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Coastal Comfort on Bethany Beach

Coastal Comfort on Bethany Beach By Dylan Roche  |  Photography by Dana Hoff     Vacation homes aren’t the same as full-time homes. Nobody knows this better than those professionals who make these homes a reality. They have to create

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The High-Heeled Gardener | The Misunderstood Flower

The Misunderstood Flower By Kymberly Taylor     The carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus or clove pink, is one of the most misunderstood flowers. My husband says that, for him, they conjure up images of a cheap dyed blossom wilting in the

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Treasured Condo

Treasured Condo By Dylan Roche  |  Photography by Matthew Dandy     Outside the Annapolis condominium that recent downsizers Ken and Maureen Reightler now call home, it’s only a short walk to the U.S. Naval Academy or the historic downtown

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Creekside Sustainable

Creekside Sustainable By Todd Karpovich | Photography by 410 Films & Geoffrey Hodgdon     In the mid-1600s, those who settled on Maryland’s Eastern Shore had few choices when building their homes. They hitched up a cart and drove to the

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Straight Up on Dining Out | O’Learys Seafood

O’Learys Seafood: A Taste of the Sea in Eastport By Christine Fillat | Photos courtesy of O’Learys Seafood     O’Learys Seafood is something of an institution, housed since 1983 in a charming frame house on Third Street in Eastport, just

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A Sea of White in Georgetown

A Sea of White in Georgetown By Kymberly Taylor | Photography by Anice Hoachlander     With its sheets of glass and minimalist aesthetic, this Georgetown home’s white four-story interior has an abstract quality. It seems to vanish into the air

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House of Rhythm: A Rocker’s Former Home

House of Rhythm A Rocker’s Former Home By Kymberly Taylor | Photography by Paul Warchol     Just as the seasons have rhythms, so do our homes. In an earlier incarnation, this residence was a tiny split-level, but its beat

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Windmill Point

Windmill Point A Little Choptank Sanctuary By Dylan Roche | Photography Courtesy Christine M. Dayton, Architect     Standing tall on pilings along the Little Choptank in Dorchester County, in a location where gentle breezes bring cool relief in the

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The High- Heeled Gardener | Designing Landscape Paradise

Designing Landscape Paradise By Robert E. Haywood | Photography Courtesy McHale Landscape Design     McHale Landscape Design is celebrating 40 years in business. The company began with two brothers, Steve and Kevin McHale, and now has almost 300 employees

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Mediterranean on the Magothy

Mediterranean on the Magothy By Dylan Roche  |  Photography by David Burroughs     From the outside, it looks like an estate that could be found somewhere in Italy or the Mediterranean—not tucked away in a suburban community in Arnold

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