Martin Ogle doesn’t stare at a computer screen all day. Instead, he tends to trails and interpretive gardens, puts together exhibits about energy and ecology, and teaches pe...

Think cooking hunks of meat is as retro as June Cleaver or Carol Brady? Think again. “Roasts are very relevant today,” says Neil Fletcher Wilson, a Hyattsville, Md., perso...

Susanna Salk is not a designer. She tells readers that in the introduction to her new design book, “Be Your Own Decorator” (Rizzoli, $45). Without formal training, Salk ha...

For a few years now, the image of a perfectly dressed bed has come straight from a luxury hotel. Picture a sleek sleep zone done up in crisp white sheets, with a streamlined w...

As the daughter of a White House social secretary, Ali Wentworth grew up in propriety and privilege. It doesn’t seem a natural jumping-off point for portraying Cher on “In...

Wendy Santantonio and her husband, Alex, go all out when it comes to holiday decorating. “When we were kids, it was a big deal to our moms that the holidays be special,” s...

For nearly four years, Katherine Kallinis and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne have been sating local sweet tooths through their bakery, Georgetown Cupcake (in Georgetown and Bethes...

While working at legendary menswear retailer Louis in Boston, Frank Roop developed an appreciation for fine fabrics, an eye for detail and an ability to combine unusual colors...

You could say that Brian Lusher’s bedroom has gone over to the dark side. When D.C. interior designer Andy Staszak saw Lusher’s dramatic white headboard and Lily Pulitzer ...

For 27 years, Kim Zimmer portrayed Reva Shayne on the soap opera “Guiding Light,” a character known for dubbing herself the “Slut of Springfield” and marrying three me...

You could have the most perfect living room, with a soft and soothing color on the walls and the furniture placed just so. But if there’s not a speck of greenery anywher...

Chances are, your grandmother’s or mother’s decor style was a little bit (or a lot) country. And you might consider yourself a little bit rock ‘n’ roll...