A LIFE AQUATICReading Room  Living on Water showcases 55 modern homes worldwide that beautifully coexist with lakes, oceans, rivers, and pools. Water is a fundamental key to each home; whether […]

GALA 2016 Awards—Custom Presented by the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association and the Maryland Building Industry Association, the 2016 GALA (Great American Living Awards) celebrates achievements in categories ranging from […]

Flash of Brilliance When it comes out to play with vibrant art and flashes of color, a neutral palette can seem anything but bland. At least that was the case […]

Wetlands Idyll A Bethesda couple had fallen in love with Rehoboth Beach years before they decided to buy a vacation home there. Children in tow, they made the trek each summer […]

A Formal Affair The stately c. 1918 mansion in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood has no doubt, seen its share of glamorous gatherings over the years—and probably a few official dinners, given […]

Layered Luxe A family relocating from New York to Washington decided to keep their Manhattan apartment. So when they moved into their 1940s colonial-style home in Georgetown with very few furnishings, […]

At Ease The allure of Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay proved impossible to resist for a McLean couple whose son had graduated from the Naval Academy. Four years of visits […]

Modern Oasis Architect Gregory Uekman and his wife Ann Dorough were living in a tiny cottage in Kensington when they began looking for a larger home. “I wanted a house with […]

Creative Spirit Beginning October 27, a stroll through Atrium Interiors’ showroom in Tysons Galleria will reveal four chic new room vignettes. They will showcase individual custom furniture collections masterminded by […]

WASHINGTON, DC Porcelania: East Meets West  Cross MacKenzie Gallery, November 10 to December 8 Walter McConnell’s monumental assemblage of porcelain figurines—comprising Buddhas and more cast from molds found in hobby shops—is […]

A homeowner with two children, downsizing from a large Potomac colonial, loved the smaller scale and urban feel of the 1920s Sears bungalow kit house she discovered in Chevy Chase—despite […]

With its classic brick exterior, slate roof and stately presence, a center-hall colonial built in 1926 is a perfect fit for its southern Virginia locale. The owners, who moved in […]

After grueling practices at Kettler Capitals Iceplex, defenseman Karl Alzner returns home to roughhousing of another kind. On afternoons when the team’s in town, he can be found chasing and […]

HAZEL’S DEBUT  At Hazel, a new DC hot spot from the Neighborhood Restaurant Group, interiors feature items handcrafted by local artisans, from light fixtures by Rick Singleton to a mural […]

ALL-AMERICAN STYLE  Tuckernuck, an online retailer founded by two DC natives and catering to the prepster set, has opened its first boutique. The Georgetown shop carries “all-American” apparel, accessories and […]

Clearly, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art has staying power. In 2004, it won an American Institute of Architects Twenty-Five Year Award, given to landmarks that have […]