Dream home proves patience pays off
Every year, Housetrends features dozens of beautiful homes that each have something special to offer our readers. Gracious homeowners, all with their own unique story, invite us in to see…
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Remodeling ideas were a team effort
Ask any Buckeye fan and he’ll tell you that Coach Jim Tressel knows a thing or two about football teamwork. Jim and his wife, Ellen, applied the team concept when…
Unique design ideas offer a home court advantage
Nine years ago, when OSU women’s basketball coach Jim Foster and his wife Donna were lured to Columbus from their family home perched high on a ridge in the hills…
New home is a welcome departure
After a lifetime of living in the suburbs, Mark and Kelly McCullough dreamed of something different. Someplace with plenty of elbow room, and maybe a rambling front porch, where the…
Home remodel takes a complete 180
For 15 years, DeeAnn, her husband, and two young daughters lived in a two-bedroom ranch on a secluded parcel of land off a country road in Grove City. Space was…
Home makeover with a mission
As soon as someone tells you they set the alarm before five every morning to work out, you have a pretty good idea that this is someone who is driven…
Backyard puts the focus on free time
Just a few years ago on a corner in Upper Arlington, a vacant lot and side yard sat adjacent to an old world style house built in 2004. The owners…
Clean and bright home remodel
When Melissa and Tom Shanklin relocated to Columbus from New Jersey in 2009, they fell in love with the charm of Upper Arlington and a home that was built in…
A back yard reimagined
It was snowing the first time Ian and Debbie Kalinosky drove their children, Lauren and Matthew, to visit their New Albany neighborhood. Debbie remembers the swell of excitement in the…
Georgian home meets woodland landscape
There are rules one follows when designing the Georgian structures that dominate the city of New Albany. Homes there consistently demonstrate the symmetry and proportion of the style and keep…
Industrial inspired kitchen remodel
A kitchen remodel can be inspired by any number of things. It was a nudge from a trusted designer that sparked homeowners Mike and Sandy Rickly’s redesign imagination. After interior…
Terrace with a view
While comparing notes about anniversary-celebration destinations, a Westerville couple and their neighbors found they had more in common than their respective trips to Little Palm Island in Florida. They also…