The 10 Best Pieces from IKEA’s 2017 Catalog
IKEA Catalog Time is always a joyful time. Affordable, stylish, practical furniture fills its pages—nary a $2,000 pendant light in sight. The 2017 catalog is no exception. Behold, our 10 favorite...
View ArticleTrying to Furnish Your Small Home? These DC-Area Stores Can Help.
Your home might be compact, but keeping it both stylish and neat is no tiny task. Here are our favorite places to buy small-scale furniture and organizational systems—plus, in case the job is too much...
View Article3 Gorgeous Small Spaces That Will Make You Want to Downsize
1. Minimalist Multipurpose Years before it was trendy for restaurants and coffee shops to open in the alleys of Shaw, architect Mark Lawrence made his home in one. He and his wife, Cary, bought an old...
View ArticleGet the Look: Easy Décor That Can Totally Transform Your Space
Modern Country in McLean When a young family moved from a small Arlington house into a McLean six-bedroom, they ran into what might be the ultimate First World problem: not enough furniture to fill...
View ArticleToday’s Reader Poll: Where’s the Best Place in Washington to Buy Furniture?
In June, the magazine will publish its annual Best of Washington guide, chock full of picks for the area’s “bests” of just about everything—including burgers, yoga studios, politicians, and more. Now’s...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg’s Chair on Capitol Hill Has a Nice Big Extra Cushion
Mark Zuckerberg is due to address two US Senate committees Tuesday. Washingtonian photographer Evy Mages is on the scene, and she while the Facebook founder is not due in front of the microphone until...
View ArticleShop Custom Furniture Made From Vintage Mid-Century Finds at This New DC Pop-Up
Scroll through Nicole Crowder’s Instagram and you’ll immediately come down with a case of design envy. Her page is filled with the kinds of mid-century furniture that you might see at a trendy hotel or...
View ArticleThis Colorful Van Ness Apartment Is Full of Bold, One-of-a-Kind Furniture
The coral accent wall behind the sofa at Nicole Crowder’s Van Ness apartment looks like something you’d see in a Moroccan casbah. “I think of it as coral meets terra cotta,” says the photo editor...
View ArticleYour WFH Chair May Be Making You Miserable. Let’s Fix That
Recently, while I was researching an article about prison, I ran across a quote that reminded me about the chair in my home office. It was in a 1997 Washington City Paper article about the old Lorton...
View ArticleThis Group Wants to Make It Easier for You to Buy and Sell Secondhand Furniture
Anyone who’s navigated buying or selling used furniture on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace knows it can be a lot of work. Sure, you can score a coffee table for much cheaper than you would in-store,...
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