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ASPIRE HOUSE MCLEAN TO OPEN JUNE 13 THROUGH JULY 12, 2020

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME announces its first show house in the region, built by Artisan Builders with Harrison Design and interior architecture by Mary Douglas Drysdale, benefiting Cancer Support Community

By Sherry Moeller

Show house season returns to the Washington, DC Metro area with the upcoming ASPIRE HOUSE McLean presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME, www.aspireshowhouse. com.mclean, with an opening Preview Party on Saturday, June 13, 2020. The house remains open until Sunday, July 12, 2020. Benefiting Cancer Support Community, www. cancersupportcommunity.org, which is launching a DC chapter, the show house is in a new custom 9,600-squarefoot home at 952 Mackall Farms Lane in McLean, VA, built by Artisan Builders, www.artisanbuilds.com, with Harrison Design, www.harrisondesign.com. Mary Douglas Drysdale, www.marydouglasdrysdale.com, is the design chair, interior architect and designer of the master bedroom.

With more than 30 designers and design firms participating, the show house is filled with talent from the Washington, DC Metro area, as well as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. Additional designers include: Alaina Ralph Mitchell, Anna Maria Mannarino, Annie Elliott, Allie Mann, Christian Daw, Courtney McLeod, Elizabeth Gill, Federica Asack, George Hemphill, Janie Molster, Janus et Cie, Jennifer Stoner, Jodi Macklin, Jonas Carnemark, Josh Hildreth, Katalin Farnady, Kiyonda Powell, Lenore Winters, Maria Galiani, Mary Douglas Drysdale, Melissa Colgan, Michael Winn, Nestor Santa-Cruz, Nile Johnson, Olvia Demetrio, Pamela Harvey, Paul Lobkovich, Sophie Prevost, and Thomas Preston.

“As Design Chair of ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020, I have had the enormous privilege of working with many of the talented creatives whose submissions and design work were selected to complete the interiors of this remarkable house,” says Mary Douglas Drysdale. “The final show house will be exceptional and I am thrilled to undertake this role.” ASPIRE HOUSE McLean 2020 is a collaborative effort intended to showcase superlative design while raising awareness and funds for Cancer Support Community. “The home itself is an innovative marriage of classical Monticello elements and cutting- edge materials and techniques, making the show house an immersive and dynamic design experience,” says ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME Editor in Chief Amy Sneider. For more information, visit www. aspiredesignandhome.com/mclean.

CURRENT DESIGN NEWS

CASE ARCHITECTS & REMODELERS TO OPEN ALEXANDRIA, VA DESIGN STUDIO IN SPRING 2020

This will be the fourth location for the design-build firm in the Washington, DC region

By Sherry Moeller

Case Architects & Remodelers will open a new design studio located at 119 N Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 this Spring 2020. The 2,400-square-foot space will showcase beautiful, impactful design and remodeling possibilities for home additions, kitchens, baths, indoor/ outdoor living, and whole house renovations. Vignettes will be styled to feature the very latest in materials and selections curated by the brand’s award-winning design team.

“Having worked in Alexandria since our founding in 1961, we are excited to invest more deeply in the community through our design studio,” says Bruce Case, President of Case Architects & Remodelers, www.casedesign.com. “Alexandria has unique architecture and history that we look forward to celebrating.”

The new studio will also feature scenes of high-end, high-fashion kitchens, a gourmet outdoor kitchen, the quintessential mudroom, a coffee bar, and more than five bathroom vignettes. A variety of outdoor materials will be on display along with selections of tile and counter top combinations. One of the two meeting rooms is even inside an old bank vault, as this new Case location is inside a historic four-story, mixed-use building in the middle of a popular shopping and dining district.

Since 1961, Case Architects & Remodelers has been inspiring homeowners in the Washington, DC metro area with their in-house team of project developers, designers, project managers and skilled craftsmen working together to create projects unique to each client. With design studios in Washington, DC, Bethesda, MD, and Falls Church, VA, the new Alexandria, VA design studio will be Case’s fourth location in the area. To learn more, go to www.casedesign. com.