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**FILE** Lifeguard Breanna Adams watches as children jump from the diving board at the Anacostia Pool and Recreation Center in Washington, D.C., on July 21, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Photo courtesy of Aidan Design Richard A. Subaran of Aidan Design in Bethesda said many clients choose to use a reclaimed cabinet as a kitchen island.

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The upgraded kitchen features cherry cabinets in light and dark finishes as well as black granite counters.

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The focal point of the home - from inside and out - is the two story atrium, a room entirely wrapped in glass on three sides. The home's open dining room and living room overlook the atrium.

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Miss America 2012 Laura Kaeppeler will be among the guests at the Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation's "Night of Heroes Gala" Thursday. (Associated Press)

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A Rolling Thunder member's motorcycle is seen May 12, 2012, in Fort Washington, Md. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Bikers make their way across the Memorial bridge from Virgnia into Washington during the 18th annual Rolling Thunder ride on May 29, 2005. The message on the clipboard reads: “Love never loses its way home.” Seven years later and now marking its silver anniversary, Rolling Thunder is bigger than ever. (The Washington Times)

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Deborah Shekleton of Waldorf, Md., 17, Marine Cpl. Joe Coaxum, and Debora's father Jim read some of the names on the wall while waiting for another member of the Rolling Thunder Maryland Chapter to hose soap off the Vietnam Memorial while cleaning the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter, right, meet in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter help wash the Vietnam Memorial in the early morning on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter meets in the early morning on the National Mall to help wash the Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Brandon Lutzow of Waldorf, Md., left, helps scrub the Vietnam Memorial along with other members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter as they clean the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Retired Coast Guard Corpsman Quezryth Chunn of Ft. Washington, Md., hoses soap off the Vietnam Memorial as members of Rolling Thunder's Maryland chapter clean the memorial's wall in the early morning, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 13, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)