Urban Chic Sometimes, the right location is worth a little sacrifice. In the case of Matthew Fearnside, an attorney who decided to make a move from Alexandria, Virginia, to DC’s […]

Cooking with Gas One-Stop Shopping Porcelanosa’s G680 Kitchen features flat-fronted cabinets with soft-closing drawers (pictured in a combination of Blanco matte and Roble Camel Vintage finishes), Krion countertops and integrated […]

Ideas for Small Spaces 1. Loft Living To make use of a tiny attic loft, JP Ward, AIA, of Anthony Wilder Design/Build created a cozy sleeping space for three young children. […]

Culinary Think Tank From the street, the nondescript Penn Quarter office building offers no clue that a trip to the sixth floor will land you in the nerve center of […]

Black Magic Chefs Jeff and Barbara Black, owners of the Black Restaurant Group, had plans in place to build their dream home on a two-acre lot they’d purchased in Bethesda. […]

5 Amazing Kitchens: Inspired by Nature In the kitchen of a house perched on a hillside, views of the treetops abound. These vistas provided Sharon Kleinman with a mandate for […]

A Positive Experience Bruce Bowers learned construction at the feet of his grandfather, who was a contractor, then put himself through the architecture program at the University of Maryland by […]

Bespoke Style Eighteen years ago, a Washingtonian wandered into the one-time Brown Davis boutique in Georgetown seeking the perfect mirror for her drawing room. She was successful on several fronts: […]

Consulting an interior designer for the first time can be intimidating, especially when it means throwing out cherished belongings and starting from scratch. But for a couple of empty nesters […]

New Horizons In search of the perfect art for her clients’ dining room, designer Barbara Hawthorn struck up a conversation with painter John Matthew Moore. “I mentioned I was looking […]

Modern Sanctuary In rural, picturesque Clifton, Virginia, a narrow road winds its way through woods punctuated here and there by houses, most of them traditional in style. But the road […]

Fall 2012 Art Guide </span.WASHINGTON, DC Adams Davidson Gallery American and European art, open by appointment only. 2727 29th Street, NW, Suite 504; 202-965-3800; adgal.com Connersmith Abstract Art and Realism. […]

GALA 2012 Awards Each year, a panel of building industry professionals is selected to judge new homes and communities in the Mid-Atlantic region, and to choose their nominees for the Great […]

Bethesda Systems Goes to the Movies Mike Wilson of Bethesda Systems recently completed a theater in the Potomac, Maryland, home of his client, Diane Shaw, who happens to be an […]

Cutting Edge Flexible Design Jens Juul conceived this flexible sofa with a moveable back for Danish furniture manufacturer Eilersen. This casual piece, which also comes in a sectional, has back […]

Crystal Clear Swarovski Crystals recently teamed with Napoleon Fireplaces & Grills to produce the LHD50 Limited Swarovski Edition fireplace, which is adorned with a bed of precision-cut Swarovski crystals. The […]