Chesapeake Home

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 [...]

A stylish renovation offers smart luxuries that take an outdated bath back to basics.

As with anything, a home begins with a fresh, clear face that over time wears the marks of its life, including ensuing redesigns diminishing the structure’s original appearance. Homeowner Melanie and her husband and their young boys learned this when they moved into a 1920s center hall Georgian colonial in a historic Baltimore neighborhood. They [...]

Like a ship at sea, the kitchen looks most romantic when it is lit at night. The tops of the cabinets are outfitted with soft blue lights and the surfboard-shaped island is fitted with LED lights as well. “When we have people over and we want to dim the lights, we light up the surfboard and it’s just beautiful,” says the homeowner.

The good news was the plans were already complete. “We brought the designers a pretty much finished design,” says Stone. The green nuances begin in what used to be the butler’s pantry in the form of a plant sink sitting under the newly installed bay window, the only alteration of the room’s footprint. The drain [...]

When Brenda and Thomas Anderson of Annapolis decided to add a mini suite with a full bath to their home on Clements Creek and the Severn River, they started with Brasher Design, Inc. out of Columbia, Maryland. Brasher did an initial design, and invited contractors to bid on the project. “The house initially was not [...]