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Clean Hands
Need to clean oil based paint, tarry caulk or other nasty shmutz from your hands? Try coconut oil! Often sold as a dietary supplement for pets, it quickly dissolves the…
Lincoln Street Kitchen Transformation
This project dramatically transformed a constrained, introverted kitchen into a brighter, family-friendly gathering and entertaining space.
Friendly Street Bedroom Suite Remodel & Addition
This 1940’s bungalow was expanded and remodeled to convert an existing bedroom into a suite and to enhance the connection to the generous back yard. Large windows and a vaulted…
The Bridge House
This home was designed for a couple nearing retirement to enjoy as a vacation home until they could retire here permanently. The home is perched in a wooded setting overlooking…
Modern Corner Courtyard
This new home in Bethesda, MD, for two empty-nesters looking to age in place. Situated on a corner lot in an established suburban neighborhood, the primary challenge was how to…
Camp Campos
This cozy North Carolina getaway celebrates family fun and recreation like roasting marshmallows by the fire and summer days spent on the water of nearby Lake James. The dual-cabin design…
Mount Vernon View
This project is a new home in southern Maryland on the Potomac River located directly across the river from Mt. Vernon and surrounded by undisturbed Federal parkland. The challenge of…
Traveler’s Rest
This project is located on a peninsula of land facing the Tred Avon River. The home is a high-quality example of late 1950’s era residential architecture that was in severe…
Good Bones: New Life in 1904 Denver Square
Have you ever first met with a Client and their list of wants/needs just keeps going on and on as you walk through with them? When you flip your paper…
Historic Gem Rescue
By the time our clients rescued this historic 1917 architectural gem the house flipper who preceded them had destroyed two original brick fireplaces, the kitchen, the bathrooms while stripping the…

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