Expert Advice – Curb Appeal
To most homeowners, the word “remodel” suggests a kitchen or bath renovation, a basement makeover or the addition of new rooms to a…
BAZAAR – HIGH Style
Lap of Luxury Maxalto’s plush Febo collection is noted for its elegant, completely upholstered form and prominent stitching at the seams. It includes…
Art Studio – An Amazing Patina
With shimmering colors and surfaces encrusted like artifacts dug up from the earth, metal arts created by David Bacharach seem magically lost in…
Applause- At Home
Two years ago, The Washington Design Center initiated a tradition that continues today: Every six months, a local designer is asked to decorate…
Home Tech: State of the Art
Musician’s Choice When bass guitarist Jay DeMarcus of the country band Rascal Flatts installed the Carl Tatz-designed JBL Synthesis Digital Home Theater System…
HISTORY Lesson
Old buildings in a state of decay tend to catch an architect’s eye. Walking through Oxford, Maryland, one evening, Washington, DC-based architect Ward…
Ranch House Reborn
Attorneys Joann Neth and Ford Farabow, Jr., spent four years searching for just the right house. The problem wasn’t finding a house—it was…
Home Style
Trend Setter The latest kitchen cabinetry emphasizes natural wood grains that add a touch of the exotic to kitchen décor. With its bold…
Indulgences – Toys
The Ultimate Bed With Italian designer Edoardo Carlinon’s High Fidelity Canopy bed, or Hi-Can, you may never leave home again. It offers a…
Potomac Playground
In the afternoon sun, the rustic stone pavilions glow like two pots of honey flecked with cinnamon. Set beside a swimming pool and…
TEAM WORK
Custom homebuilder Ted Peterson and residential architect Robert Gurney regularly play basketball on the same court. But they had not collaborated on a…
Postcard from Vermont
A few years ago Great Falls, Virginia, residents Tom and Diana Kelly purchased 42 acres near Weston, Vermont, with the idea of building…
Chic Condo Living
A New York-based couple approached Robert Cole and Sophie Prévost of ColePrévost Incorporated with a time-sensitive proposition. They had just purchased a new…
Embracing the Outdoors
Hidden away on a wooded cul-de-sac, this Tudor-style home leads a first-time visitor to believe that she’s been whisked away from the nearby…
Ultimate Home Gym
Like so many renovation projects, this one started out small. When Andy Axelrad and his wife Kaleen Kittay moved into their Vienna, Virginia,…
Organic Modern
There’s modern as in the aesthetic of detached cool. And then there’s Kathy Viola’s renovated home in McLean. While the former can feel…