Hot Talent In this annual feature, H&D spotlights a handful of designers who are blazing exciting new trails in firms of their own. This year’s group gathered in the Washington […]
Hot Talent In this annual feature, H&D spotlights a handful of designers who are blazing exciting new trails in firms of their own. This year’s group gathered in the Washington […]
Urban Renewal One of the hallmarks of a good designer is the ability to update an older structure while retaining its period charm. Designer Michael Stehlik met this challenge when […]
Change Artist Paul Sherrill thinks of his apartment as a lab where he often shifts art, moves rugs or subtly tweaks the palette to add rich color here or neutral […]
Architectural Eye Before opening her contemporary-furniture store and interior design studio, Deborah Kalkstein studied architecture in her native Peru—and it shows. Kalkstein brings an architect’s eye to everything she does, […]
Hunt Country To an equestrian, it is no small thing to be able to walk out the door and climb right onto your horse—no car rides to the barn or trailers […]
Clean Sweep During an early spring photo shoot, Sandra Meyer is a picture of calm as she scrutinizes throw pillows arranged on the family room sofas in her Bethesda home. […]
Hot Talent Kenneth Byrd Kenneth Byrd knew he wanted to be an interior designer from the time he was a boy rearranging the furniture in his parents’ Virginia Beach home. […]
Private Tour Home Base Nestled behind mature trees and a tall iron fence, Ryan Zimmerman’s home exudes tradition, with its stone-and-shingle exteriors and slate rooftop. Far removed from the action […]
Hot Talent Erica Riggio and Angela Justice The principals of Green Owl Design, Erica Riggio and Angela Justice first met on a job site where both had been called in […]
Hot Talent Stephanie Gamble It took a life-changing event—the sudden loss of her mother—to make Stephanie Gamble rethink her own life. The then-27-year-old biologist realized that “life’s too short. I […]
Best in Show The 2016 Kitchen & Bath Design Awards, organized by the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), welcomed 119 entries from area designers. Sponsored by […]
Rachel Dougan’s distinctive design aesthetic conveys the bold confidence of many years of experience—yet she’s been designing interiors for a relatively short time. After years in branding strategy and graphic […]
Portfolio Clean + Simple When DC-based interior designer Christopher Boutlier first saw his clients’ Ocean City condo, he felt like he was walking into a time capsule. “There was wall-to-wall […]
Stage Set Downtown Baltimore’s historic Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co. Building has been rejuvenated, courtesy of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. The 1885 stone-and-brick Romanesque Revival structure, with its slate roof […]
Indulgences Summer Dining Scene CHARM CITY HOT SPOT Located in The Ivy Hotel, a restored 1889 residence in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood, Magdalena dishes up a cross-cultural, ever-changing menu under […]
Indulgences Summer Escapes TROPICAL TREAT Guests at the Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda resort on the Japanese island of Miyakojima enjoy heady ocean views from their suites—86 of which boast private […]