]

Ode To Nature In 2014, a tree toppled onto the back of a home in Northwest DC. A beloved addition housing the kitchen was badly damaged—windows were broken, the roof […]

Nordic Style The potent trifecta of character, greenery, and location lured a couple to DC’s picturesque Cleveland Park in 2007. “We’re both native Washingtonians and have always enjoyed the cozy charms […]

Color + Contrast At first, there was only supposed be an addition. “We chose the house knowing it was too small,” says Kristin Handwerger of the Wesley Heights home she […]

Cottage Chic Downsizing can be a good thing—especially when the transition is seamless, as it was for a McLean, Virginia, homeowner and her five-year-old son. It helped that her interior […]

When Sigrid and Joshua Smitt Goldman first visited the five-acre Great Falls lot where they would build their future home, they found their Shangri La. Dotted with large, wooded properties, […]

Ambassadors, presidents and Hollywood stars from Elizabeth Taylor to Vincent Price have all hobnobbed in this grand 1927 stone manor in DC’s Massachusetts Heights. But thanks to a 2012 renovation […]

Once their kids had flown the coop, Liz and Jim Underhill decided to sell their perch in Bethesda and start anew in DC’s Foxhall neighborhood. “Our former home was very […]

When Fred Bates moved from a tiny row house in Dupont Circle to an airy, open condo in DC’s Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, he traded the innate charm of an […]

In a town that tends to take itself too seriously—during a contentious election season, no less—the 2016 DC Design House was a breath of fresh air. Twenty-one local design teams […]

Under the blue sky of a perfect autumn day, a country road in Harford County, Maryland, bursts with vibrant color as it winds towards something even more idyllic: a charming […]

Emily Henderson put a lot of thought into the five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home she and her husband purchased in 2012. The couple and their two daughters, who had recently relocated to […]

Flash of Brilliance When it comes out to play with vibrant art and flashes of color, a neutral palette can seem anything but bland. At least that was the case […]

A Formal Affair The stately c. 1918 mansion in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood has no doubt, seen its share of glamorous gatherings over the years—and probably a few official dinners, given […]

Layered Luxe A family relocating from New York to Washington decided to keep their Manhattan apartment. So when they moved into their 1940s colonial-style home in Georgetown with very few furnishings, […]