124 Todd Pl Ne, Washington, DC 20002

Some rowhouses ask you to choose between old bones and new comfort. This one refuses. Behind its 1913 Colonial façade on a quiet stretch of Todd Place, three bedrooms upstairs and a fourth on the finished lower level give you room to spread out — that lower-level bedroom ready for guests or a home office that closes its own door at 6pm. The primary bedroom earns its title with a walk-in closet and a gas fireplace, the kind of pairing that makes a Tuesday night feel like an occasion. The kitchen has been fully renovated with custom concrete countertops and stainless appliances — surfaces with the kind of texture and warmth that off-the-shelf stone doesn't have. A custom sliding door off the back opens the house fully to the outdoors, dissolving the line between kitchen and deck when the weather cooperates. Upstairs, the full bath keeps the same instinct for small luxuries with a rainfall showerhead and a towel warmer, the sort of pairing that makes getting ready feel less like a...