Remodeling: Drawing Board The kitchen of a Potomac home on a golf course was closed off and dark. The owners hired Sonny Nazemian of Michael Nash Design Build & Homes […]

Landscaping + Outdoor Living: Drawing Board A couple with two daughters tapped landscape architect Daniel Robey to create a “vacation home in Potomac” by adding outdoor living spaces, a pool, […]

Kitchen + Bath: Drawing Board An Ashburn, Virginia, couple was looking to modernize their large but dark and poorly laid-out master bath. They hired Paula Grace Halewski, who was already […]

Interior Design: Drawing Board When the owner of a historic Georgetown row house married, he and his wife hired Ame Gold to turn his thrown-together bachelor pad—including the living room—into […]

Floors + Windows + Doors Drawing Board The owners of a rambler in McLean hired Anthony Wilder Design Build to renovate portions of its interiors while also adding curb appeal […]

Fine Furnishings + Art: Drawing Board The original dining room of the 2015 Baltimore Symphony Decorator Show House was somber and dark. When she signed on to redesign it, Paula […]

Closets + Organized Spaces: Drawing Board A South Riding, Virginia, couple shared a large master closet that was essentially an empty shell. Tired of trying to create a place for […]

Audio/Video + Lighting: Drawing Board A newly single homeowner tapped KUBE Architecture to update the Northwest DC row house he had just purchased into an open, modern bachelor pad. Richard […]

Architecture + Custom Building: Drawing Board A dilapidated row house in DC’s gentrifying Shaw neighborhood desperately needed an overhaul. Architect Will Couch was tapped to create a light-filled, modern home; […]

Rooms We Love Outdoor Room After completing a dramatic, glass-walled addition to their Q Street row house, a young couple enlisted Morgan Washburn of Botanical Decorators to landscape their small, […]

Rooms We Love: Bathroom The owners of a circa-1980s house in Northwest DC tapped a design team that included Barnes Vanze Architects and designer Barry Dixon to complete a total […]

Rooms We Love: Bedroom Gary Inman was selected to transform a room in the 2014 Richmond Symphony Orchestra League Designer House before its host residence had even been built. After […]

Rooms We Love: Kitchen During the conversion of a pre-war row house to three condos in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Northwest DC, Davida Rodriguez was brought in to design […]

Rooms We Love: Dining Room A couple building a custom, Nantucket-style home in McLean tapped Kristin Peake to tackle the interiors. The designer envisioned elegant but casual spaces with a […]

Rooms We Love: Living Room In the hands of Mary Drysdale, the living room of a Bethesda home is a study in contrasts. Part of a whole-house renovation, it reflects […]

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