When architect Faith Nevins Hawks and her husband, John Hawks, couldn’t find a country house to restore, they decided to build one from scratch. The couple purchased a 79-acre property […]

Luxe Style Located on a street in Falls Church lined with large, recently constructed homes, a quaint, 1938 center-hall Colonial stands out. When the owners bought the stone-clad house nine […]

Historic Idyll A couple had finally found their ideal country home: an 18th-century historic farmhouse in Orlean, Virginia. Though they wanted a rustic, serene setting in which to entertain family and […]

The 2014 Kitchen & Bath Design Awards, organized by the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), welcomed 96 entries from area designers. Sponsored by Home & […]

Top Chef When Home & Design last caught up with Mike Isabella at home, he had just finished a successful stint on Bravo’s “Top Chef ” and mused about opening […]

Classic Contemporary A circa-1980s kitchen in Baldwin, Maryland, needed an overhaul. The owners called in Paul Bentham of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath to transform the outdated room with a better […]

Baltimore Glam designer Charlene Petersen and her New York City-bred client are young, vibrant—and certain about the trajectory they were on to meet and turn a newly minted condo in […]

Minimalist Magic When designer Deborah Kalkstein—owner of Contemporaria in DC’s Cady’s Alley—was ready to renovate her outdated Potomac kitchen, she envisioned a clean, modern space that would be user-friendly for family […]

American Standard tapped DC designer Mary Douglas Drysdale to design a master bath for a Minneapolis couple that would offer functional space while conveying a sense of understated luxury. The […]

Beach Haven The definition of sheer joy is a small child at play on the beach. Whether splashing in the surf, chasing sandpipers or digging fortiny crabs, the possibilities for […]

Victorian Vibe When Scarlett Breeding of Alt Breeding Schwarz Architects was tapped to remodel the spare bath in a Victorian house in Annapolis’s historic district, her design choices were constrained […]

Rustic Touch When the owners of a bucolic property in McLean tapped architect Donald Lococo to design their new home, he took inspiration from an existing farm on the same […]

A Modern Mix While renovating a Potomac, Maryland, home, CARNEMARK was tasked with modernizing the outmoded kitchen with a contemporary sensibility. Designer Jonas Carnemark focused first on creating clear views […]

Capturing the Cosmos At a local gathering of The Explorers Club, Washington painter Betsy Stewart chatted with a group of scientists. When they asked how her work was going, she […]