From the moment Sandye Sirota opens the door to her three-bedroom unit in Guilford’s Carrollton condominiums, it is clear that she could charge an admission fee.
“Welcome to the circus,” she says...
For restaurateur John Shields, there’s no place like his retro Atomic Rancher.
John Shields and his partner John Gilligan were on vacation in Cape Cod in 2008 when a Realtor friend, Bill Magruder, called to tell them they needed to return to Maryland to see a house.
“We weren’t...
In intensely private Guilford, three homeowners on the spring House and Garden Pilgrimage share stories of their very cool stuff.
Guilford.
For nearly a century, its name has remained a synonym in Baltimore for high prices, closely guarded privacy, and social power. So followers of the annual Maryland House and Garden...
Think of a custom conservatory as a sunroom on steroids.
Who can forget the images of last winter's double-whammy record snowstorms? Now imagine watching a phenomenon like that from inside an all-glass conservatory.
"When it starts to snow, it's magical,"...
Interior designers need not apply: Fred and Jonna Lazarus have it covered with a wealth of personal treasures.
When Maryland Institute College of Art President Fred Lazarus IV and his wife, Jonna, moved into their home in 1979, it was far from a work of art. The five bedroom, 3 ½-bath, center-hall colonial...
Striking central light fixtures should serve as the jewel of any room.
At a recent show house, interior designer Patrick Sutton created a rustic, yet sophisticated, room by pairing a Tuscan farm table with plush, slip-covered chairs. The room has a decidedly timeless,...
It took some real outside the box thinking for Randi and Darrell Braman to recognize—and renovate—their dream home. "When we first looked at the house, it was Super Bowl weekend, and everything was...
On messy mulberries, driveway dreams, and The Great Weed Debate.
Q: We have a huge mulberry tree on our property. Because of its size, the tree cascades into our neighbor’s yard by at least 10 feet. Our neighbor is unhappy about the berries that fall onto his...
Sam and Desaray Conaway are inveterate travelers who have stayed in some of the world's finest hotels, from the Hotel Arts Barcelona to the Esperanza in Cabo San Lucas. A love of luxury hotels helps...
You could say that when Sande and Don Riesett purchased their heavily wooded Brooklandville property in 1999, they were green to the world of gardening.
“Before buying this house, we were both city...
