Before + After: Outdoor Oasis
A couple in Oakton, Virginia, hired Michael Nash Design, Build & Homes to transform their mundane patio into an outdoor-living space with lots of…
Amazing Grace
A 1936, red-brick colonial overlooking the Chesapeake Bay caught the eye of a DC-area couple seeking a vacation home. Perched on a point with panoramic…
City Chic
Good old-fashioned snail mail can still get the job done. When Christopher Schriever, owner of a boutique marketing company, and Edward Palmieri, a director…
Fresh Slate
It played like a scene from a home-makeover TV show. As the renovation dust settled in their Bethesda abode last July, Scott and Jennifer Frederick…
Perfect Harmony
A narrow lane hugs the western shore of a Chesapeake Bay tributary in Virginia’s picturesque Northern Neck, revealing an eclectic mix of waterfront homes. Tucked…
Spare and Simple
After remodeling their historic DC residence, the owners were ready to address its run-down, quarter-acre yard. They hired Colao + Peter Outdoor Environments to…
Backyard Bonanza
A Brookville, Maryland, couple with three active kids wanted to turn their small lot into an al fresco playground for guests of all ages….
Zen Garden
While installing a pool on their one-acre lot, the owners of a contemporary house tasked Wheat’s Landscape with creating a connection between the pool…
Pati’s Hacienda
The PBS series “Pati’s Mexican Table” transports viewers to exotic markets, farms and fine restaurants all over Mexico. But when the cameras turn to…
2017 LCA Awards
The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design throughout the region. This…
River Vista
The sprawling, riverfront house in Easton, Maryland, was still under construction in 2004 when McHale Landscape Design was called in to orchestrate a comprehensive…
Style Watch
ON A CURVE The curvaceous Paloma Dining Chair from Jessica Charles combines clean lines and comfortable tufted cushioning. Choose from a host of fabric…
Modern Update
Potomac is known for its sprawling mansions, but in moving there from California, scientists Ronald Herbst and Bahija Jallal chose a more modest alternative….
New Traditional
When Mindy Frankel decided to renovate her circa-1940s house in Bethesda, it turned out to be more cost-effective to tear down the outdated residence…
Crossing the Line
Twenty-five years after its copper entry doors were boarded up, the 110-year-old First Church of Christ, Scientist, building in Adams Morgan has been born…
Susan Jamieson
January saw the grand opening of Richmond’s newest home-décor boutique: Bridget Beari Home Store. Owner Susan Jamieson’s venture reflects the eclectic sensibility of her…
Creative Spirit
Each summer, experimental art comes to northwest Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. A city of 75,000 people rises in this unlikely spot for Burning Man,…
Smart Home Tech
Every year, new technologies and innovations in the realm of home automation bring added features and functionality to end-users. But having more options often…
Aegean View
Cosmopolitan Suites is a small boutique hotel perched in the Caldera Cliffs on the Greek isle of Santorini. Guests can soak up the sun…
Fashion: Spring Fling
Step out in style with CH Carolina Herrera‘s Taffeta Shirt Dress, shown in purple with a matching bow at the waist. Part of the…
Dining Out About Town
SAVOIR FARE Serial chef/restaurateur Mike Isabella opened an outpost of his modern French restaurant, Requin, in District Wharf last fall—and launched brunch service this…
Core Values
Leaving a stretch of farmland along Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the car pulls up beside a workshop nestled beneath towering chestnut oaks. A frisky German…
Gilded Age
Home to DC’s venerable Cosmos Club since 1952, the landmark Townsend House was designed in 1898 by architecture firm Carrère and Hastings with all…
Cutting Edge
LONG LASTING Trex composite decking, posts and railings resist the fading, staining, warping, rotting, mold and mildew that solid wood surfaces battle. Trex comes…
And the Winner is…
The winners of the 2017 Maryland Building Industry Association awards were feted during a ceremony last fall at Historic Savage Mill in Savage, Maryland….
ICAA Holiday Party
On December 7, 2017, the Washington Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) hosted a seasonal soirée at Darlington House…
CRAN Winter Celebration
On December 13, 2017, the Capital Area Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) and Home & Design held a festive holiday celebration at Poggenpohl in Chevy…
H&D’s Winter 2018 Issue Party
On January 17, Home & Design hosted a launch party for its Winter 2018 issue at Cosentino in Sterling, Virginia. During the reception, guestsexplored…