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Form + Function For a family of four, an outdated, inefficient kitchen in Bethesda had become a drag.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 […]

Stylish Symmetry An inconvenient master bath in Oakton, Virginia, was defined by skimpy storage, cluttered surfaces and dated fixtures. The owners contacted  Jonas Carnemark of CARNEMARK to design a functional […]

City Living NFL linebacker D’Qwell Jackson’s career began at the University of Maryland, but it has taken him far afield—to the Cleveland Browns in 2006 and, most recently, to the […]

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 […]

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 […]