In a historic mid-19th century Victorian house in Georgetown (formerly owned by Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee), architect Lauren Wegel remodeled the interior with distinctly elegant and European-influenced style. Thanks to the new owners, a couple who moved to Washington DC from Istanbul, and before that, Berlin, the dining room plan was to open up the space and host large groups at a triple-length dining table. Below is a list of exact and similar resources to recreate the look.
![wegel widened the opening between the rooms and painted all the walls in the sa 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/georgetown-ben-bradlee-former-townhouse-remodel-architect-lauren-wegel-richard-barnes-photo-6.jpg)
![three large tables are joined together to create one center entertaining space. 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/georgetown-ben-bradlee-former-townhouse-remodel-architect-lauren-wegel-richard-barnes-photo-7.jpg)
![the floors are original southern pine, which was stripped of carpeting and ligh 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/georgetown-ben-bradlee-former-townhouse-remodel-architect-lauren-wegel-richard-barnes-photo-8b.jpg)
Materials
![the dining room, like the living room, is painted in benjamin moore decorator&a 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/benjamin-moore-decorators-white-oc-149.png)
Lighting & Furniture
![the light fixture is the west elm mobile chandelier in antique bronze finished 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/west-elm-mobile-chandelier-antique-bronze.jpg)
![pairing two of the new millie cabinets in drifted oak solid could potentially r 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/millie-cabinet-drifted-oak.jpg)
![the sandstone topped dining table is actually three joined tables that were mad 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/room-and-board-linden-table-long.jpg)
![the dining chairs are the hoffmann side chairs in natural cane; \$645 each at d 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/hoffmann-side-chair-natural-cane.jpg)
Accessories
![the vases on the marble mantel are by designer ted muehling. the coral red glaz 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ted-muehling-egg-vase-coral.jpg)
![the ted muehling white glazed large egg vase; \$380 at august in los angeles. 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ted-muehling-egg-vase-white-glazed.jpg)
![the ted muehling robin\2\17;s egg blue glazed large egg vase is \$530 at 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ted-muehling-egg-vase-robins-egg-blue.jpg)
![the ted muehling matte black glazed large egg vase is \$580 at august in los an 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ted-muehling-egg-vase-black.jpg)
![the match pewter short candlestick pair is \$\16\2 at weston table. 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/match-pewter-short-candlestick-pair.jpg)
![the match pewter oval tray with handles is \$485 for the medium size at weston 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/match-pewter-oval-tray-with-handles.jpg)
![the cape candle \1\2 inch classic candles in ivory; \$47.\15 for a pack of \1\2 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cape-candle-colonial-candle-ivory.jpg)
For more elegant dining rooms see our posts:
- Steal This Look: A Darkly-Designed Dining Room with Antique Charm
- Steal This Look: Dining Room at Mãos in London
- Steal This Look: A Modern Farmhouse Dining Room in France
- Steal This Look: A Scandi Dining Room with Myriad Influences
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