LCA 2014 Awards The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design throughout our region. This annual competition […]

COTY 2013 Awards At a sold-out gala event on January 18th, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Metro DC Chapter announced the 2013 Contractor of the Year (COTY) […]

COTY 2012 Awards Winning Designs Presented by the Metro DC Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), the Contractor of the Year Awards showcase the work of […]

LCA 2013 Awards The Excellence in Landscape Awards, sponsored by the Landscape Contractors Association (LCA) of Maryland, DC, and Virginia, recognize exceptional garden design throughout our region. This annual competition […]

LCA 2012 Awards Each December as winter socks in, members of the landscaping industry gather to celebrate a sunnier time of year with the “Excellence in Landscape” awards. Sponsored by […]

Out of the Box After more than 10 years in her dark DC townhouse, Nina Olson was ready to let in the light. The main floor—which housed an open-plan living/dining […]

Montana Retreat Buying real estate was not on Tom Gilday’s agenda when he took a family ski trip to Montana back in 2004. But on a drive to see a […]

Modern Aerie Washington architect and designer Patrick Brian Jones was revamping communal areas in a Logan Circle condo building when a resident, Charlie Griffin, approached him for help. Griffin, a […]

River's Edge Situated on a peninsula that juts into the Tred Avon River’s picturesque Peach Blossom Creek, a 19th-century center-hall Colonial in Easton, Maryland, commands the attention of visitors, who […]

Spring Spruce Up The first day of spring heralds the coming warm weather— and the American Society of Interior Designers Washington Metro Chapter’s annual Spring Spruce-Up. This popular program offers […]

2014 COTY Award Spotlight Every year, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Metro DC Chapter gives Contractor of the Year (COTY) awards to a wide range of remodeling […]

Simply Chic Just before New Year’s Eve in 2011, Ashley Taylor and her then-fiancé Matt Bronczek made a resolution to buy a new house. The couple ended the year by […]

Glass House “It gets better,” whispers architect Scarlett Breeding, touring a new home she designed near Annapolis. Surveying this virtually transparent steel, glass, and stone creation with sweeping water views,  […]

DC Design House Debut Visiting the DC Design House is a rite of spring on Washington’s design calendar. On board for the 2015 event, 24 design teams will transform a […]

French Country Style Clients who commissioned Creighton Enterprises to build their new house in Leesburg, Virginia, wanted the grounds to reflect the home’s French Country home design style. They hired […]

The Great Outdoors During the remodel of a grand Alexandria, Virginia, house, the owners tapped Botanical Decorators to create a landscape to match, with a historical feel, spacious lawn and […]