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