A mature garden often has all the makings for some very special holiday decorations.
A reader who wants to create holiday decorations from her own backyard, à la Martha Stewart, thinks she has the raw ingredients: a big white pine tree, several holly bushes, camellias, fairy roses, and a large assortment of wildflowers that can be easily dried. But she asked for a little guidance.
It's a great idea, and, in fact, she has some of the best species from which to draw. Plus, she'll...
Thinking about solar panels to cut your home-energy bills? Join the crowd: Efficiency is up and the cost is going down.
Frank and Mary Smith spent three years looking for the perfect rooftop solar system for their Anne Arundel County home. Problem was, most of the products on the market looked like relics from the industrial revolution, throwing form out the window for function.
"We go to house shows a lot," says Frank Smith, "and most of the solar panels have a very commercial look with a racking system that sits...
The home of the former Ravens cheerleader and Constellation Energy's Mayo Shattuck successfully merges two very different backgrounds.
As if on cue at the sound of a knock, Molly Shattuck's children appear at the front door of the palatial Roland Park 1926 brick home she shares with her husband, Mayo Shattuck III, chairman, president, and CEO of Constellation Energy.
"Hi, I'm Spencer," says their 13-year-old son, greeting a visitor with his bright smile. "And I'm Lillian," says her 8-year-old daughter, wearing a pink-and-green...
New England seaside architecture meets comfort and elegance in this home away from home.
Curt Singer strolls along the edge of his backyard, seal-brown Lab in tow, as a breeze carries the faint scent of marine life. Nearby, a neighbor pulls crab pots onto the dock, the sound of seagulls in the distance and lapping water setting the afternoon's leisurely pace. "We had always wanted to live by the water," Curt says of himself, founder of a hospitality management company, and his wife,...
It was 2007 and couple Derrick Booze and Bob Kan were each looking to make a move—Booze from an apartment in the Cedarcroft area; Kan from one in Ruxton. That was when their close friend, designer Ted Pearson, suggested they tour a three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath townhome at Overlook Clipper Mill.
"Ted said, 'You've got to come look at this place,'" recounts Booze. "'I think you'll both love...
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Robin Weiman is a condo matchmaker.
Some people are romantic matchmakers; Robin Weiman is a condo matchmaker.
In the late 1990s, she was living in a Charles Village apartment. But after one car was stolen from her parking lot and another one was vandalized, she suspected it was time to move on—and her parents were sure of it.
"They were freaked out," says Weiman, who is vice president of Drapery Contractors, her family's fourth-...
Comedy writer Larry Doyle is at peace reliving wife Becky’s Charm City childhood.
Six years ago, Larry Doyle and his wife, Becky Lichtenstein, were living the California dream in a 1920s English Tudor home in sunny Silver Lake, a hip Los Angeles neighborhood. Doyle, a former writer for The Simpsons and Beavis and Butt-Head, was toiling on screenplays and pitching pilots, while Lichtenstein had retired from real estate to raise the couple's kids (Ben, now 12, and twins Alice...
We go in search of the region’s best sources of fine art, from Old World to new wave.
Whether you're a budding collector or merely in need of a conversation piece for your living room wall, there is good news, and there is bad news about Baltimore's fine-art-buying scene. The bad news is that economic forces have conspired to do in many of the old-school galleries that once so masterfully melded the showcasing and selling of art. The good news? A few still remain, and a host of...
A normally landlubbing showhouse designer tackles the ultimate small space to reinvent a BSO player’s live-aboard boat.
The home belonging to Phil and Amy Munds brings new meaning to the phrase waterfront property.
There is no yard to keep up, few neighbors, and no traffic. That's because five years ago, the Mundses sold their Towson home and moved onto a boat docked in a Canton marina. While it might not be considered much space by the typical American family, the 46-foot Silverton aft-cabin motor yacht has three...
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