When interior designer Charles Krewson, a DC native, returned to Washington after 30 years in Manhattan, The Presidential—one of the city’s oldest apartment buildings, built in 1922 by architect Appleton P. Clark, Jr.—proved irresistible. Krewson and his spouse,...

To our shame neither of us had ever been to Greenpoint where designer Charles Krewson lives in his idiosyncratic apartment full of strong color and artwork—there is nothing that is not visually interesting. His mother is German and his father was in the Air Force, so...

My goal is to create visually stimulating interiors that are both cozy and functional. The first priority is always to create a reassuring sense of scale and proportion that provides a serene framework for colors, textures, and objects that reflect and complement the...