The latest bathroom designs blend function and fantasy on a livable scale.
When award-winning interior designer Patrick Sutton was commissioned to design a North Baltimore family's home, the master bath presented a unique challenge. "This was part of an upgrade to an...
Primers on forcing blooms indoors, the season's first roses, and container gardening.
Q: Buying flowers at the store is expensive. Is it possible to bring twigs and branches indoors for early blooming?
A: It's a great idea, but there are certain trees and shrubs that are more suitable...
Mudrooms go from dingy corner to de rigeur in Baltimore's nicest homes.
While the mudroom is fast becoming an essential addition to any 21st-Century home, you may want to leave your shoes at the door. Today's mudrooms have designer laundry rooms, granite bathrooms,...
Readers ask about wrestling with roses, houseplants, bloom-forcing, and more
Q. After weeks of low light and dry air, I struggle every winter to keep my houseplants happy, including philodendrons, snake plants, coleus, and large palms that are finicky and expensive to replace...
You've heard of green roofs, green cars—even green car washes. But green kitchens?
Polly Bart wants me to take a whiff.
I'm sitting in a kitchen, and no, there's no stew simmering on the stove or tray of cookies in the oven. In fact, I don't smell much of anything. And that's a...
You couldn't find two more different canvases for holiday decorating, but the message of celebration and hope is the same.
At first glance, the two houses would seem about as dissimilar as they could possibly be. One is a wide, square, Federal-style manse with a grand entry and a wraparound porch in a small town...
The Choptank River home of Easton's Jamie Merida showcases the keen eye that has propelled this self-made design and decor expert to national renown.
When Jamie Merida opened his home décor store in Easton, his father gave him some business advice. "He said to make sure I named it something people could pronounce," says Merida with a laugh. "And...
We go in search of 10 very different emporiums you might have overlooked.
All summer you gardened. And you mowed.
Then came fall, and there was the raking (and a little more mowing). Now winter is finally upon us, and with it, a chance to take a deep breath and evaluate...
Going green for Christmas, harvesting for decorations, and winter houseplant triage.
Q: Our family has decided to get a live blue spruce for Christmas. We'll decorate it for the holidays and then plant it somewhere in our garden. Can you offer any advice on how to make this work?
A:...
High-end refrigerators come in endless styles—including nearly invisible—and can do just about anything (except carpool the kids).
When Vicki and Charles Spira set out to renovate their Pikesville kitchen, the goal was not to create a dramatic room for stirring up extravagant meals, but rather to ensure that the kitchen would...
