The elegant houses of four designers and architects illustrate all the possibilities.
When you need help picking a chintz for your couch or designing an addition to your kitchen, you call in a professional. So who do the pros call when it comes to their own homes? We talked to four...
What do you do when the people next door are driving you insane?
If you think your neighbors are bad, with their loud music and sloppy trashcan-lid replacement, consider the tales told by the still-jittery people who lived near a Mt. Washington family we'll call...
Where does a former Secretary of Defense go to relax? Donald Rumsfeld may head to his St. Michaels home.
This month, the residents and business owners of Talbot County's tiny, tony St. Michaels may be seeing a bit more of one of their more important part-time residents—former Secretary of Defense...
How a tiny hole led to a worried community and a $1 billion lawsuit.
At about 4 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 2006—just before everyone at the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) left for the Presidents’ Day long weekend—the agency received a phone call from a...
In 1991, when Shari Wilson moved into her first home, a rowhouse in Fells Point, it had rooms with views—but unfortunately, they were of the knee-high weeds that were growing in the backyard. In an...
If you’re thinking of adding one to your home, here’s a primer on costs, labor, and materials.
Admit it: You've been lusting after the neighbors' spacious new deck ever since they completed it, and scheming how to create such a backyard escape for your own home. Now, you're finally ready to...
Everyone says the kitchen is the heart of the home, so what better place to show off your stuff? To save you a hunt for the hottest home appliances, here are a few of the most popular new products...
Depending on the species, it can be a love-hate relationship.
By mid-spring, they're already large and in charge along Maryland's highways: giant vines with a thousand tentacle-like tendrils, some with trunks as thick as a man's arm, that climb to the top of...
You can win it with custom solutions or off-the-shelf ideas.
Is your garage overtaken by so many toys, tools, garden supplies, paint, and bicycles that it's crowded your car out? It might be time for a de-cluttering campaign—shelving systems can maximize...
If you think silk, suede and fur are just for fashion, think again. Wall Street handwringers always keep a close eye on key indicators like sales of houses, cars, and personal computers. Now, anyone doubting the strength of the economy can add another gauge to the list.
Top design houses are churning out luxury fabrics by the millions of yards to meet a suddenly insatiable demand for high end, plush fabrics. But it's not for cocktail dresses—it's for home décor.
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