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 […]

Natural Backdrop When clients called McHale Landscape Design to refresh their Easton property in time for their daughter’s summer wedding, the job entailed a list of tasks that included creating suitable […]

Classic Design After installing a brick archway and stone waterfall for a repeat client, Live Green Landscapes was asked to add a series of outdoor “rooms” to the Reisterstown, Maryland, […]

Custom Builder 2012 Awards Sponsored by the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association, the annual Custom Builder Awards honors quality construction, architecture and design by custom builders and remodelers in the […]

Interior Design: Drawing Board A bachelor with contemporary taste hired Syntha Harris-Wendel to overhaul his DC condo. The update would finish his great room with modern furniture and a clean, […]

Modern Touch A couple with a contemporary aesthetic moved to a traditional center-hall Colonial in Chevy Chase DC. They tapped architect Michael Bruckwick and designer Sarah Wessel to embellish their […]

The owners of an outdated house were tired of their piecemeal décor. They asked designer Lori Graham to update their home’s look while giving it a more unified feel. The […]

A homeowner wanted to remodel her Woodley Park rowhouse to make what was a dark, inconvenient space more attractive and functional. She turned to Bruce Wentworth to enclose the sleeping […]

Clients contacted Phil Kelly of McHale Landscape Design to improve their front yard, which lacked visibility from the street and offered no sense of arrival. Kelly and his team transformed […]