Article

Light House

A Madison Park family tosses aside its traditional roots to create a modern home that glows.

01/04/2009 By Naomi Zeitlin

Gardening 2008

Earth Movers

Thanks to our area’s climate (and microclimates), we can be the gardeners we’ve always wanted to be.

01/04/2009 By Marty Wingate

Article

Looking for Closure

01/04/2009 By Laura Peach

Article

95 Neighborhoods by the Numbers

01/03/2009 By Stefan Durham With Christopher Werner and Lee Fehrenbacher

Article

Where to Live Now

01/03/2009 By Stefan Durham, Roger Brooks, Ashley Griffin, and Carolyn McConnell

Slideshow

Slide Show: The House Next Door

01/03/2009

Gardening

The Bee’s Knees

Attracting pollinators to your garden bears fruit come fall.

01/03/2009 By Marty Wingate

Article

The House Next Door

When a Capitol Hill family needed room to grow, they didn’t look far. 

01/03/2009 By Roger Brooks

Article

Suburban Like Me

01/03/2009 By Juliette Guilbert

ALTERNATIVE HOUSING

Common Ground

Cohousing projects bring residents together, brisk resales.

01/03/2009 By Ashley Griffin

Article

Splish Splash

12/28/2008 By Christopher Werner and Roger Brooks

Slideshow

Slide Show: Skin Deep

12/28/2008

REAL ESTATE

Thoroughly Modern

A specialty real estate firm specializes in midcentury architecture.

12/28/2008 By Ashley Griffin

Article

Glass Houses

The perfect summer host is ready to serve mint juleps, mojitos, and merlot. Are you?

12/28/2008 By Anna Roth

Article

Humdingers

A constant food and water source and a secluded place to rest are all a hummingbird needs to call your yard home. 

12/28/2008 By Mary Robson

Article

One-Minute Mortgage

Out of the ashes of the subprime collapse, Layne Sapp tries 
to reinvent the loan-processing business.

12/28/2008 By Manny Frishberg

SELLING TACTICS

Grounds Work

Beauty on the outside helps make the sale.

12/28/2008 By Ashley Griffin

Article

The Dirt on Grass

For gardeners who seek perfect lawns, the soil comes first.

12/28/2008 By Marty Wingate

Article

Skin Deep

A Capitol Hill condominium gets a face-lift without radical surgery.

12/28/2008 By Peter Sackett

Slideshow

Slide Show: Island Fantasy

12/27/2008