July/August 2010

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Spanish Style Showcased recently at the 2010 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), the GEA pendant by Spanish lighting designer Arturo Álvarez is…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Windsor Luxury Estates has been specializing in mansion- and estate-size custom homes since 1983, when this family-owned company first recognized a demand…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Since Bill Sutton started his architecture firm in 1980, it has grown from what he describes as “one guy and a drafting…

July/August 2010 Welcoming visitors to Monticello outside Charlottesville, Virginia, is a cluster of wood-framed pavilions worth a stop on its own. The Thomas Jefferson…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Italian kitchen manufacturer Arclinea has found a home in Georgetown, adjacent to Poltrona Frau’s contemporary furniture showroom. According to the owner of…

July/August 2010 Washington-based Envision Design added another accolade to its collection this year with a 2010 HUE award for Contract Interiors from Benjamin Moore….

July/August 2010 Minneapolis-based Room & Board is now offering its classic-meets-modern furnishings in a recently renovated building at 14th and T Streets, NW, in…

July/August 2010 Bar Scene Buddha-Bar DC already has a loyal following since its opening in May. The Pan-Asian restaurant designed by DWA of Paris…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 After buying waterfront property in Annapolis, Jim and Chris Ventura built what they thought was their dream home. The timber structure backed onto the…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 In a world roaring with visual cacophony, Lori Katz counters by keeping it simple. Like cool jazz, her designs get down to…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Whether homeowners are planning a renovation or moving into a new home, it’s easy to overlook the importance of a good lighting…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 DC’s revitalized Columbia Heights neighborhood has gone modern with Highland Park, a stylish new residential high-rise. Designed by award-winning Hickok Cole Architects…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Susan Major was an IT project manager until 2000, when she and her husband bought a townhouse in Columbia, Maryland, that she describes…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 A West Coast native, Michael Hampton got his start in San Francisco but arrived in Washington six years ago to work as a…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Ugo Arinzeh wound up in the design field in a roundabout way. The MBA with a degree in finance was working in commercial real…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Charlene Kennerknecht and Arch Williams have been design partners for 15 years, bringing their clients a unique East-West Coast perspective. Kennerknecht was working…

Designers (left to right) Susan Major, Michael Hampton, Ugo Arinzeh and partners Arch Williams and Charlene Kennerknecht of Monarch Interior Design Group. To view…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Take a Seat Norwegian furniture company Variér specializes in stylish, ultra-contemporary seating. Designed by Olav Eldøy, Date is a dining chair with a…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 The Beauty of Wood Armstrong Hardwood fashions hand-sculpted wood planks into flooring to create an authentically aged look. The flooring comes in…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Designer Camille Saum wanted to simplify her life. She had been living in a Bethesda carriage house she’d renovated with style and…

Sounds of banging hammers and buzzing saws greet this visitor to Phillips Park, a 46-lot development taking shape off Foxhall Road in DC. Most…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 When designer Susan Beimler and her husband were relocated to Washington from Rochester for his banking job in 1995, their real estate…

JULY/AUGUST 2010 Thursdays are decorator Brooke Steuart’s special day at her Delaware beach house, a sunny yellow castle overlooking sand and sea. Less than…