Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Listing Selected as 2013 DC Design House

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sales associate Marty Apel’s listing at 2507 Foxhall Road, NW, Washington, DC will serve as the canvas for the 6th Annual DC Design House benefiting Children’s National Medical Center.

 “I am very flattered that this listing was selected as the Design House for this year,” said Apel, who works out of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Bethesda office. “This home is an exceptional property, designed and built for elegant entertaining by the award-winning team at GTM Architects and Gibson Builders. It’s the perfect home to host such a wonderful event.”

The newly built, 14,000-square-foot Wesley Heights home is currently listed at $14.9 million  and offers eight bedrooms, eight full baths and four half baths on five levels. In the coming weeks, the home will serve as an artistic canvas for 25 designers to put their personal and professional touch, and in the process raise money for the Children’s National Medical Center.

“The DC Design House Committee chose this home because of its newness, as well as its spacious, elegant rooms, multiple levels, features and amenities which they felt offered many possibilities for interior design,” added Apel. “I look forward to seeing how the designers will transform the home and its spaces with their installations of beautiful furnishings and décor.”

The main floor’s marble foyer leads to formal living and dining rooms with fireplaces and light-filled bay windows. A two-sided fireplace separates the family room and library, while the high-end kitchen, with breakfast room, overlook fabulous outdoor living and entertaining areas, with an infinity pool.

The second floor offers an elegant owner’s suite with sitting room and opulent bath, as well as three additional bedrooms with private bathrooms and a second laundry room. The third floor loft with skylights, wet bar and balcony offers beautiful and sweeping views of Washington, D.C.’s cityscape and monuments. Two more bedrooms and a bath complete this level.

The lower level billiard and recreation rooms adjoin the catering kitchen, main laundry room, mudroom and powder room, plus dual two-car garages. The second lower level includes a media room, exercise room with sauna and full bath, and two bedroom suites. The infinity pool is accessed from this level.

2013 DC Design House Dates to remember:

- February 23, Bear Bones Tour, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5 (Free with purchase of a $25 DC Design House ticket)

-   April 9, Press Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., RSVP to sherry.moeller@mokimedia.com

-   April 13, Preview Party, 1 to 5 p.m., $50, www.dcdesignhouse.com

-   April 14, Opening Day for public tours, Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., $25

-   May 12, Last Day of the 2013 DC Design House

DC Design House Inc. is comprised of all-volunteer Corporate Officers Skip Singleton, Sandy Steele and Taylor Wells who work in concert with an all-volunteer Executive Committee including Susan Hayes Long (chair), Kathy Barker, Karen Beiley, Terry Castellani, Diana DellaVilla, Christina Emmerman, Bill Gardner, Sherry Moeller, Ami Susan Petruccelli, Sharon Putterman, Randie Reilly, Stephanie Robinson, Jean Seline, Jill Watson, and Susan Wisor. This year’s design advisors include Ann Lambeth, Kelley Proxmire and Frank Babb Randolph.

Boutiques including For Ewe by Edie Adelston, Ibhana Creations by Meena Tharmaratnam, Jeff L. Designs by Jeff LiaBraaten, Whyte House Monograms by Debbie McCarthy Whyte, and Coco Blanca will be set up on the lower level with a percentage of sale proceeds donated to Children’s National Medical Center. Sponsors to date include Angie Seckinger Photography, Child Health Center Board, DC Living Real Estate, Farrow & Ball, Foxcraft Design Group, Home & Design, Horizon Houseworks, Loft at AI, MoKi Media, PhRMA, Supon Creative, Tobin, O’Connor and Ewing, and William John Gardner Design Studio.

About the DC Design House

The Washington, DC Design House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit entity, began in 2008 as a unique design show house event for the DC Metro area in which top area designers showcased their talents into a “flowing design home” to raise funds for a local charity. What began as a single event goal to raise funds for Children’s National Medical Center has developed into the region’s foremost annual residential design attraction and as a leading annual fundraiser event for Children’s National Medical Center. Established by business partners and husband-and-wife founders Skip and Debbie Singleton, Principals of DC Living Real Estate, LLC, in partnership with an all volunteer team of sponsors, organizers, regional media, design industry manufacturers and some of the nation’s most awarded and widely recognized designers. The DC Design House quickly earned a following with more than 45,000 visitors and more than $800,000 raised for Children’s National Medical Center over the last five years. The tradition continues with the 2013 DC Design House. For more information, visit www.dcdesignhouse.com, Facebook and Twitter.

About Children’s National Medical Center

Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, has been serving the nation’s children since 1870. Home to Children’s Research Institute and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National is consistently ranked among the top pediatric hospitals by U.S.News & World Report and the Leapfrog Group. With 303 beds, more than 1,330 nurses, 550 physicians, and seven regional outpatient centers, Children’s National is the only exclusive provider of pediatric care in the Washington metropolitan area. Children’s National has been recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Magnet® designated hospital, the highest level of recognition for nursing excellence that a medical center can achieve. For more information, visit www.ChildrensNational.org, receive the latest news from the Children's National press room, or follow on Facebook and Twitter.