2017 Designers’ Choice Awards Reception
2017 Designers’ Choice Awards ReceptionOCTOBER 19, 2016—Home & Design celebrated the launch of its 2017 Sourcebook with a reception at The Lauren in Bethesda. A…
Rooms We Love Outdoor Room
Rooms We Love Outdoor Room When clients in the Northern Virginia suburbs asked Jay Graham to landscape their small, undeveloped property, they opted for…
Rooms We Love Bathroom
Rooms We Love Bathroom A couple renovating a home in Potomac tapped Nestor Santa-Cruz to redesign the interiors. On their wish list was “a…
Rooms We Love Bedroom
Rooms We Love Bedroom A couple with a new home in McLean envisioned their master bedroom as a pleasing refuge where they would be…
Rooms We Love Kitchen
Rooms We Love Kitchen A couple with a property in Emmitsburg, Maryland, tapped Jim Rill to design a rustic home for them that would…
Audio/Video + Lighting Drawing Board
Audio/Video + Lighting Drawing Board After purchasing a pied-à-terre in CityCenterDC, clients asked Ernesto Santalla to help them make the most of the space…
Case Study Audio/Video + Lighting
When they tapped Anthony Wilder Design/Build to renovate their Bethesda house, the owners requested that their unfinished attic is transformed into an inviting media…
Drawing Board Closets + Organized Spaces
Drawing Board Closets + Organized Spaces An Arlington couple hired design/build firm TriVistaUSA to convert their cluttered, dark and decrepit basement into a light,…
Closets + Organized Spaces Case Study
Closets + Organized Spaces Case Study Fed up with the cramped bedroom closet in their Potomac home, designer Deborah Kalkstein and her husband were…
Drawing Board Fine Furniture + Art
Drawing Board Fine Furniture + Art Skip Sroka was tapped to design the interiors of Norton Manor, a newly constructed estate in Potomac. He…
Case Study Fine Furniture + Art
Case Study Fine Furniture + Art When the owner of a condo in Shirlington walked into Tchoupitoulas Furnishings in Old Town Alexandria, she took…
Drawing Board Floors + Windows + Doors
Drawing Board Floors + Windows + Doors The owners of a 1970s house in Arlington with a run-down, unattractive exterior contacted architect Matthew Guenther…
Case Study Floors + Windows + Doors
Case Study Floors + Windows + Doors The owner of a DC rambler overlooking Rock Creek Park was frustrated by the obstructed views she…
Drawing Board Interior Design
Drawing Board Interior Design A Cleveland Park home had become dilapidated over time. The owner contacted designer Rachel Dougan to update the house with…
Drawing Board Kitchen + Bath
Drawing Board Kitchen + Bath A McLean couple hired Michael Nash Design, Build & Homes to transform their dated, poorly functioning bathroom into a…
Drawing Board: Landscaping + Outdoor Living
Drawing Board Landscaping + Outdoor Living A Fredericksburg, Virginia, couple was dissatisfied with their flat, boring backyard and large yet unappealing patio. They hired…
Drawing Board Remodeling
Drawing Board Remodeling Clients with a modern sensibility hired Natascha Folens to transform the traditionally styled family room of their Reston home into a…
Remodeling Case Study
Remodeling Case Study When a couple with a toddler purchased a vintage house in DC’s historic Cleveland Park neighborhood, they contacted architect Carmel Greer…
Landscaping + Outdoor Living Case Study
Landscaping + Outdoor Living Case Study The owner of an unremarkable tract home in Alexandria had an ambitious wish list for his triangular, quarter-acre…
Case Study Kitchen + Bath
Case Study Kitchen + Bath An Annapolis couple with two children wished to transform their inconvenient kitchen into a comfortable space that would accommodate…
Case Study Interior Design
Case Study Interior Design Ten years ago, Lorna Gross-Bryant designed the interiors of a Bowie, Maryland, home for a couple with teenagers. Recently, the…
Case Study Architecture + Custom Building
Case Study Architecture + Custom Building When describing the home he designed for a pair of empty nesters, Ben Ames speaks of the Japanese…
Drawing Board Architecture + Custom Building
Drawing Board Architecture + Custom Building A one-story brick rambler in McLean’s Franklin Park was cramped and unattractive. The owners hired architect Dwight McNeill…
In Living Color
How well a client trusts me makes all the difference,” says designer Kelley Proxmire, who is known for the strong use of vivid color…
Rooms We Love: Living Room
Rooms We Love: Living Room A client who purchased a condo in The Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown hired Paul Sherrill of Solis Betancourt…
2017 Designers’ Choice Awards
2017 Designers’ Choice Awards Each year, Home & Design polls hundreds of area professionals to discover their picks for leaders in the innovative, ever-evolving…
Our Story
Our Story These four companies contributed company profiles, complete with project photos and descriptions. We hope their stories will provide a reliable resource for your…
Rooms We Love Dining Room
Rooms We Love Dining Room Pamela Harvey understands traditional design, but she also knows how to make it feel fresh and new. When clients…