Jenny Sullivan

3 weeks ago | arlingtonmagazine.com | Jenny Sullivan

Susan Sutter’s clients were expecting their first child, and they were already thinking about acoustics. One of the requested features in the new home they were building in Arlington’s Lyon Village neighborhood was a library and designated quiet zone. “They wanted a retreat away from the hubbub where they could read, take a phone call or do some work,” says the Arlington designer, who partnered with Falls Church builder BCN Homes to handle the home’s interior selections.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jenny Sullivan

22 hours agoFind steals from Patagonia, Hoka, The North Face, and more. MAY IS THE perfect time to shop for outdoor essentials, I'd argue. It's far enough removed from winter that cold-weather must-haves are cheaper than ever, but still not blisteringly hot where peak summer items are flying off the shelf. But …

2 months ago | arlingtonmagazine.com | Jenny Sullivan

Early in her career, Gina Chersevani spent two years as a bartender at Clarendon’s erstwhile EatBar on Washington Boulevard, where she “fell in love with the warm community spirit and the passionate local food scene.”Now the award-winning mixologist is returning to the neighborhood with an outpost of her popular booze and bagel spot, Buffalo & Bergen. This marks the fourth DMV location for the eatery that debuted in D.C.’s Union Market.

2 months ago | arlingtonmagazine.com | Jenny Sullivan

In 1998, architect Sarah Susanka published The Not So Big House, the first in a series of groundbreaking books challenging America’s “bigger is better” mentality. Her thought was to show (and not just tell) how relatively small homes with thoughtfully designed spaces could feel every bit as luxurious as bigger abodes with plus-size floor plans. We decided to ask a handful of local architects and designers to do the same, sharing some of their best maneuvers for making little spaces shine.

2 months ago | arlingtonmagazine.com | Jenny Sullivan

Wing Man. Jeff Jacobs’ delicate “fan birds” become even more stunning with the revelation that each one is carved from a single block of wood—no glue or assembly required. A carpenter by trade, the Arlington resident says he learned the technique back in 1987 from master folk artist Glen Van Antwerp, who was giving a demo that year at the Smithsonian Craft Festival.