Stories

Robert’s Picks | Krzysztof Wodiczko

at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden     Some years ago, when I taught as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I had the great privilege of teaching with the deeply thoughtful artist Krzysztof Wodiczko. We

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A Landscape that Glistens

By Kymberly Taylor | Photography by David Burroughs     Many forget that Georgetown, founded in 1751, was a tobacco port and mill town that predates Washington, D.C. There is an old-fashioned feeling to its quaint cobblestone streets, lined with

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A Progressive Approach to Real Estate

Richard M. Curtis, P.A.     “I tell my agents to ‘take care of your people and make them happy. If you focus on always doing the right thing, your business will grow as a result.’ ” Richard Curtis, owner

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Gray & Gorgeous

More space and more style bring this kitchen up to date By Carol Sorgen | Photography by Mike Kaskel     The current owners of this traditional Annapolis center-hall Colonial had already updated the exterior of their home to suit

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Design Talk | Dark Colors Brighten Up a Room

BY ERIN PAIGE PITTS | PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEOFFREY HODGDON   Everything in life is a balance, and that holds true with design as well. Much of my work has a beach or coastal look, defined by an abundance of white

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Esprit Design in Thomas Point

BY SARAH HAGERTY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAUREEN PORTO     The owners of this standout Thomas Point home are a real, live family with two active sons (one teen, one tween). So it is no surprise that the word “durable”

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Stellar Cellars

By Robert Haywood   The fruit of the vine is influenced by many variables, including weather, sunlight, water, temperature, and some would say, history itself. No one wine is the same and that is what attracts the connoisseur, the type

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Straight Up on Dining Out | Rec Pier Chop House at the Sagamore Pendry

Beaux Arts Beauty With Contemporary Charm By Christine Fillat   The Sagamore Pendry hotel, home to the Rec Pier Chop House, stands alone, a Beaux Arts giantess among the 18th and 19th century row houses, rowdy bars and cobblestone streets

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Leading Kitchen & Bath Designers

  DESIGN SOLUTIONS, INC Kitchen & Bath Environments dsikitchens.com     IN HOME STONE Marble, Granite, Tile & Restoration inhomestone.com   COMPASS STONE & TILE STUDIO cst-studio.com   KENWOOD KITCHENS Kitchen & Bath Design Studio kenwoodkitchens.com     314 DESIGN

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A House of Many Colors

By Carol Sorgen | Photography by Alex Szopa Our couple, longtime residents of Severna Park, fell in love with the perfect waterfront property, the one they had been envisioning in their minds for years. Unfortunately, the weathered home sitting upon

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