Universal Design For Aging In Place
You’re designing your dream home or renovating your current residence. Grab bars in the shower or wheelchair accessible doorways may not be on your wish list unless someone in your [...]
McLean: One of Northern Virginia’s Best Places To Live
Looking for a neighborhood to build your family’s dream home? Tucked into a corner of Fairfax County and long considered one of the most desirable places to live in Virginia, McLean [...]
Pet-Appealing Your Home
They snuggle with you during thunderstorms, catch mice, salivate at birds (hopefully not your pet parrot) and chase squirrels. They shake their wet fur on you, lick your face and wake [...]
An Interview with James McDonald
For nearly 20 years, he has been designing and remodeling custom homes for clients throughout Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland, and beyond. Award-winning Great Falls-based architect James McDonald sat down to [...]
Keeping Your Home Fires Burning
Iconic American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright said, “The hearth is the psychological center of the home,” and throughout his career incorporated fireplaces into all of his celebrated homes to express the values [...]
The Windows On Your World
“Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.” Edith Wharton Contemporary, transitional, cottage or coastal. You know what your dream home should look like. You know your style. But what [...]
Why Choose a Design-Build Firm?
Looking for one point of contact to build your dream home? Want someone you trust to manage everything from estimation, assessments, schematics, design, engineering, subcontracting, construction, vendors, and post-construction? A design-build [...]
Does Your Dream Home Have a Spice Kitchen?
1304 Altamira Court McLean, VA For one fun-loving couple from California, relocating to Virginia with their three young children meant first seeking the best custom builder in the Mid-Atlantic region. It [...]
A Little Bling For Your Ceiling?
Wine room. Check. Staging closet. Check. Smart home system. Check. You’ve thought about your inspirations for every room. But what about luxury lighting? Rococo, gothic, art deco? Or does your taste run [...]
Living in Color
Asubdued dove grey was recently named 2019 Color of the Year by Benjamin Moore. Pantone predicts a palette of “Classico” for interiors: “camel-colored tan, swan white, caviar black, burgundy red, gray [...]
