Stories

True Love in the Garden

True Love in the Garden By Kymberly Taylor  |  Photography by Allen Russ   “The new house with its small garden must go to work for us, solving our problems while it also pleases our eyes and emotional psychological needs.”

Read More

My Favorite Room – 2022

My Favorite Room     We invited four interior designers to share a room they recently designed and especially love. Our purpose is to inspire you as we showcase recent projects from designers in the greater Annapolis and Metro D.C.

Read More

High-Tech on the Potomac

High-Tech on the Potomac By Walinda P. West  |  Photography by Robert Radifera Styling by Charlotte Safavi     As Ronal Butler was sketching out his dream home in his head, he knew that the view would be the star

Read More

The High-Heeled Gardener | The Morning Glory’s Divine Timing

The Morning Glory’s Divine Timing By Kymberly Taylor   The gorgeous morning glory Ipomoea purpurea grows in full sun and prefers poor, unfertilized soil. You would never know that this fragile beauty springs from such humble ground. Velvet deep-throated blossoms

Read More

Buyer Beware

Buyer Beware Ten Things to Look for When Buying a Home By Dylan Roche   Captain’s Houses in Centreville, Maryland on the Corsica River.     It’s a situation nobody wants: You finally land a contract on the home of your

Read More

Can this Living Room be Saved?

Six Design Tips to Elevate Your Space By Dylan Roche Has your living room become a living hell or just tired and dated? If so, you may not need to do a full renovation or redesign to get a fresh

Read More

Mystique on the South River

Mystique on the South River By Kymberly Taylor | Photography by Erik Kvalsvik     Many people, when building a home, start by finding an architect and then interview builders and interior designers to assemble their A-team. This is not the

Read More

Blue Water Wanderers

Blue Water Wanderers By Kymberly Taylor     Four Annapolis sailors splashed off in 2019, planning to sail around the world on a 54-foot Hylas named Rover. Who are these brave souls? None other than long-time friends Brian Regan, Paula

Read More

Big Vision, Small Footprint

Big Vision, Small Footprint By Dylan Roche | Photography by Steve Buchanan     Sometimes home design can be hampered by restrictions and restraints that loom as potential deal breakers. But when the right creative minds collaborate in the design

Read More

Calm in Easton

Calm in Easton By Dylan Roche | Photography by Jennifer Hughes     Blurring the boundary between the floor and the wall—that’s how architect Anne Decker of Anne Decker Architects describes the effect achieved by bleaching the original pine floor

Read More