Before and After
Designer Erika Bonnell brings organization and chic style to a once-mundane home office in McLean A lawyer with elementary school-age kids contacted Erika Bonnell…
Bath Basics
AU NATURAL Native Trails’ Avalon bathtub combines unexpected materials—natural jute fiber and cement—to create a sturdy, crack-, stain- and scratch-resistant surface. The handmade tubs,…
Asian Flair
After she updated a client’s DC kitchen in sleek Japanese style, it was no surprise that designer Jennifer Gilmer went in a similar direction…
Double Fantasy
After moving into a DC home that had previously been remodeled, a young couple started dreaming up new ideas for a bath renovation to…
Bold Statement
In an age when gray and white bathrooms are all the rage, Arlington clients asked Case Design to saturate theirs with color. As part…
Organic Palette
A Chevy Chase couple tapped designers Lauren Levant and Paul Bentham to revamp their master suite into a restful retreat. “They spend a lot of…
Modern Luxe
Homeowners whose master bath was stuck in the 1980s were ready for a redo. Tired of its rarely used corner whirlpool tub and uninspiring…
Rare Form
A software executive seeking a new home knew he’d spotted a gem in DC’s coveted Foxhall neighborhood. Though its formal interiors were not his…
20 Years of Great Design: Products
BRILLIANT PLUMAGE Cappellini’s Peacock Armchair splendidly displays rippled folds of felt over a powder-varnished metal base. Designed by Dror Studio in 2009, the piece…
Bathing Beauty
Replacing a run-down cottage on a narrow Chesapeake Bay lot in Middle River, Maryland, Penza Bailey Architects got creative. The team stayed within the…
Kitchen Karma
The owners of a 1915 home in Centreville, Maryland, wished to transform what had been a service kitchen, typical of the period, into a…
Tactile Approach
Home-design guru Annie Selke creates linens, rugs and wallpaper that put a fresh spin on classic décor. Her brands, Pine Cone Hill and Dash…
Dream Kitchens
Modern Vision A design team brings openness and light to a kitchen on the Chesapeake. read more Rustic Vibe Sarah Kahn Turner…
Classic Twist
During the renovation of a 19th-century row house on Capitol Hill, one of the owners stopped into Snaidero DC Metro to see a La Cornue…
Minimalist Plan
For McLean homeowners who love to cook and entertain, coping with a 1980s-era kitchen was cramping their style. When they’d finally had enough of…
Fresh Start
Confined to the cramped footprint of the obsolete kitchen in her clients’ Tudor-style home in DC, designer Nadia Subaran faced a few challenges when…
Rustic Vibe
Clients with a 1920s-era home in McLean tapped Sarah Kahn Turner of Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath to transform the kitchen into a mecca…
Modern Vision
Tasked with renovating a Shingle-style residence in Annapolis, architect Scarlett Breeding transformed the interiors from closed-off and compartmentalized to open, modern, fluid and light….
On Fire
Driving to Blanc Creatives, a producer of hand-crafted cookware and kitchen tools, you’re sure you’re lost when the GPS leads you down a bumpy…
Tiny Jewel
After purchasing a condo in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood, the owner contacted architect James Rill and interior designer Nancy Harper to improve its bland main…