Several years ago, Melissa Flaim saw a kitchen at a Washington design showhouse that she never forgot. “It was modern and fresh, but it felt true to the period of the house,” she says. She made note ...

CON and Rita’s post-war kitchen was dated, dark and dreary until a modern Art Deco twist gave it a breath of fresh air. “It’s a time warp — it’s an absolute dinosaur of a house!” says Whitaker. “The ...