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Oceanfront Dream House
“There was a wonderful marriage of thoughts,” says interior designer Alexander Baer. “Nobody was afraid of stepping on anyone’s toes,” says architect David Wiley. “The team was fabulous, and the clients were wonderful,” says kitchen designer Trish Houck. “We were working with a high-quality builder with a good aesthetic sense, a sense of humor, and [...]
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Barn Again
“Pick Yourself Up And Dust Yourself Off.” Easy enough when a bully pushes you down on the playground and you scrape up your elbows. But when a dwindling local economy brought Marty and Lone Azola crashing to their knees in the late-1980s, dusting themselves off meant more than wiping the dirt from their hands. It [...]
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Border Gardens
By Lauren Brooks Getting an Edge on Your Yard by Lauren Brooks For centuries, European influences have styled American architecture, interiors, and gardens, and these influences often dictate the straight, narrow border gardens edging our porches and yards. But here in the Mid-Atlantic, with a surplus of shrubs, grasses, flowers, trees, and usually a large expanse of land to work with, the tradition of the tidy English border garden is being overgrown by serpentine-like borders. Defined by a num
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Split Personality
Originally skinny and awkward, this staircase now gently guides guests up to the main level of the house. By Lauren Brooks Federal Hill’s Split Personality By Lauren Brooks Photography by Anne Gummerson This article brought to you by AIA Baltimore, The Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Just west of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, adjacent to the historical Federal Hill Park, there sits a house that wears two masks. If you’re walking down the cobble stoned street, i
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Deciding Modern
A 1932 colonial, Walker’s existing home in Washington, DC’s Wesley Heights neighborhood was in perfect, albeit dated, condition. And those conditions didn’t meet his or his partner’s visions for a home. The rooms were choppy and dark, with very little to offer in the way of flow. The kitchen wasn’t conducive to Lichtman’s love of [...]
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Good Design Among Friends
Interior Designers often befriend their clients during the design phase—such a close relationship is inherent to the process. Good designers must educate themselves on all aspects of their clients’ lives tastes, desires, fears, hobbies, and habits—playing psychologist, marriage counselor, coach, and comrade along the way. And with every new project, be it a room change [...]
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2003 Remodeling Awards
Owings Brothers Construction By, Lauren Brooks Remodeling Excellence by Lauren Brooks From the time we are children, we relish thoughts of the perfect house. We form visions based on childhood homes, cozy memories, beautiful pictures, and big dreams. It doesn’t occur to us that our perfect house doesn’t yet exist—that we may have to assemble and create our ideal home from one that just isn’t what we want. Barbie’s Dream House came pre-assembled, so why can’t o
