September 7, 2008
Desirable Spaces
Desirable Spaces
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.
Desirable Spaces
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.
Desirable Spaces
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.
Desirable Spaces
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.
Desirable Spaces
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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Towson dream house had starring TV role
When Marian Matthis first saw the center-hall colonial brick house in West Towson some four years ago, she was seduced by its charm, large rooms and yard.
Desirable Spaces
Modern touches for a 1910 house
When Elliot and Janell Bonner bought the white house overlooking a corner in Mount Washington, they knew they could make it suit them perfectly, adding modern amenities and overhauling the major systems of the 1910 structure.
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Fine views abound in wooded setting
In 1973, Anita Kaplan knew what she wanted in a custom home on an Owings Mills hillside: "I wanted a lot of open space, not a typical house."
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