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The EcoManor
The Atlanta-based “EcoManor,” which recently garnered “green” certification by the notoriously demanding U.S. Green Building Council, proves that eco-friendly homes needn’t look commercial or utilitarian. The 6,000 square foot, traditional Tudor manse defies stereotypes that environmentally sensitive homes are not for the luxury set, and tend to be small with spartan amenities—EcoManor is not only [...]
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Marine Art
Marine art to anchor your decor.
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Dockside Downsize
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After completing the interior design work for Kendra and Brian Darnell’s home in Anne Arundel County, the last thing Gina Fitzsimmons, ASID, expected was a call, a few months later, asking her to help the couple downsize to a new home.
“In the old house, I worked with Kendra to design the common areas as soon [...]
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Crafting a Classic
Greek Revival-style mirrors homes throughout the South.
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Creative Spaces: Artists’ Studios
If the first vision that comes to mind when one thinks of an artist’s studio is that of a drafty, dirty garret with a small window that allows for a tiny bit of light to enter, think again. A number of local artists have created studios that are so beautifully designed and comfortable, they could [...]
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Uptown Elegance
By Mary Medland Mary Medland is a regular contributor to ChesapeakeHome When an almost empty-nest couple decided to trade in its single family home for a sleek condominium, the two knew they wanted to begin with a completely clean slate. Having successfully worked before with Baltimore designer Rita St. Clair of Rita St. Clair Associates, the couple, not unexpectedly, turned once again to her. “This was a huge change…we were giving the couple a completely new look,” says St. Clair. “Normally t
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Painted Furniture
By Mary Medland Mary Medland is a regular contributor to ChesapeakeHome. A New Tradition of Painted Furniture The urge to embellish our homes, whether the walls or the furniture, is a time-honored tradition dating back to our ancestors—the ones who lived in caves and painted hunting scenes on their rock walls. Even these days in spite of our high-tech world of mass production, hand-painted furniture remains in demand. “Painting takes advantage of the energy and experience of artists
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Picking The Perfect Chandelier
Picking the Perfect Chandelier Eleanor McKay prefers to think of chandeliers as architectural adornments for the home. “When we create a chandelier for a residence, we view it as a piece of jewelry,” says McKay, a founder and partner in Annapolis’s full-service home furnishings company, Niermann Weeks. Today chandeliers are able to fit nicely in virtually any style home,from rustic to high-tech. It is important to bear in mind that a home’s lighting is a small detail that, prop
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Vintage Modern
“The Paris Exposition of 1925 was the point at which we saw the introduction of Art Moderne, which later became known as Art Deco,” says James Abbott, a Baltimore-based museum consultant. “Art Moderne died after World War II, although it did have a lingering effect in Hollywood that extended to 1950, then it is completely [...]
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Hillwood Museum and Gardens
Marjorie Merriweather Post is perhaps best known for being fabulously wealthy; for her philanthropic efforts; and without a doubt, for her world-class collection of fine and decorative arts from Imperial Russia, particularly items that had belonged to the last Czar, Nicholas II, and other Russian royals.
From 1955 until her death in 1973,the General Foods heiress [...]
