Summer Fun ITALIAN STYLE Oil Nut Bay, a resort on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, tapped FENDI Casa to design and furnish its 1,334-square-foot Penthouse Suite at The […]

DC Design Center Update After the sale of its D Street, SW, building was announced last year, The Washington Design Center had an uncertain future. But following a long search, […]

On the Forefront FRUITS OF THE SEA In Azur, chef Frederik De Pue pays homage to seafood, from classic to contemporary. The four-level space was designed by Virginia-based Natascha Folens […]

Hot Talent: A Fresh Twist It was while working as design associates at Room & Board in DC that Darlene Chimaliro and Caty Tillman first found each other. With the […]

Hot Talent: Practical Luxury As a child, Jennifer Wagner Schmidt had a passion for rearranging her bedroom. So maybe it wasn’t surprising that after a foray into public relations, she […]

Hot Talent: Leading Edge At a young age, Christopher Patrick knew he wanted to be a designer. “In high school, I helped friends pick colors and paint their rooms,” he […]

Hot Talent: Fashion Forward “My designs are modern yet classic, infused with fashion inspiration,” says Fanny Zigdon (above, right), principal of Fanny Zigdon Interiors. The designer grew up in New […]

Hot Talent: Design Synergy When Patrick Brian Jones headed for Catholic University to study architecture, a neighbor who had just become an architect herself gave him a gift of drafting […]

When Marlene Weiss-Alexander and her husband, Lee Alexander, decided to move to DC from Potomac, finalizing the floor plan of their new home in Phillips Park was easy. Working with […]

Going Home Courtney Cox experienced an idyllic childhood in the Alexandria neighborhood of Belle Haven—and even then, she had a designer’s eye. “As a girl,” she recalls, “I always loved […]

Serene Style Karen and Eric Dickman were looking for light when they chose their house in a golf community outside of historic Williamsburg. The enclave was made up of mostly traditional […]

The Art of Espionage Tony Mendez is an artist. He always has been. The red carpet he trod recently for the Oscar-winning movie Argo, which tells the story of his […]

1/ Hot Seat The diminutive Carry On Stool was designed by Mattias Stenberg for Offecct. This light-weight occasional seat is upholstered in 90 percent wool and offers an oak handle […]

Cafe Culture Charged with redesigning the Washington-area office of Sapient Corporation, a global services company, FOX Architects was asked to unify the diverse aesthetic needs of its government, non-profit, commercial […]

Barbara Sallick, Waterworks’s co-founder and senior vice president of design, recently visited the DC showroom in Cady’s Alley to unveil the company’s new Keystone collection of natural stone. Based in […]

Eclectic Mix There is not a single period or style I don’t like,” observes Katalin Farnady, standing in the open plan living/dining room of her house. She’s surrounded by a […]