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The Kiawah model at the Peninsula on the Indian River has 2,507 square feet and is priced from $339,900. This model has a main-level master suite, two upper-level bedrooms, two full baths and a powder room.

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The kitchen, which was renovated last year, has hardwood flooring, granite counters, maple cabinets and a distinctive tile backsplash.

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The home at 2947 Macomb St. NW in the District's Cleveland Park neighborhood is on the market for $1,350,000. The home, built in 1916, has been expanded and renovated over the years so it is now almost double the size of the original home. It has four bedrooms, three full baths and a powder room.

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At the back of the house, the owner bumped out a narrow room to create a two-story great room with a wall of windows and a cathedral ceiling.

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** FILE ** Maryland restaurant customers will soon have the option of bringing their own wine for their meals. (The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** In this June, 27, 2012, file photo, supporters of a war memorial cross at the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego are not giving up in their fight to keep the 58-year-old monument right where it is in the face of an adverse ruling from a federal appeals court. (Associated Press)

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The container ship Ville D'Aquarius is docked at the Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The U.S. Coast Guard suspects that stowaways may be in one of the containers on the ship. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Reena Rose Sibayan)

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Tanzanian officials speak with survivors of an incident where more than forty people suffocated to death in a truck container near Chitego Forest, about 80 miles east of the capital Dodoma, in Tanzania. Tanzania lies on a smuggling route Africans use to travel to South Africa, where there are more economic opportunities. (Associated Press)

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Hunter Mahan poses with Emma Hutchinson, 9, from Bethesda, Md., during practice sessions at the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. (Zack Holden/The Washington Times)

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A mannequin is positioned with its head over the tube of a firework to illustrate what not to do after lighting a firework. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission held a safety demonstration on Tuesday on the grounds of the Washington Monument to illustrate the perils. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)