Indulgences- Travel Eco-luxury in Portland Located in the heart of Portland, Oregon, the Nines hotel has debuted in a 1908 building that once housed a famed department store. Today, the […]

  The main goal of Kitchen Encounters’ Serena Lehn was to transform a dark and narrow bathroom into a light-filled retreat. The client requested an open environment, so Lehn added […]

Expert Advice - Lighting the Way An Arlington, Virginia, homeowner recently went through her whole house, replacing every incandescent bulb with more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). “She wanted to […]

  Two years after landscape architect Stephen Wlodarczyk of Botanical Decorators completed a master-plan installation for clients in Darnestown, Maryland, they called him back for an update. The couple entertains […]

Dream Kitchens & Baths There were dozens of impressive entries submitted for the first annual design competition organized by the Baltimore Washington Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association […]

  Steep slopes often require ingenuity in design, especially when they rise from the back of the house to the rear property line. Homeowners Mark Hinton and Rick Robertson initially […]

Classical Contemporary For two decades, the Georgetown couple walked past a Colonial Revival brick house near Tudor Place and wished it could be theirs. “We admired the simplicity and elegance […]

Paying close attention to detail and practicality, American Cedar & Millwork designer Nick Miller created a model home kitchen bound to suit any potential homebuyer. The client, Dale Thompson Builder, […]

Living Large Outdoors Whatever it may be called—arbor, colonnade, conservatory, deck, loggia, pergola or pool house—the outdoor structure is a significant component of today’s modern American garden. Outdoor structures can […]

Originally submitted as a final project for a course at Montgomery College, interior design student Ana Vivina Flanigan’s beach house concept kitchen combines bold and neutral colors to create an […]

  Gourmet Grandeur Granting a client’s wish list for a renovation with little room for expansion can seem like a daunting task. However, for kitchen designer Jennifer Gilmer, it was […]

When a Virginia couple decided to create a home office in their cramped brick rambler, they realized it was time to renovate. While they wanted more space, as longtime environmentalists […]

Potomac Perch After Leslie Train Westreich moved into a Watergate condominium once owned by former Virginia Senator John Warner and his wife Elizabeth Taylor, her horizon literally expanded. The penthouse […]

On its menu, Founding Farmers celebrates the bounty of the American farm. But this spring the DC restaurant has another cause for celebration: It just became the first dining establishment […]

Design Classic With their whole-house remodel nearly complete, the Arnold, Maryland, residents of a waterfront condo turned to Kitchen Encounters for their final project. Their challenge was to create a […]

  An irreverent romp through chair history pulls up in June, when the exhibition “Garry Knox Bennett: Call Me Chairmaker” opens in the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts […]