It’s May, and Maryland’s gardens are at their peak. There’s all the requisite public gardens we can tour, but it’s peaking behind those elusively private garden gates, and getting a glimpse of the inspired, lovingly-tended, personal gardens that’s the real treat. Beyond the Garden Gates garden tour is downtown Frederick, ...
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Some live in vintage homes. Others live in modern ones. We live in both. At the same time. You see, our house has a long architectural history, added to (quite dramatically, I might add) by my grandfather in 1968. The story of The Glass Room is one of family and ...
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If you know me or have been reading this blog for any time at all, you probably are aware that I’m a bit color-obsessed. I love how color changes with its environment and lighting. Few things give me as much pleasure as the impact of a fresh coat of paint ...
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Seeking inspiration, Katherine and I made a pilgrimage to the Southern Living Idea House in Charlottesville, Virginia. The day included a six-hour round trip, two shuttle-bus rides, and a speeding ticket. And I can still say, “It was worth it!” To get to the house itself (in the little ...
Read MoreTo a home and garden junkie like me, few things are more enticing than house tours – the rare opportunity to step through doors and peak inside homes and gardens that are otherwise off-limits. This weekend, just as I’d thought that all the tours were finished for the season, Smithsburg, ...
Read MoreI don’t know about you, but I’m additcted to renovation shows. To me, the older the better, the sorrier the condition, the more rewarding it is to ‘bring it back’ from the brink. So imagine my delight when a dear friend who owns a number of rental properties mentioned to ...
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