Seasons' Treats CALL OF THE WILD Aqua Expeditions brings five-star luxury to river cruising on the Amazon in Peru. Its 147-foot M/V Aria boasts 16 water-facing, air-conditioned staterooms plus an […]

2013 Holiday Gift Guide CHARGE IT Tesla touts its award-winning Model S as the world’s first premium electric sedan. Not only has it won high marks for its good looks, […]

ASID DC 2013 Awards Members of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Washington Metro chapter gathered on September 25 for their 2013 awards celebration at the JANUS et Cie […]

French Connection Appreciating an older home requires a special eye. Good things often happen when its owners celebrate its idiosyncracies rather than forcing the home into a conventional mold.  Such […]

Urban Chic The renovation was like peeling an onion—when one problem was fixed, another problem would reveal itself. And on it went for more than a year after Jackie Perrins […]

Pure Modern Four years is a long time to spend creating the perfect home, but for Bruno Lassus, the design of his penthouse has been well worth the wait. This […]

Playful Pied-a-Terre designer Kelley Proxmire, saying “I’ve got something exciting for you.” She and her husband had just purchased a pied-à-terre in the Watergate complex and immediately asked Proxmire to […]

Luxury Aloft Back in the 1950s when 14th Street was known as “Auto Row,” venerable prewar buildings housed ground-floor car dealerships with warehouses above them. The area has experienced a […]

Rooms We Love: Outdoor Room SOURCEBOOK 2014A small, urban Alexandria, Virginia, property had become run-down and overgrown, with featureless topography and crumbling stonework. While renovating their house, the owners contacted […]

Interior Design: Case Study When he was asked to turn an empty room into a warm and welcoming library, David Mitchell started—not surprisingly—with floor-to-ceiling built-in bookshelves. And not just any […]

Architecture + Custom Building: Case Study After many years and two renovations, a Chevy Chase couple was still not satisfied with their home. With its low ceilings, the space felt […]

Audio/Video + Lighting: Case Study When Ian Williams of Encore Custom Audio Video was asked to install a Crestron home automation system in a new house in Leesburg, part of […]

Closets + Organized Spaces: Case Study When homeowners hired Kristin Peake to redo their children’s bedrooms, the edict was that “over the top” was not too much. Peake interviewed each […]

Fine Furnishings + Art: Case Study The owners of a 1960s split-level house were ready to renovate. They hired Jonas Carnemark to upgrade the home’s dated exterior, then turned to […]

Floors + Windows + Doors: Case Study In his design of a Glen Echo, Maryland, home, architect Robert M. Gurney employed walls of glass, windows and doors to shape the […]

Kitchen + Bath: Case Study In a newly purchased house, the owners wished to infuse mundane traditional interiors with a fresh, modern vibe. They hired Lauren Bland of Jennifer Gilmer […]