LIFE IN THE DMV – The Blog

Hint: Expect pattern-on-pattern across the house and further elevation of WFH spaces. 2021 has looked a bit more similar to 2020 than we hoped, but that has meant we've continued to lean into our homes for creative inspiration this year. While we are crossing our...

The laundry room is often the smallest room in the house. They are often overlooked in design and stand on the more practical side of things. A space to wash and dry clothing. Nothing fancy. No bells and whistles. The thing is – with a small renovation – the laundry...

If you love cooking and technology, connected appliances and kitchen devices are the ideal gadgets for your smart home. Perhaps the appliance with the most buzz in the smart home space is the smart refrigerator. They have been on the market for years and have...

The pandemic caused bidding wars and inventory shortage in our market seems to be ebbing. Trends over the past couple of months are indicating a cooling down in the DC real estate market, as the region returns to the more traditional seasonal sales – a hot spring, a...

Pre-pandemic, everyone was on the go all the time. Now we are putting more time and energy into more uses and spaces of our homes and designing them for a new lifestyle today, which is home centered. This has brought many changes to design and concepts of the home....

Light bulbs have grown extremely smart in recent years… Smart bulbs are quickly becoming a key element in modern smart homes. One of the easiest and most affordable ways to upgrade your living room is to swap out your standard incandescents for smart light bulbs....

Have you ever impulsively shopped for a cosmetics product or adorable new phone case via the shop tab on your Instagram? Whether or not you’ve completed the purchase, you’ve certainly noticed those shopping bubble tags on in-feed posts. Now, that same experience is...

In late 2020, as the holidays approached and the coronavirus continued to spread, the crisp air and the bright colors at the Penn Quarter holiday market across from the National Portrait Gallery were a balm. By the end of the year, the nation was exhausted. Very...

Marc Fish doesn’t want you to think that his furniture was created by human hands. Rather, he says he aims to “design things that look as if they’ve been grown rather than made.” The UK-based designer’s sculptural, organic wooden forms are created without traditional...

Maryland is one of eight states that will soon launch digital versions of driver’s licenses and ID cards in the Apple Wallet. The digital versions promise to bring the convenience of not bringing a wallet along for those that want it but may also spur confusion as the...

After months of voting, the winner of the HGTV 2021 Smart Home was announced last month. Washington elementary school support worker Becky Dolan is the lucky entrant who will receive a 2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet, $100,000 courtesy of LendingTree, and most...

Charlie Bell, one of the architects of Amazon Web Services, is heading to Microsoft, according to multiple media reports. An internal memo in early August announced Bell was leaving Amazon.com Inc. after 23 years. He most recently served as senior vice president of...

If you’re craving something crunchy or salty, turn to some of the best fried snacks in the D.C. area. The chefs behind them take their cues from everywhere from the Bahamas and Trinidad to Iraq, India, and Italy. None of them are French fries, but potatoes still get a...

It took a key partnership and long-standing connections for Monty Deel to beat out two competitors and land a coveted contract to offer the largest federal civilian purchaser of health IT a safer trek to the cloud. The $43 million, five-year contract, which provides...

High-end design and heritage supercars converge as Zambaiti Parati and Automobili Lamborghini  have released their latest interiors collaboration. In a feat of Italian luxury, the collection is on track to push decor trends to the limit—think modern, powerful,...

The Federal Railroad Administration has paused its review of the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev Project, a high-speed train project that would get passengers from D.C. to Baltimore in 15 minutes. It is the second time in two years that the FRA has paused...

Andrew Darneille, owner and pitmaster of Arlington’s Smokecraft Modern Barbecue, along with his Smokecraft Championship BBQ team, has been invited to compete in the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue.  Taking place in Lynchburg, TN on on October...

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world’s leading luxury hospitality company, has now opened the doors of the Four Seasons Resort and Private Residences Anguilla. Shifting management from what once was the Viceroy Anguilla, this shift represents a positive change...

Amazon has hired more than 3,000 people for its Arlington second headquarters so far. That means it has reached at least 12% of the 25,000-employee minimum that it has pledged to hire by 2030. If it makes that goal, it earns a total of $550 million in cash incentives...