It all began with a little leak in the bathroom overtop the galley kitchen in the 1840 Havre de Grace home of Blue Arnold and his partner, Perry Christian. “We undertook what we thought was going to be the minor renovation of the upstairs bathroom,” says Arnold. But things got a little out of hand: “Since we were ripping up the ceiling, we decided to do a basic remodel to the kitchen.” And...

Before settling on their Cockeysville home, Bonnie and Scott Tarantino looked at more than 35 different properties. “I would walk into the foyer and walk out,” recalls Bonnie. “I’d look at Scott and say, ‘That’s not it.’” But when they pulled up to a 1940s rancher set on a beautiful three-acre property, they felt certain they’d found a place to call home. “I loved the way the property was tucked...

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...

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,...