Author Archive: Carol Sorgen

  1. A Warm Bath

    by Carol Sorgen | May 4, 2009

    The bathroom in Patricia Chatfield’s Annapolis home felt like an “iceberg,” recalls interior designer Joni Zimmerman, president and artistic director of Design Solutions, Inc. So Chatfield, who had previously collaborated with Zimmerman on a kitchen remodel, called her in again to give the bath some much-needed warmth—literally as well as figuratively.
    While the bathroom—which had a [...]

  2. Counter Topping

    by Carol Sorgen | August 13, 2008

    For a unique kitchen accent, think wood for the counters

  3. In The Lap Of Luxury

    by Carol Sorgen | October 12, 2007

    A self-confessed “design hound,” pet reporter, and columnist Julia Szabo, author of Animal House Style: Designing a Home to Share with Your Pets doesn’t think that living with pets means sacrificing style and taste.

    Largely credited with starting the “pet décor” movement, Szabo says that animal-happy homes no longer need be accessorized with tatty pet beds [...]

  4. An English Country Manor

    by Carol Sorgen | September 18, 2006

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    It took Henry Wright little more than a split second to decide to purchase this English-inspired manor house in Lutherville , Maryland . Perched atop an 8-acre hilltop with sweeping views overlooking northern Baltimore County’s Greenspring Valley, the early 20th-century home, that Wright refers to as Selsed, was in danger of falling into the hands [...]

  5. Victorian Goes Contemporary

    by Carol Sorgen | March 15, 2006

    Laurie Sprung and her husband, Bill Mayer, spent a year exploring the possibility of selling their Capitol Hill townhouse and moving to a bigger home. But when all was said and done, they just couldn’t bring themselves to leave.

    “We love the house, the backyard, the neighbors, the community…we even have a garage,” says Sprung. “We [...]