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Kyra Deblaker-Gebhard

Kyra DeBlaker-Gebhard was a college English instructor and part-time writer living in New Jersey when the prospect of living a new and exciting life in Washington, D.C., presented itself. Kyra walked away from her job as a teacher and, with her new beau, discovered all of the wonderful things the District had to offer. Ten years later, Kyra is married to the guy she followed to D.C., mother of two charming, but messy children, caretaker of a small army of furry animals and proud owner of an ever-changing Capitol Hill home. When not tending to her human and furry family, Kyra is managing a website for a local non-profit, renovating her hill home and attending Nats games at Nationals Park.

My Day At Frager’s, Part 4

I’ve heard it said before, and I’ll say it again—Frager’s Hardware has everything you’ll ever need. However, should you find yourself in need of a carpet cleaner, ladder, popcorn machine, electric lawn mower or gas powered chain saw, but you don’t have room to store such things in your tiny row home, than you can […]

Etsy Brings Capitol Hill Crafts Worldwide

I shop online — a lot — so I get my fair share of daily marketing emails, from West Elm to Lands’ End. But there is one email I look forward opening: Etsy Finds, a daily guide to the best of Etsy.com. Whether the email is focused on a specific theme — tennis, forbidden love, […]

Hill Homes: Redesigning a Condo’s Main Living Space

Have you ever wished an interior designer could help you make the most of your Hill home? Then you are in luck! Once a month, The Hill is Home will feature answers to your design dilemmas. You bring the photos of your space and we’ll bring the designers. This month, meet the Cannon-Williamses. Corrine Cannon […]

My Personal 180°

When The Hill Is Home blogger Liz Festa asked me if I’d like to participate in a makeover story for the blog, I was quick to say yes. Just days before, I had been offered a part-time job with a non-profit organization on the Hill. It had been six months since I worked in an […]

My Day at Frager’s (Pt. 2)

On more than one occasion I have walked into Frager’s with a vague description of the item I just had to have. “I need a thing for drywall, a screw, but it should say ‘Bull’s Eye’ on the box. Do you have something like that?” The request, made by me on my husband’s behalf, didn’t […]