least once a week. The top three reasons: the food tastes so good, the process requires little cleanup and it is fun to do outside what we do inside most of the year, according to surveys by the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA) in Arlington, Virginia. Grills are available in five basic designs: charcoal, […]

In contrast to urban dwellings, which need to be protective and introverted, waterfront houses are all about light and looking out to nature. Yet glare reflected off the water is a huge problem on seaside properties, Cole says. One way to modulate light is to make the house as thin as possible so that it’s […]

Designers Todd Davis and Rob Brown have spent the last de- cade on a renovation spree. The partners first remodeled a 1911 mansion in Washington’s historic Georgetown neighborhood and then, after moving to Florida in 2001, a 1980 Regency-style house in Palm Beach and a 1960s contemporary on an inlet of Miami’s Biscayne Bay. Their […]

Designer Cindi LaPietra’s vacation home in Bethany Beach, Delaware, is both family retreat and creative outlet. Just outside the doors to the backyard is an exterior wall encrusted with a virtual oceanfront—sand, seashells, starfish, sharks’ teeth, sea life. “My collection of shells inspired this mosaic design,” says LaPietra, who heads Bella Interiors in Potomac, Maryland. […]

When envisioning décor for beachfront homes, few would consider black as the prominent shade in the color palette. But that’s exactly the kind of unexpected touch favored by Bethesda, Maryland-based designer Kelley Proxmire. She believes in tailored designs splashed with a bit of the wow factor. “I love the traditional blue and white for waterfront […]

Listening to the soothing sounds of waves crashing on the shore and wiggling their toes in the warm, wet sand are year-round pleasures for a Rumson, New Jersey-based couple. The businessman husband and his wife, a stay-at-home mom, spend summers in the Hamptons and recently purchased a winter getaway on the Atlantic oceanfront in Boca […]

The demolition of small summer cottages and their replacement with much larger homes is a familiar sight in many beach communities. So when Vicki and Peter Morgan decided to rebuild the oceanfront house in Sandbridge, Virginia, that Vicki’s parents, Sally and Ted Turner, had built in 1961, the neighbors took appreciative notice. “Someone must have […]

Fortunately, the homeowner, who enjoys the unexpected juxtaposition of contemporary art with antiques, partnered with interior designer Ann Kenkel of Washington, DC-based Ann Kenkel Interiors, who admits she finds the combination refreshing. “Through long discussions with the homeowner, I understood that she had a great love of contemporary art, some classic contemporary furnishings, which were […]

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Place these Battery-Operated Candelabras anywhere at all, to glow with a long-lasting, faceted, LED “flame” bulb! No outlet or extension cord needed! Each of the three battery-operated candles features a 120,000-hour faceted LED bulb inside a faceted-plastic bulb-look housing so it can shine brighter–that’s way more than a lifetime of Decembers! Candelabra includes three battery-operated […]