October 13, 2008
Desirable Spaces
Desirable Spaces:
Former rancher near a river sees the light
In the Downs community outside Annapolis, a 1980s house that began as a long and dark brick rancher has been transformed into a large, light-filled two-story home surrounded by lush gardens and accompanied by a separate two-car garage.
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A bit of Europe in Cockeysville
Taking a motif and running with it, Elizabeth and Charles Atwood custom-built a house that could sit in the French countryside with wood shutters, timbers and flower baskets against the hand-troweled stucco-look exterior, and an interior to match.
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Nest of a former Oriole
Hall of Famer and former Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wanted something a bit different when he was looking for new digs in the city a couple of years ago.
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Windows wrap house in Harford hunt country
The home of Dr. Jed Smalley and his wife, Peggy, at first blush looks like an updated old house on a horse farm in Harford County's hunt country. But a second look reveals a modern house built to seem older than its years.
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Waterfront house has good flow inside, too
The house that lies on a point that juts into Cattail Creek has panoramic views of the water and the greenery that hugs it. Every room, including the upstairs corridor, looks out to the creek.
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A contemporary house that gives you space
When they decided to build a home two decades ago, Alfred and Marilyn Biegel had a few requirements in mind.
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1928 gem in Ten Hills has a woodsy view
More than three decades ago, Susan and Dave Hutton decided that their soon-to-expand family needed a larger house in the city.
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Bolton Hill townhouse restored to former glory
When Michael Spellman and Frank Vince moved to Baltimore from the Virgin Islands a few years ago, they were looking to exchange island life for city life.
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For couple, a house worth waiting for
Marsha and John Wise bought their home six years ago after losing out on another house in the same neighborhood because they had not made an offer quickly enough. The couple had fallen in love with the community of Hunting Ridge, a historic district near Baltimore's western edge known for solid homes in varied architectural styles amid huge trees and rolling terrain.
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Revamped house with office space
When Jeanne and Sean St. Martin bought an old house on a hill above Historic Ellicott City's Main Street, they became the owners of a building that had been turned into three apartments and had been rented for decades. They could see the sky through numerous places in the roof.
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Ruxton house sits alongside a stream
It's hard to let go, but that's exactly what Dennis A. Fiori and his wife, Margaret R. Burke, are doing with their more than two-acre gardener's delight and historic property in Ruxton. After a few years of commuting, Fiori, the former director of the Maryland Historical Society, has relocated with his family to Boston, where he is president of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Old and modern in marvelous mix
Mixing old-world antiquities with modern amenities makes this double-wide rowhouse a hidden gem in the heart of Canton.
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Owings Mills house has a story-filled past
Stories about the white clapboard house at the former Pleasant Grove Farm in Owings Mills abound, including that Confederate soldiers sought food and horses from the anti-slavery family of Richard Scott and that Confederate sympathizers tore down his flagpole because he flew a U.S. flag.
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