24 Sep

Posted at 15:10h in PUBLICATIONS

Designer/builder Doug DeLuca restores America’s soul with reclaimed ‘Langley Ordinary.’ [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Doug DeLuca’s mid-1800s McLean residence filled to the brim with Americana and antiques makes you want to kick up your heels and relax. So much so that we ended up staying much longer than planned for our photo shoot and interview. Read the full...

23 Sep

Posted at 19:50h in PUBLICATIONS

A third-generation builder who grew up in Northern Virginia, DeLuca founded his flagship venture Federal Stone and Brick in 2001.   [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]As I wound my car up the long driveway at Langley Ordinary, my tires crunched against the loose gravel, kicking up a small cloud of dust into the sunlight. I pulled up beside a...

23 Sep

Posted at 19:34h in PUBLICATIONS

Doug DeLuca enjoys pushing the limits on the indoor and outdoor kitchens he builds.   [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Doug DeLuca enjoys pushing the limits on the indoor and outdoor kitchens he builds. “Anything created for an indoor kitchen can be replicated outside,” says DeLuca, founder of Federal Stone and Brick, LLC, an environmental design-build firm based in Falls...

23 Sep

Posted at 19:00h in PUBLICATIONS

When Doug DeLuca rebuilt his Civil War-era home in McLean, he incorporated his love of Americana.   [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Doug DeLuca, a builder and developer who grew up slinging bricks and mortar as his grandfather did before him, has passions for model sailboats, state-of-the-art appliances, the history behind old houses, rescuing decaying properties and Americana “junk.” They all...

23 Sep

Posted at 17:50h in PUBLICATIONS

Builder Doug DeLuca adds a new chapter to the story of a 19th-century “ordinary” in the Langley Historic District. [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   When Doug DeLuca first set eyes on the big 1841 tavern in Fairfax County’s Langley Historic District, he pictured a family home with a wraparound porch, an orchard, and holidays at long farmhouse tables. He...