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The view from Bill Cohen and
Janet Langhart Cohen’s Chevy
Chase penthouse is a Beltway
panorama. To the south there’s
the National Cathedral and the
rooftops of Georgetown; to the north, the
Mormon Temple and Bethesda. It is a sweeping
Washington vista, which is why their 3,000
square-foot wrap around terrace is where the
couple likes to relax and take it all in – when
they have the time.
He is a former Republican senator and
secretary of defense for a Democratic president
(not to mention novelist and published poet)
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who continues to travel the world as a global
business consultant. She is CEO of her own
media consulting fi rm, a former Boston television
personality, BET correspondent, author and
playwright. In February, her new one-act play
Anne and Emmett was presented in Israel. And last
year, the couple published a memoir together,
Love in Black and White, about their bi-racial
marriage. Along with busy professional lives, the
Cohens decorated their home themselves, with
Langhart Cohen taking the lead.
“I wanted it to be from our soul,” she
says of their decision not to use an interior
decorator. “You make a lot of mistakes but at
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the end of the day you get what you want.”
Her husband agrees. “She has a wonderful eye
for detail, color and textures.” The couple’s
DIY home decorating approach was no small
task. The spacious terrace is landscaped with
Japanese maples (for privacy), apple trees and
fl owers. Their penthouse has 6,700 square feet
of indoor living space. The large windows are
covered in sheer curtains. The furniture style is
Above: William Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen
in their formal living room. The couple spent their
honeymoon in China, and their love of Asian Art is
reflected throughout the house. Right: The bookshelves
in the library are filled with gifts that were given to the
couple by foreign dignitaries during William Cohen’s
tenure as a Senator and as Secretary of Defense.
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