Home & Garden

Make your home interior merry this holiday season with the following decorating ideas from Baltimore-area designers. Katherine Crosby Jenkins Baer Associates 24 W. Chase St., Baltimore jenkinsbaer.com To bring elegant coziness to your home, Crosby encourages the use of candles, faux fur, warm whites, gold and champagne colors, and warm …

While the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many things over the last year and a half, one of the things that comes to the forefront is the importance of home. In a short period of time, the home has become a place to work, exercise, relax and even attend school. …

    Baltimore-based interior designers Meghan Allison and Susanna Dike know the value of finding something unique for your home. It’s the small pieces that can really transform a room, they say. “It might be like a brass sculpture or, (someone would say) ‘Oh I love that little bowl,’ and …

It’s apple-picking season. Head out to a local farm to stock up. We found a few farms and pick-your-own apple orchards in our area that you can explore with your family. Baugher’s Orchards & Farm Market 1015 Baugher Road, Westminster At Baugher’s, apple pickers can hop on a wagon for …

Beekeepers in Maryland and elsewhere are sounding the alarm on a significant decline in the bee population and the effects it could have on everything from the food Americans eat to cherished High Holiday traditions like Rosh Hashanah. ‘Insect Armageddon’ Kara Brook Brown | Photo by Kirsten Elstner “I didn’t …

“The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.”—Gertrude Jekyll Who among us hasn’t experienced the satisfaction of immersing oneself in a garden? A garden’s ephemeral beauty—the ever-changing nature of its existence—mirrors life …

Many of us dream of upgrading at least some part of our homes to make them: a.) look better, b.) be more functional and c.) feel more like us. Most people aren’t made of money, however, and look for the best ways to get the best bang for the buck. …

Discover the techniques of training a plant into a topiary form. Plus learn tips for caring for your topiary. Herb Topiary How-to Materials Shards of clay pots 4-inch plastic pot Potting-soil medium 1 young, fresh plant, such as culinary bay, myrtle or rosemary Bamboo stake (should be the same size …

Summer entertaining couldn’t be more elegant at this poolside retreat in Baltimore County. When the mid-Atlantic heat and humidity of late summer press down on Central Maryland, this inviting pool house makes a refreshingly inviting place to relax on a sun-soaked day. Originally designed to house two changing rooms and …

Personalizing home spaces has gotten people thinking out of the four walls of their homes. Today’s outdoor spaces function as natural extensions of a home’s interior. Whether your home style is traditional or vintage, contemporary or nouveau modern, you can find the perfect container plantings to fit your home’s personality. …