The house at 5110 Cathedral Ave. NW was a timeworn artifact of the 1970s when Ross Koenig first saw it in 2022: split-level with wall-to-wall carpeting, faux wood paneling and a blue tarp covering ...

Split-level homes are a suburban relic of post-WWII baby boom housing trends that began in the 1950s and were popular until the 1970s. Builders riffed on the traditional ranch house in order to ...

Tastes can change; So, too, can an owner’s requirements of their home. In the early 1960s, for instance, no floor plan concept seemed better suited to the demands of modern life than the ...

“The house is a perfect realization.” The makeover was recently named the nation’s best residential addition in the $100,000-$250,000 category by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.