Before & After: A Family’s D.C. Home Gets an Artful—and Art-Filled—$1.6M Renovation
A boxy rear extension dramatically opened the residence, which now pairs Venetian plaster, funky floor tiles, and raw-edge stonework with a personal art collection.
Washington, D.C.’s Kalorama neighborhood, known as an elegant and chic area that’s home to ex-presidents, ambassadors, and other notable residents, features tree-lined streets with large, historic homes. When Lauren and Nicholas Pennys moved there from Brooklyn with their young family, the 1950s address they purchased was doing its best to blend in.