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		<title>A New Old-World Olney Estate</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeakehome.com/2007/04/12/a-new-old-world-olney-estate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As custom homebuilder and developer, Carter Willson spends most of his days crafting homes, consulting his clients on the most efficient, cutting edge, and advanced building materials and technology, turning their intangible daydreams into brick-and-mortar dwellings. As the owner of an older cedar home, Willson also spent days spinning his own dreams of an up-to-date [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5th Annual Celebrate Style!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gallery
Each year, the Junior League of Baltimore (JLB) brings local home and design professionals together with the public for a celebration of interior design, architecture, landscaping, and well, simply put, style.


Celebrate Style! is the JLB’s largest major fundraiser, increasing funds for projects and programs implemented throughout the year. The 5th Annual Celebrate Style! took place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suburban Renewal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After deciding to see what the market had to offer, these homeowners were thrilled to find a charming older home, built around 1928, on the street where the husband lived as a child. The house had received few updates from the previous owners, who lived there for about 30 years. “We wanted someplace that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Do-It-All Designer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good designer is usually known in the industry for a specific style or skill—I’ve met designers who decorate with a minimalist’s restraint and others with a flair for accessories. I’ve met kitchen designers and bath designers and lighting designers.
There are designers, though, that become known not just for one but for multiple talents, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Contractors: Built To Last</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeakehome.com/2006/01/17/top-contractors-built-to-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lauren Brooks Lauren Brooks is the assistant editor at ChesapeakeHome Photos byCurtis Martin, Alan Gilbert, Anne Gummerson, Cezary Gurbada and Glenwood Jackson Shelter is one of our most basic needs, but home is much more than just a shelter. A home is a financial and emotional investment, the place where we will gather for birthdays and everydays, where we will welcome family and friends. Home is where we will tuck in our children for a good night&#8217;s sleep and then tuck ourselves away f]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking With Contemporary Color</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeakehome.com/2005/09/15/in-focus-cooking-with-contemporary-color/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lauren Brooks Lauren Brooks is the Assistant Editor of ChesapeakeHome. COOKING WITH CONTEMPORARY COLOR ?An Italian woman who loves to cook and entertain needs a kitchen that encourages her culinary talents&#8212;she needs top-of-the-line appliances, space for prep work and clean-up, and seating for friends and family to savor her sauces. An Italian woman with three small kids and a fourth on the way needs a kitchen that can keep up. What preceded this warm, modern space was an all-white kitch]]></description>
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		<title>Custom Builder Awards of Excellence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lauren Brooks assistant editor of Chesapeake Home Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association CUSTOM BUILDER AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE What is an artist? A person who creates with their imagination? With their hands? Someone who enriches lives in some way? What if I said an artist is a person who develops an individual idea and transforms that idea into something that speaks to another? I prefer this last definition, because it encompasses not only the creator but also those for whom a]]></description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a Decorator&#8217;s Showhouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nantucket on the Severn Photography By Anne Gummerson, Alan Gilbert, COYLE photography Admit it. Each one of us is at least a bit nosy. Nosiness is one of the top reasons we read home and garden magazines&#8212;we like to see how other people live. A designer showhouse is a bit like a magazine article come to life. Rather than nose through the pages of beautiful photography and read about the design, we get to experience each room in person, touching fabrics, witnessing views, appreciating scale]]></description>
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		<title>Eye For Style</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeakehome.com/2005/09/15/designing-to-a-different-beat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lauren Brooks Lauren Brooks is the Assistant Editor of ChesapeakeHome. DESIGNING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT By Lauren Brooks Side-by-side comparisons of two homes, one builder, two doors apart Good design is about responding to the client and the environment, says Gilday architect Robert Laird. &#8220;You have to be able to listen to the client and understand what they are after.&#8221; This methodology is key, especially when trying to craft homes from two very similar spaces for two very dissimila]]></description>
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		<title>The Story of Baltimore Pottery</title>
		<link>http://www.chesapeakehome.com/2005/08/11/collecting-antique-local-pottery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One a businessman, the other an artist. Both great innovators. Both integral in the development of the American pottery industry. Both Baltimoreans. Although their names are now recognized by very few, Edwin Bennett and David Haynes were key characters in the tale of Baltimore’s art history.
“FORWARD-THINKING Edwin Bennett established the first industrial pottery south of [...]]]></description>
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