An Innovative Cooking Method Is Making Mealtime a Lot More Enjoyable for...
In a culture as food-obsessed as ours, the inability to enjoy a delicious meal can be one of the cruelest indignities of aging. Which is why, about a decade ago, a pair of chefs in Atlanta named Sarah...
View ArticleCheck Out These Adorable DC-Area Pets
John, the Sheepadoodle Age: 14 months Lives in: Brookland Lives with: Spencer and Alison Launer When it came to getting a dog, Spencer Launer admits to a bit of melodrama: “I nagged my wife for months....
View ArticleThis Man Went to a Bachelor Party. When He Returned, His Front Door Was...
Last week, scrolling around Reddit, I encountered an image of someone’s front door, painted to look like the Old Bay packaging. This wasn’t some half-assed Old Bay logo dabbed onto a small portion of...
View ArticleStep Up Your Picnic Game With These Pro Tips and Products
With ample parks, the occasional weekend of mild weather, and now years of social distancing to drive the trend, Washingtonians love a picnic. Here are some tips for planning the perfect one. Choose...
View ArticlePhotos: Check Out 3 Gorgeous Screened Porches
Expanded Colonial “The thing that everyone wants since Covid,” says Anthony Wilder, “is a screened porch, a puppy, and maybe a pool.” The architect checked at least one of those boxes for clients in...
View ArticleFeel Like Your Clothes Are All Wrong and You Have Nothing to Wear? You’re Not...
Scott Astrada had spent years wearing suits every day to various public-policy jobs on Capitol Hill. Then in 2019, he took a job at a financial tech company, where a preppy, more business-casual look...
View ArticleGlenstone’s Jeff Koons Sculpture Has 24,000 Plants and One Seriously...
Visitors to the Glenstone museum in Potomac marvel at Jeff Koons’s famous “Split-Rocker,” a massive sculpture filled with flowers. But how many stop to wonder about the gardening work required to keep...
View ArticleWhy Are People Paying $300 for This Beach Chair?
It’s beach season, and whether you’re heading to the shore for a weekend or to your vacation home for a longer stay (or, our personal favorite, a weekend at a friend’s beach house), there’s a posh new...
View ArticlePhotos: This DC Company Will Build Your Kid a Luxury Treehouse
Mod Treehouse When Covid kept everyone at home two summers ago, Uma Iyer enlisted grOH! to build a treehouse in her Chevy Chase DC backyard for her then one- and five-year-old boys. (She also lives...
View ArticleWe Can’t Stop Looking at These Detailed DC Maps
Hand-drawn neighborhood maps are a common sight in shops around town, but we’ve yet to encounter any as detailed and absorbing as the ones that Zachary Ammerman makes. A transplant from Indiana who...
View ArticlePandemic Relocations Have Wreaked Havoc on Child-Custody Arrangements
When the pandemic moved in, the people moved out: swapping cramped apartments for country homes, or expensive city digs for places they could get on the cheap (or for free, like Mom and Dad’s house)....
View ArticleThis Del Ray Vintage Store Specializes in Midcentury-Modern Furniture and...
Attention, design-obsessed Washingtonians: There’s a new vintage furniture store in the region. The George Vintage & Design, which opened earlier this summer in Del Ray, specializes in...
View ArticleMeet 9 of DC’s Most Stylish
Sela Thompson Collins Principal, MC Squared Design; Vice Chair, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Lives in: Langley. Closet staple: “I’ve been collecting large cashmere scarves for years, in a range...
View ArticleThis Online Interior Design Community Offers Crowdsourced Advice
It’s a common pickle for those putting together a home: You need help picking out a new sofa or deciding on this rug or that rug, but you don’t necessarily want to hire an interior designer. Maybe you...
View ArticleThese “Stranger Things” Fans Transformed Their Home Into Scenes From the Show
Covid impacted the way we live in our homes: Some of us realized that we craved outdoor space and redid our patios or searched for houses with backyards. Some of us realized we needed more square...
View ArticleBarbiecore Home Decor Tips From Three DC Designers
While we can thank Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie for the truly A-plus photos of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling rollerblading in matching neon Spandex, we can also thank the film for the rise of...
View ArticleThis Renovated Petworth Rowhouse Is a Feminine, Scandinavian Dream
Arielle Kane purchased her 1920s Petworth rowhouse in April 2021—during the height of the Covid-induced real estate boom. The 35-year-old Medicaid director spent the first few months of quarantine...
View ArticleAsk a Designer: What Sectional Should I Put by My Bay Windows?
Washingtonian’s “Ask a Designer” series takes readers’ home design questions and conundrums directly to the experts—interior designers. Struggling to find the best kid-friendly rug for your mudroom?...
View ArticleLook Inside 12 of the Coolest Homes Around Washington
For 41 years, Washingtonian has joined with the DC chapter of the American Institute of Architects to recognize outstanding work from local residential architects. To ensure an unbiased process, none...
View ArticleA Toy Designer Turns a Glover Park Home Into a Kid-Friendly, Colorful Escape
“Look Inside My Home” is our series where we peek into the homes of Washingtonians. Want your house featured? Email mmontgomery@washingtonian.com. Chloe Varelidi is the CEO and founder of Follies, a...
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