Indulgences MAY/JUNE 2012 THAI RETREAT  The Banyan Tree Phuket resort and spa is located on a lagoon on Bang Tao Bay (above). Guests enjoy Thai-style villas, each with open-air sunken […]

Al Fresco Style MAY/JUNE 2012 Poolside Repast The year 2012 welcomes a couple of additions to the Richard Frinier Collection for Brown Jordan, including Swim, a spare, stylish new line […]

Best in Show MAY/ JUNE 2012   The 2012 design competition organized by the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) welcomed close to 100 entries from […]

Modern Idyll MAY/JUNE 2012 To see before photos click here. Nestled in Northern Virginia’s Falls Church area, Lake Barcroft holds the enviable position of being the only lake inside DC’s […]

Easy-Going Elegance MAY/JUNE 2012 With three teenage daughters, a Reston, Virginia, homeowner had her hands full. When she decided to renovate her 1980s-era house, her goal was to accommodate the […]

An Unexpected Pleasure MAY/JUNE 2012 The owners of a 19th-century farmhouse and adjacent 1920s main house wanted to unify the two disparate structures. They turned to the surrounding landscape to […]

French Flair MAY/JUNE 2012 The panoramic views of the Shenandoah Mountains are the only giveaway that this expansive, 44-acre property is actually in Hume, Virginia, and not Europe. The stately […]

Capturing the Cosmos At a local gathering of The Explorers Club, Washington painter Betsy Stewart chatted with a group of scientists. When they asked how her work was going, she […]

A Perfect Transition MAY/JUNE 2012 When it was time to overhaul their large but dysfunctional kitchen, homeowners turned to Jennifer Gilmer to make sense of the space, which was poorly […]

Chef's Special MAY/JUNE 2012 Two amateur chefs wished to overhaul their poorly laid-out kitchen, which could only be accessed through the dining room of their home. An uneven floor made […]

A New Direction MAY/JUNE 2012 Homeowners with a disjointed kitchen suffered from limited counter space and inferior storage. Tapped to solve their design issues, Jennifer Gilmer first redid the layout. […]

A Worldly Approach MAY/JUNE 2012 Frustrated by her narrow kitchen, the owner of a historic DC row house decided to open it up to the rest of the home with […]

Clean & Simple MAY/JUNE 2012 A young couple wished to update the kitchen of their Capitol Hill row house. However, their vision was challenged by a tight budget and the space […]

An Artful Design MAY/JUNE 2012 In a spare, contemporary master bath, a sculptural soaking tub creates a focal point, poised beneath a picture window so as to take full advantage […]

Sophisticated Style MAY/JUNE 2012 When Cahill Design Build remodeled an outdated master bath in DC, the vanities had no functional drawers and both the shower and toilet were tucked away […]

Cachet: Design Preview MAY/JUNE 2012 A day before this issue went to press, the 2012 DC Design House opened its doors for a media preview. Participating designers, working around the […]