Building Your First Washington DC or Maryland Area Home

There are a lot of steps involved when building a home. You need to find a location that works for you and set a doable budget. Once those things are out of the way, you need to decide what kind [...]

Renovating an Old Maryland or Washington DC Home

Renovating an old home is a big decision, especially if it’s been in the family for generations. You need it to be done right. It can become a stressful situation, especially when you’re on a [...]

Making a Home Office for Your Maryland or Washington DC Home

Having a home office has always been beneficial. Now that 2020 has made working from home more commonplace, some people have decided to make that change permanent. Creating a home office is more [...]

Wall Design Ideas

We’ve all been spending a lot more time indoors lately, and some of us are beginning to realize the house has less character than we’d like. A standard solution is sprucing up the walls a [...]

Things to Consider When Designing a Kitchen for Your Washington DC or Maryland Home

Your kitchen may seem like just a place to make and store food, but it has the potential to be so much more. So many kitchens can feel mundane and lifeless, but yours doesn’t have to be. Whether [...]

Building a Pergola for Your Maryland or Washington, DC, Home

A pergola features vertical posts supporting an open lattice of wooden cross beams. Instead of a full roof, pergolas are covered by horizontal wooden slats, allowing rays of afternoon sunshine to [...]

Rate Your Railings: Which Should You Choose?

The stair railing doesn’t get a lot of glory when it comes to home design. Yes, it’s functional; it serves its purpose, but most of the time, we don’t pay it much attention. But that doesn’t have [...]

Aging Into Your Empty Nest

More and more adults today choose to age in place, electing to stick with their family homes rather than downsize. It seems like there’s an expectation for so-called ‘empty nesters’ to downsize [...]

Activities for the Whole Family to Enjoy

2020 was the year of spending time indoors. But just because we’re inside doesn’t mean we can’t have fun! Entertain yourself and your kids with these fun and family-friendly pastimes.  Indoor [...]

Split-Level Architecture in Maryland and Washington, DC

Neither bungalow nor traditional two-story structure, the split-level home combines elements of the two, effectively creating a category of its own. Made popular during the mid-century era, [...]