Quiet Elegance
MAY/JUNE 2010 Hedy Shashaani, Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens, Inc. The main objective for a Potomac family of five was to upgrade their open family…
Sleek & Spare
MAY/JUNE 2010 Joe M. Currie, Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens, Inc. When Joe M. Currie of Jack Rosen Custom Kitchens was called on to update…
Living Color
MAY/JUNE 2010 Nadia N. Subaran, Aidan Design When Nadia Subaran of Aidan Design was approached to redo the stark, white kitchen in a Potomac,…
A Bold Statement
MAY/JUNE 2010 Yoko Barsky, Deco Design Studio, LLC When clients approached her to redesign the windowless half-bath just off the foyer in their newly…
Beach Scene
MAY/JUNE 2010 Savena Doychinov, Design Studio International Kitchen & Bath A vibrant Haitian painting inspired the update of a bland boys’ bathroom in a…
Room for Two
MAY/JUNE 2010 Ernesto M. Santalla, Studio Santalla Inc. Ernesto Santalla transformed an outmoded his-and-hers bath in a Tudor-style DC home into a light-filled, contemporary…
A Singular Retreat
MAY/JUNE 2010 Ahmad & Hamid Fadakar, Advanced Kitchen and Bath In a post-war home in DC’s Woodley Park neighborhood, kitchen designers Ahmad and Hamid…
Green Living
MAY/JUNE 2010 Tucked into a neighborhood of 1950s split-level homes in Bethesda, Maryland, Adina and Mike Liuzzo’s mid-century house stands out just enough. While…
Cream of the Crop
MAY/JUNE 2010 Now in its second year, the 2010 design competition organized by the Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA)…
Cachet- Why Design Now?
MAY/JUNE 2010 This year, the National Design Triennial is going international. On view from May 14 through January 9, 2011, the fourth iteration of…
Cachet- Antique-Lovers’ Dream
MAY/JUNE 2010 Regency-period furniture, an ornate 18th-century clock from China’s Qing Dynasty and artwork by John Singer Sargent are only a tiny sampling of…
Cache- A Global Perspective
MAY/JUNE 2010 Barry Dixon for Vervain, a new collection of fabric and trim, transcends place and time. Known for his elegantly tailored furniture designs,…
Portfolio- On the Water’s Edge
MAY/JUNE 2010 Over two decades in their mist-gray weekend house in St. Michaels, Maryland, two generations of a Washington family have embraced the outdoors….
Private Tour- Villa Firenze
MAY/JUNE 2010 When M. Robert Guggenheim purchased a stately mansion overlooking Rock Creek Park in 1942, he named the residence after his mother, Florence….
Indulgences- Food
MAY/JUNE 2010 Eastern Shore Treat Located in a restored 1874 mansion, the luxurious Inn at 202 Dover in Easton has become a popular getaway…
Indulgences- Travel
MAY/JUNE 2010 Carbon-Neutral Safaris Africa Adventure Consultants books customized safaris with a conscience, maintaining an eco-friendly footprint and supporting local communities in the countries…
Sprucing Up
A Minimalist Approach The Kerlite Elegance Collection from Artistic Tile reflects the latest trend in Italian porcelain tile—an unusually thin surface (only an eighth…
A Tudor Transformed
MARCH/APRIL 2010 Nestled on a gently rolling, tree-lined block in Chevy Chase, Maryland, the Tudor-style house Susan Liss and her husband purchased in 1998…
Bazaar–In Vogue
MARCH/APRIL 2010 Lap of Luxury The affordably priced Classics City Club line by Stanley Furniture has a chic, urban sensibility. Pictured here, a vignette with the collection’s…
Riverside Retreat
MARCH/APRIL 2010 When a retired Bethesda couple decided to modernize and enlarge their weekend house in Easton, Maryland, for full-time living, they encountered an…