Urban Aerie
When attorneys Betsy Karmin and Manny Strauss traded the Bethesda home where they raised their two daughters for a penthouse in Kalorama, they decided…
Clean + Casual
Thirty rolling acres in tiny Bluemont, Virginia, lured a couple with young kids and a passel of horses, dogs and cats. The property included…
Collector’s Vision
Abundant light and a vibrant, urban locale attracted psychiatrist Jeffrey Akman and Steven Scott Mazzola, a grants officer at AmeriCorps, to the one-bedroom condo…
City View
When William Waybourn, a photographer and owner of DC’s Long View Gallery, purchased a condo in DC, he realized that although it was brand…
Fresh Take
Architect Carmel Greer has a knack for enhancing projects with stylish, creative interiors. A charming brick Victorian in DC’s LeDroit Park proved to be…
Game Changer
Attending the 2008 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) was an eye-opening experience for Richard Anuszkiewicz, then a sophomore design student at Virginia Tech….
New Traditional
When Mindy Frankel decided to renovate her circa-1940s house in Bethesda, it turned out to be more cost-effective to tear down the outdated residence…
Designer’s Eye: Modern Mix
The opportunity to mastermind the interiors of a sprawling, contemporary house by TDI Homes in Arlington was a challenge designer Suzanne Manlove welcomed. “The…
Spare + Modern
A couple moving from a bungalow to a modern abode in Northwest DC brought their traditional furnishings with them—along with some trepidation about how to…
Tiny Jewel Box
When called upon to overhaul a 12-foot-wide, 1870s-era house in DC, designer Kerra Michele Huerta summoned “every trick in the book” to make the…
Portfolio: Labor of Love
When Fred Bates moved from a tiny row house in Dupont Circle to an airy, open condo in DC’s Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, he…
Portfolio: East Meets West
Emily Henderson put a lot of thought into the five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home she and her husband purchased in 2012. The couple and their two…
Portfolio: A New Normal
An unusual home sits atop a hill in a neighborhood of ramblers, with a forested hillside as its backdrop. Located on two acres, the…
Portfolio: Clean + Simple
When DC-based interior designer Christopher Boutlier first saw his clients’ Ocean City condo, he felt like he was walking into a time capsule. “There…
Waterfront Retreat
A river ran through it—and how. The temptation of owning a second home on the lush banks of Little Hunting Creek—a tributary of the Potomac…
Into the Light
The year 2013 was a big one for Damon Taaffe. The government attorney switched jobs, met his future wife—and moved from a traditional townhouse…
Writer’s Refuge
A Virginia-based screenwriter needed a quiet space where he could work at home with a minimum of loving distractions from his three young daughters….
Portfolio: Danish Modern
Few countries have produced a more specific design aesthetic than Denmark. For most people, the term “Danish Modern” conjures ready images of light wood…
Artist Inspiration
John Haslett had a clear vision in mind when he set out to transform a Reston penthouse from a builder-grade shell into a contemporary,…
Rich Patina
A pair of empty nesters tapped Kirsten Anthony Kaplan of Haus Interior Design to decorate their new condo in Bethesda’s Lionsgate. A professional couple with…