Home & Design

March/April 2007

The Eco-Friendly Home

The Eco-Friendly Home Neopolitan bamboo flooring. Green is big. It’s trendy. But, as most practitioners of green design will tell you, it also just makes sense. We’ve dug through the […]

Row House Meets Loft

Row House Meets Loft The front façade's arched openings and iron-spotted brick were inspired by the architecture of Washington's historic row houses.Row House Meets Loft A new condominium near Logan […]

Extreme Ceilings

Extreme Ceilings Tania Seabock spent four and a half months painting the central-foyer ceiling in this McLean home. This is the central medallion. Think of ceiling murals, and the image […]

Fall 2006 High Point Market

Fall 2006 High Point Market The American's new Mission LineFall 2006 High Point Market Interior designer Sarah Boyer Jenkins scouts the Fall 2006 High Point International Furniture Market for stand-outs […]

Bring Home the Digital Age

Wireless Meat and BBQ thermometerAh, the Consumer Electronics Show. The annual tech fest that lures tens of thousands into the Las Vegas Convention Center. We come with great expectations and […]

Remodeling 101

Remodeling 101 Encompass Design/Build won a Finalist award in the category of Entire House $500,000 to $1,000,000 for this project in Vienna, VA.What was the greatest challenge of this project? […]

The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors Chapel Valley Landscape Company. Photo by Roger Foley. Homeowners are increasingly asking landscape architects and designers for complete outdoor entertaining areas and eco-friendly landscape options. A new […]

A Washington Gem Restored

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 former […]

A New Perspective

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 environment of serene […]

Habitable Art

Habitable Art In the back yard, the copper-clad garden pavilion containing a two-story storm porch appears to float above a glass-enclosed gallery space. Photo by Paul Warchol. On a traditional […]

A Modern Shift

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 tone in the […]

Ahead of the Curve

Ahead of the Curve Architect Skip Maginniss tried to maintain as much transparency as possible in designing the corner windows, which appear to wrap around the house without a heavy […]

Fresh Start

In the living room of this DC condominium, the cavernous 30-foot dome was lowered to soften the acoustics. With dramatic panoramic views of the Potomac that take in both Washington, […]

Tailored to Fit

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 their 1970s traditional […]

2007 Contractor of the Year Awards

2007 Contractor of the Year Awards Nash Construction won a Contractor of the Year award for this project that included a large addition to the existing home including opening up […]

A Suburban Resort

A Suburban Resort These days, ordinary swimming pools are simply off the radarscope. Nobody who’s spending the money for a pool wants the standard rectangle or the boring old kidney […]

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