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Clear Vision

Fowlkes Studio revamps an off-kilter 1920s Colonial in DC

All In the Details

A drab Georgetown penthouse is recast as a classic-meets-modern gem

Strong Foundation

Behind three 1941 brick walls in traditional Tenleytown, a modern home rises

Ripple Effect

Architect Suman Sorg finds refuge—and new direction—in her recently upgraded home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Modern Oasis

Designer Anthony Wilder and his wife Elizabeth revive a 1960s Bethesda home with a focus on family

Outside the Box

A design team revives and expands a dated DC home, paying tribute to its original 1970s character

Project Profile

Paris Match

A five-acre estate in Virginia’s Hunt Country proved irresistible to its owner, a Georgetown University alumnus and private-equity investor. “The approach is magical—a long drive up a curving hill past […]

Week’s End

Exterior Photography by David Burroughs  |  Interior Photography by Angie Seckinger Sweeping vistas of Island Creek, a tributary of the Tred Avon River, sold an Arlington couple on an idyllic, […]

Stairway to Heaven

Clients brought a love of fine wine to a home they had purchased in McLean. However, “after claiming most of the basement for a bar, piano room, exercise room and […]

Two's Company

Two women, one in her 80s and one about 15 years younger, were sharing a two-story condo when a single-level unit in the same building became available. With practicality in […]

Garden Spot

Empty-nesters in Annandale, Virginia, turned to CARNEMARK design+build to upgrade their dated rambler, which had choppy rooms and lacked a connection to their picturesque property. “The stairs to the basement […]

Bay Beauty

It was the view that sealed the deal. On the market for a waterfront home, David and Maria Welch walked into a run-of-the-mill, circa-1970s house in Edgewater, Maryland, took in […]

Cottage Chic

The Arlington neighborhood of Ashton Heights evolved during the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s as a quaint mix of bungalows and cottages. By the time Andy and Cathy Liverman—on the market […]

Basement Bonanza

A cramped McLean rambler had become chaotic and cluttered for a family with six children ranging in age from five to 19. The owners tapped interior designer Laura Fox to […]

Clean Slate

Clean SlateA couple with grown kids decided to trade their large DC home for a condo in the Watergate. They were enticed by the landmark building’s enviable location and its dramatic Potomac […]

Colonial Classic

Colonial Classic In renovating their classic, stone-fronted colonial residence, Kevin Scallan, a financial systems expert, and his wife Karen sought to preserve rather than radically change the 1963 home’s traditional […]

Modern Redux

Modern Redux RunningTo a casual observer, the Federal-style Kalorama row house would have seemed move-in ready: Its stately brick façade opened into well-proportioned rooms with crisply painted walls. However, as architect […]

Function + Flow

Function + Flow A physician and his wife purchased a traditional 1995 house in Oakton, Virginia, with big plans to bring its outmoded main floor up to date. On their wish […]

Modern Update

Modern UpdatePotomac is known for its sprawling mansions, but in moving there from California, scientists Ronald Herbst and Bahija Jallal chose a more modest alternative. “We didn’t want a huge […]

Smart Makeover Seamless Style

Smart Makeover Seamless Style While contemplating the renovation of the house where his client grew up, David Neumann’s first instinct was to tread lightly—especially with demolition. But he needn’t have […]

Family Affair

Built in the 1930s, a modest A-frame house in Arlington was just the right size for Darren Robbins, a principal at a tech firm, who moved into the two-bedroom, one-bath […]

Modern Twist

Modern Twist After their second child was born, George and Rima Bitar realized they’d outgrown their home and decided to search for a larger, move-in-ready residence. But two years later […]

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