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 The owners called in Paul Bentham of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath to transform the outdated room with a better […]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Minimalist Magic When designer Deborah Kalkstein—owner of Contemporaria in DC’s Cady’s Alley—was ready to renovate her outdated Potomac kitchen, she envisioned a clean, modern space that would be user-friendly for family […]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 […]

Row House Remodel When clients who purchased an abandoned town house on DC’s Embassy Row were ready to renovate, they called on Jennifer Gilmer of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath […]

A Vision in White For the master bath of an ambitious new Arlington home, Lauren Levant Bland of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath took inspiration from the seamless flow of […]

Form + Function For a family of four, an outdated, inefficient kitchen in Bethesda had become a drag. They contacted Hedy Shashaani of Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens to answer a […]

Sleek + Spare Makeover A client whose cramped, inconvenient kitchen was short of storage room approached Davida Rodriguez of Davida’s Kitchen & Tiles for a redesign. She was tasked with […]

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 […]