1. The reward of living in the Annapolis area is that we have so many extraordinary cultural opportunities available to us. At the National Gallery of Art, you have a chance to see the work of Barbara Kruger, a
By Christine Fillat | Photography Courtesy of The Narrows Restaurant If you want to give your houseguests a taste of the Eastern Shore consider The Narrows in Grasonville. This waterfront restaurant is pretty and open with a relaxing vibe.
By Carol Sorgen | Photography by David Burroughs When a couple from Ohio realized that their two grown sons, who now have families of their own, were making their permanent homes in Maryland, they followed, too. Certainly, they could fly
By Kymberly Taylor | Photography courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage (Select photography courtesy of Geoffrey Hodgdon) One of the region’s rarest estates is on the market: a Palladian-style Federal-period mansion situated on St. Helena Island overlooking Little Round Bay
By Kymberly Taylor | Photography courtesy of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty Historic Annapolis is full of significant architecture. However, there are many once-famous properties privately owned and virtually forgotten. One of these is Holly Beach Farm, a “Chesapeake treasure” and
By Tom Levine | Photography by Pete Albert If there is an iconic rural American building, it is surely the barn. Barns speak to us on an emotional level. They evoke a feeling for our agrarian past with a simplicity
By Deborah Goode, CID You ask, “What’s the difference between interior design and home staging?” Although these two professions seem to have similarities, they are, in reality, worlds apart. An interior designer’s role is to create a home that
A Severn River Family Builds a Second Home in Lighthouse Point By Sarah Hagerty | Photography by Carmel Brantley Annapolis-based Lisa Publicover designed her client’s main residence on the Severn River in Crownsville in 2009. In the fall of 2015,
By Robert Haywood | Photography by Geoffrey Hodgdon Lunch. This short word holds the promise of a lovely afternoon when the setting is the Chesapeake Bay. To celebrate the completion of a project for a home on Mill Creek, interior
By Gina Fitzsimmons | Photography by Geoffrey Hodgdon Watermelon Salad • 6 cups cubed watermelon • 4 cups arugula • 1 cup of chopped feta cheese • ½ cup toasted sliced almonds • ½ cup black beans Dressing •