“I love dark, moody small spaces,” says Colman Riddell, who conjured this vibe in a sophisticated Cathedral Heights powder room.

Clean, contemporary and practically chic—perhaps that’s the best way to describe this Woodley Park kitchen that Georgetown-based interior designer Colman Riddell participated in for a married DC couple and their two children.

There’s something plucky about a parakeet. When DC interior designer Colman Riddell chose to lacquer the front door of her Georgetown row house in Duron’s Parakeet green, she was definitely looking to have some fun.

Colman's house first appeared on Apartment Therapy last December. Having made several changes in the past year, she invited us to revisit the converted stable — which dates back to the 1850s — for a full tour.

A family relocating from New York to Washington decided to keep their Manhattan apartment. So when they moved into their 1940s colonial-style home in Georgetown with very few furnishings, their intent was to start anew.

When Colman and Richard Riddell bought a tiny Georgetown house that was once a 19th-century stable, they knew they were becoming the latest caretakers of a curious piece of history.