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...
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...
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...
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...
How to turn a vacant tract into a tableau of colorful bulbs.
A reader has a sunny acre of land in rural northern Baltimore County and had the idea to plant it entirely with crocuses, daffodils, narcissus, and tulips. But after surveying the overgrown tract, he...
ANTIQUES
The Antique Man, 1806-12 Fleet St., 410-732-0932, www.theantiquemanltd.com
Alex Cooper Auctioneers, 908 York Rd., 410-828-4838, www.alexcooper.com
Crosskeys Antiques, 801 N. Howard St., 410-...
Susan and Mark Adams first went gung ho for gardening as newlyweds in 1987, after buying a charming Hunting Ridge bungalow set on a hilly eighth of an acre.
"We didn't know anything at the time,"...
We found out more about the pests that have invaded our homes and gardens these past two summers
What They Are
The brown marmorated stinkbug is a pest that was accidentally imported into the United States from Asia (possibly on packing crates). The bug began severely invading Maryland in the...
A top architect teams with savvy owners to remake a home's exterior, sans bulldozer
Kimberly and Raymond Herman didn't purchase their waterfront home 17 years ago because they loved the house—it was all about the setting. "I went out with a Realtor and fell in love with this...
Even the nouveau broke can make their homes look high end at the region's best consignment shops
Sure, the slick furniture and appointments in the glossy magazine spreads are just fab, but who can afford a whole house full of that stuff? If "not me" is the answer, fear not. Now, you can look...
