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Name: Kristen Philipkoski, Kourosh Karimkhany, and daughter Frida Location: Pacifica, California Size: 2,000 square feetYears lived in: 2.5 years; rented When Kristen Philipkoski, a science writer turned fashion blogger,...

Do you love designer Allison Burke's Austin abode as much as we do? Her careful integration of several styles into one soft composition of textures and colors makes for a super comfy, super beautiful and supremely steal-...

Hey, isn't that Michelle Obama, dressed in black workout gear, leaving the Solidcore studio in Adams Morgan on Saturday afternoon? A Secret Service detail was the dead giveaway, our tipster says. The first lady divulged ...

The Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia open Friday with peerless sports pageantry and a cavalcade of athletic accomplishment that will captivate the world. Sitting at home, it will be easy…

Hey, isn't that Vice President Biden, with family (one of his sons, plus grandkids), picking up a to-go order Saturday afternoon at Capriotti's deli in Dupont? Sounds like the Biden family isn't waiting for tomorrow's bi...

A valuable lesson from the doctor she chose to treat her parents.

View Photo Gallery --Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, police say. Authorities believe he overdosed on heroin. Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, was found...

View Photo Gallery --Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment, police say. Authorities believe he overdosed on heroin. Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, was found...

Alfonso Fanjul fled Cuba as a young man, leaving behind his family's mansions and vast sugarcane fields as they were being wrested away by the communist Castro regime. In exile in the United States, he built an even larg...

The ensemble Third Coast Percussion brought a strong program to the Atlas on Friday night. If only it had been a little more strongly played. That's not to say there wasn't a lot to like. Cleaving to traditional programm...

Just in time for the big game the White House tweeted some locker room inspiration to the Broncos and the Seahawks on Sunday. Game day. pic.twitter.com/95RA9iH8rc -- The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 2, 2014

Lynn and her husband, an energetic couple in their early 60s - 70s, had a dream to "age in place," and planned to do so in a 27-year-old condo they purchased in its original, uninspiring state: vinyl flooring, wall-to-wa...

Football so not your thing? (Totally with you.) If you won't be filling your evening today with Super Bowl snacks and football viewing, how about creating your own mash-up of powerful forces and spice up your Sunday, ins...

Yawn! Are you one of the many folks who tends to stick to the same old colors in your home, time and time again? It's easy to find a color combo that you enjoy -- but things can get stale in your design pretty quickly if...

The narrators of songs can be such complainers. Luca Pisaroni's recital on Friday night, presented by Vocal Arts D.C. at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, brought together a whole program of songs, half in Italian and ...

Corralling everyone's coats, bags, and hats can be quite the task. Dorris shares how to make a rustic herringbone wall rack that is up to the challenge.

When Griffin found this old shelf just "collecting dust" at a local thrift store, she knew there was some place in their home for it, perhaps the garage or maybe the playroom. But it was some creative thinking (and not e...

Tackling home DIY and remodeling projects can be fun! Exciting! Stressful! Completely overwhelming. Money, exhaustion and pressure can all lead to a whole mix of emotions, positive and negative, when working on projects ...

Ahh clutter. That beast that always hides in the shadows, just waiting to explode when we least expect it (though usually when we're having the busiest/most frustrating weeks). If your home is looking particularly nice a...

Even if your home is practically perfect in every way, there's always that one little thing you don't love. Or that weird little space you don't know what to do with. Or that thing you wish you could change but you can't...

"Twilight" film series vampire Robert Pattinson found a warm body to pay $6.375 million for his Los Feliz home. Jim Parsons of "The Big Bang Theory" is the new owner.

Battlefields, art, chocolates, history and more await in Belgium's capital.