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Chesapeakehome Landscaper Award 2007
The Maryland Home & Garden Show spans two weekends each March and has become an annual rite of spring for homeowners throughout the region eager to be inspired by the beautiful indoor gardens on display at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. And each year for the past six, ChesapeakeHome has been invited to judge and present an award for the garden our judges deem most representative of the type of landscape we would publish in the magazine. This year’s award recognizes Woodfield Landscaping, Inc. f
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Inside Out
As the focus of many home environments extends beyond the walls of a house, the trend in landscaping is to bring the comforts of inside out into the open air.
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Bulbs For All Seasons
With the milder winters becoming more and more common in our area, I have become confident that I can try “southern” plants. Southern plants thrive in hot and humid summers but need a mild winter to make it to the next year. They are usually winter hardy to zone 7 or 8, not the uppermost [...]
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Tile Trends
Banish beige. Today’s tiles aren’t meant to fade into the background.
Whether applied to shower walls, countertops, backsplashes, or floors, tiles from such companies as New Ravenna, Ann Sacks, and Villeroy & Boch are decorative and innovative, which explains why homeowners are willing to make them the focal point in many rooms. Not only will these [...]
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Counter Topping
For a unique kitchen accent, think wood for the counters
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Waterproofing
When it comes to waterproofing your basement, there is only one word to describe the importance of this task: essential.
Water in the basement can cause a sundry of expensive and damaging issues including warping, collapsing dry wall, damage to carpeting, and other structural damage. And perhaps most importantly, waterproofing your basement is an absolute [...]
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Materials and Resources
ChesapeakeHome continues its five part series by taking another look at two just-released national rating systems for green residential development and their guidelines for materials and resources: the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Model Green Home Building Guidelines.
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Home Security Update
As with all technology, new advances are being made in home security at a high rate of speed. Each time criminals dream up a new way to infringe upon your home and security, companies are hard at work thinking of new ways to thwart them.
From new key systems and safes to state-of-the-art surveillance systems, there [...]
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Au Naturale
When many people hear the words “modern furniture,” their minds automatically envision a Mies van der Rohe or Marcel Breuer-esque style: monochromatic, metallic, molded plastic, streamlined, and squared-off. As a counterpoint, however, designers are also combining the simplistic, sometimes almost abstract, forms of modern design with a less industrial, more naturalistic feel through the use [...]
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Table Lamps, Bold Hues, and Rustic Modern
Lighten Up Lamps might be quite functional objects, but that doesn’t mean they have to play second fiddle to the rest of your furnishings. There are plenty of lighting options to illuminate your space that have personalities all their own. 1.Robert Louis Tiffany
