Show Stoppers LUXURY ON WHEELS Innovative aluminum construction, new all-wheel-drive and eight-speed automatic transmission set Jaguar’s 2013 XJ sedan (above; $77,500) apart from the pack. As if that weren’t enough, […]
Show Stoppers LUXURY ON WHEELS Innovative aluminum construction, new all-wheel-drive and eight-speed automatic transmission set Jaguar’s 2013 XJ sedan (above; $77,500) apart from the pack. As if that weren’t enough, […]
Celebrate the Season in Style ECO-RESORT IN THE ALPS Nestled in Italy’s Dolomites, Seiser Alm Urthaler is a 54-room resort built entirely from sustainable, untreated timber. After skiing or snowboarding, guests […]
5 Amazing Kitchens: Contemporary Classic The owners of a Tudor-style, 1920s home in DC’s Kalorama neighborhood were looking to renovate their house—including its outdated kitchen. They tapped architect Caroline Boutté […]
Design Celebrity Q & A To celebrate the first dedicated Calligaris store in Washington, company president Alessandro Calligaris flew in from Italy for the grand opening of the new Friendship […]
New Dimensions DC designer David Mitchell had been purchasing traditional, hand-painted iron furniture from Salvations Architectural Furnishings for years before he approached the company with an idea: What about a […]
A Curated Mix Antiques look right at home with contemporary furnishings in the new store opened by Washington designer Darryl Carter in DC’s Shaw neighborhood. The carefully chosen old and […]
A Common Thread There are homes we admire from a distance, and then there are homes where we feel—well, right at home. They have a natural cohesiveness that invites us […]
Steve Case, founder of AOL, and his wife Jean have set their substantial sights on Virginia Wine Country with the purchase of a winery in the foothills of the Blue […]
Urban Chic Sometimes, the right location is worth a little sacrifice. In the case of Matthew Fearnside, an attorney who decided to make a move from Alexandria, Virginia, to DC’s […]
Cooking with Gas One-Stop Shopping Porcelanosa’s G680 Kitchen features flat-fronted cabinets with soft-closing drawers (pictured in a combination of Blanco matte and Roble Camel Vintage finishes), Krion countertops and integrated […]
Ideas for Small Spaces 1. Loft Living To make use of a tiny attic loft, JP Ward, AIA, of Anthony Wilder Design/Build created a cozy sleeping space for three young children. […]
Culinary Think Tank From the street, the nondescript Penn Quarter office building offers no clue that a trip to the sixth floor will land you in the nerve center of […]
Black Magic Chefs Jeff and Barbara Black, owners of the Black Restaurant Group, had plans in place to build their dream home on a two-acre lot they’d purchased in Bethesda. […]
5 Amazing Kitchens: Inspired by Nature In the kitchen of a house perched on a hillside, views of the treetops abound. These vistas provided Sharon Kleinman with a mandate for […]
A Positive Experience Bruce Bowers learned construction at the feet of his grandfather, who was a contractor, then put himself through the architecture program at the University of Maryland by […]
The owners of a ranch-style family house on a wooded Bethesda lot had just become empty nesters. With the idea of staying in the house long-term, they decided to integrate […]