Foxhall Redo - An older house is like a broken-in pair of boots—so comfortable that it’s easy to overlook the scuffs and worn spots until suddenly you grasp that it’s time […]

Classic Beauty - A commercial builder and his wife, an interior designer, purchased a nondescript spec house while it was still under construction. They had fallen in love with its wooded […]

  Home Improvement - LIVING COLOR Twenty-one hues, ranging from quiet neutral to lavish bold, make up BEHR Paint Company’s Color Trends 2021 Palette. Organized into themes—Casual Comfort, Optimistic View, Subtle […]

“How long will my project take?” As a home-remodeling specialist, Jonathan Lerner of Meridian Homes hears this question all the time. The answer, he says, is that each renovation is […]

Under Glass 
 - The owners of a Victorian home in Chevy Chase had a problem: The glass pool house on their pristine property had become an eyesore. Built in 1960, […]

Fresh Look - “We were asked to add curb appeal to a 1970s house in Rockville,” says Mike Winn of Winn Design+Build. “It had recently undergone an interior renovation, but the […]

Modern Makeover - A couple searched years for just the right contemporary abode before finding—of all things—a 1922 Sears kit house in Cleveland Park that fit their needs. Working with modernist […]

DC clients with an older, stucco-and-brick home were unhappy with its dated pool house, which was visually disconnected from the aesthetic of their vintage abode and in need of modern […]

“We had to sign a waiver before entering, and you could see the sky from inside in places,” recalls architect Anne Decker of the fire-damaged, circa-1889 Queen Anne Victorian she […]

In keeping with its historic Somerset neighborhood in Chevy Chase, a 1937 brick center-hall Colonial boasted period charm, but sorely needed an update. The residents contacted Landis Architects/Builders for a […]

The owners of a penthouse in The Darcy in Bethesda wanted a contemporary upgrade. They contacted architect Greg Wiedemann to design a sleek remodel that would forge a better connection […]

CROWN JEWEL Hardware and jewelry designers collaborate to create Pull Cast Jewelry Hardware’s distinctive wares, which are frequently inspired by nature. The Earth Collection, featuring the Meteor knob (pictured), includes […]

When Skip Sroka and his partner, John Kammeier, were ready to downsize from their longtime residence in Northwest DC’s Phillips Park, it was a 1962 townhouse in Upper Georgetown that […]

When a couple with two kids purchased a traditional Forest Hills residence in 2016, they assumed that everything in the home would have to change except its recently upgraded kitchen. […]

On balmy summer evenings, designer Tracy Schlegel can be found relaxing on her lofty deck, nestled among the tall trees lining the backyard of the home she shares with husband […]

When clients in a stylish home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore called on Amanda Friend to reimagine their cramped and awkward master bath, the designer suggested a best-case scenario. If they […]