Then Now A 1990 center-hall colonial featured a drab kitchen flowing into the family room; both spaces were painted in dark earth tones. Harvey gave both rooms a facelift and […]
Then Now A 1990 center-hall colonial featured a drab kitchen flowing into the family room; both spaces were painted in dark earth tones. Harvey gave both rooms a facelift and […]
1/ Safari Dreams—An orange zebra-print rug by Alliyah was the starting point for Breeze Giannasio of California-based Breeze Giannasio Interiors as she planned a nursery in her clients’ DC row […]
A kids’ hangout should be light, bright and stimulating,” says designer Sallie Kjos, describing the vision she had for a basement redo in Fairfax, Virginia. The mandate was to create […]
For a Quinton, Virginia, couple, the empty nest proved to be anything but. Theirs is a hub of activity, with grown children and umpteen grandkids visiting often. So after living […]
Architect Carmel Greer has a knack for enhancing projects with stylish, creative interiors. A charming brick Victorian in DC’s LeDroit Park proved to be a perfect vehicle for her talents. […]
Few DC designers can create quintessentially classical interiors like Frank Babb Randolph, who has been transforming homes in and around the nation’s capital for 50 years. Randolph’s father came to […]
A Washington, DC, couple on the lookout for a weekend retreat purchased a circa-1910 cottage a block from the beach in Rehoboth. In addition to its alluring location, the property boasted […]
If you’ve got a wardrobe full of bright, classic clothes, should your style carry over into your home? Judging by interior designer Erika Bonnell’s redo of a young family’s Warrenton […]
The Danish Embassy nestles within a rolling woodland by Rock Creek Park—a bucolic locale that inspired Henrik Kauffmann, Denmark’s ambassador to the U.S. from 1939 to 1958, to build a […]
Water's EdgeLounging by the pool and watching sailboats skim by, it’s easy to imagine you’ve landed at an island resort rather than a family getaway near Annapolis. There are drinks […]
An Emerald Gem People say the third time’s a charm but for designer Sallie Finney Kjos, her second go-round designing the interiors of a Great Falls home proved to be […]
Vintage Charm When it comes to real estate, the word “development” conjures images of bland neighborhoods stocked with cookie-cutter houses. Yet the DC area brims with charming residential enclaves that […]
Subtle Style Soon after moving to Washington, Cris Briger got an enthusiastic greeting from a designer she met at a party who remembered the to-the-trade furnishings Cris and her late […]
Fresh Slate</spanIt played like a scene from a home-makeover TV show. As the renovation dust settled in their Bethesda abode last July, Scott and Jennifer Frederick left for a short vacation […]
New TraditionalWhen Mindy Frankel decided to renovate her circa-1940s house in Bethesda, it turned out to be more cost-effective to tear down the outdated residence and start afresh. She hired […]
Collected StyleWhen interior designer Charles Krewson, a DC native, returned to Washington after 30 years in Manhattan, The Presidential—one of the city’s oldest apartment buildings, built in 1922 by architect […]