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Beautiful Bathroom Remodel Award-winning

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:35:11 +0100

This large 1980s detached home needed an updated master bathroom. Although the existing bath space was ample, it was poorly laid out, and lacked the aesthetic appeal desired by the young couple with two children. The space was reorganized to create public and private spaces [...]

The Winning Kitchen

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:22:44 +0100

The 1880s urban townhouse suffered from a poorly designed, low qua [...]

Award-winning Kitchen Space

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:10:12 +0100

Architect Bruce Wentworth, AIA, is principal of a residential remodeling design-build company located in Chevy Chase, Md. He was recently honored by Washington Spaces magazine with the Outstanding Award in the 2nd Annual Best of Kitchen Spaces competition. Here are a few pictures of the award-winning kitchen design, which uses bright colors for a modern look.

Chevy Chase, MD, April 1st, 2009 – The National
Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) named Wentworth, Inc. of Chevy Chase, Maryland, the 2009 National CotY Grand Award winner in the category Residential Exterior Under $100,000.
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Wentworth, Inc. earns Six NARI Metro DC Capital COTY Awards

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:00:00 +0100

NARI METRO DC Honors Wentworth, Inc. With Six Capital CotY Awards

Wentworth, Inc. (www.wentworthstudio.com), a residential remodeling design/build company located in Chevy Chase, Maryland was honored with six 2008 Contractor of the year (Coty) awards from the Metro DC chapter of the Nat [...]

Garden Walls Come First

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0100

My garden is the place I come at the end of a day to forget the trials of running my remodeling business, a place to momentarily forget the difficulties of the world, a place to get refreshed. [...]

2009 Trends for Interiors

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Inspired by tones to create a retreat from the stresses outside your home, color trends for 2009 are soothing and reflective of calm natural tones. Base colors create a casual attitude a [...]

How to Create a Practical and Luxurious Town Home Kitchen

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:00:00 +0100

by Candice Carver, Design and Marketing at Wentworth, Inc.

Our recent client was in the dilemma of moving into her townhome which she had purchased decades ago before being sent overseas for work assignments. She decided to rent th [...]

Oh the Choices!

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Guest blogger Jennifer Parker guides you through kitchen renovation selections; from cabinets to the precise shape of hardware this is an intelligent overview of what you may encounter when working with a designer/remodeler.

I like using analogies to describe the design process; so if we’re talking about making renovation/design selections consider this analogy. It’s like constructing a perfectly balanced mobile, one component at a time. Your architecture, fixtures, furnitu [...]

Tricks and Treats of D.C.'s Architecture cont.d

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

by Candice Carver, Design and Marketing at Wentworth, Inc.

To finish up this week long celebration, here is a short list of other haunted sites that almost didn't make it on the blog....

Have A Safe and Happy Halloween!

Blair House
The ghost of President Woodrow Wilson has occasionally been seen in the bedroom rocking chair.

Catholic University -Caldwell Hall
Mysterious lights and the ghost of a priest w [...]

Tricks and Treats of D.C.'s Architecture cont.d

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

by Candice Carver, Design and Marketing at Wentworth, Inc.

National Theatre

On Pennsylvania Avenue, three blocks from The White House, is the National Theatre, "The Theatre of Presidents." Almost every great stage performer of the past century has appeared here. Almost since it’s construction, the National has been haunted by the friendly ghost of actor John McCullough, supposedly shot and killed by a fellow performer. A rusty pistol, perhaps the murder wea [...]

Tricks and Treats of D.C.'s Architecture cont.d

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

by Candice Carver, Design and Marketing at Wentworth, Inc.

The Octagon House Museum The Octagon House was designed for John Tayloe III by architect William Thornton, the first architect of the United States Capitol. Built between 1799 and 1801, this was the first house to be completed "in the neighborhood" of the White House. One of Tayloe's fifteen children either fell to her death through the center of the grand staircase. Stories include a strange candle-shaped shad [...]

Tricks and Treats of D.C.'s Architecture cont.d

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

by Candice Carver, Design and Marketing at Wentworth, Inc.

Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Next to the West Wing of the White House know as the Old Executive Office Building before it was renamed in 1999 and rededicated in 2002, is the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The building design, based on an addition to the Louvre, is in an ornate style that is known today as the French Second Empire Style, built between 1871 - 1888 (17 years total). As one of the most grand bu [...]

Tricks and Treats of D.C.'s Architecture cont.d

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

by Candice Carver, Design and Marketing at Wentworth, Inc.

The National Building Museum

Only a few blocks from Capitol Hill, in Penn Quarter, lays an example of an Italian Renaissance Revival, The National Building Museum. A sought-after spot for gala events, including many Presidential Inaugural Balls, and the site of multiple ghost sightings. Originally the National Pensions Building, it was renamed when converted into a museum in 1980.

There have been multiple reports of [...]

Tricks and Treats of D.C.'s Architecture

ccarver@wentworthstudios.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

by Candice Carver, Design and Marketing at Wentworth, Inc.

Queen Anne Home, Rockville Historic District, photo by Bruce Wentworth It doesn’t have to be Halloween to be spooked. Washingtonians have been altering their routes after dark for years due to the haunting characteristics of homes and buildings in the area. In honor of the upcoming holiday we will be posting [...]