Swimming pool welcomes all that glitters
Written by: Lyla Haggard/Photos by: Johan Roetz Harry and Leslie Michalek are thrilled with their newly replaced swimming pool. After three years in their Bayou Club home in Seminole, it…
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Seminole home hides a tropical paradise
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The garden gate
Written by: Sue Trusty/Photos by: Robin Victor Goetz Before Cindy and Dave Jackson bought their Hyde Park home, they carefully considered both house and garden. They were looking for property…
Home design travels from the Buckeye State to the Sunshine State
Written by: Jane Schreier Jones/Photos by: Dawn M. Smith If you want to build a second home out-of-state, you have two choices: use talent from your hometown for the project…
Landscape design leads to refreshing private paradise
Any parent understands just how much children love to play outside. And a big component of parenthood is to provide a safe environment for children to enjoy the great outdoors.…
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…
Party patio on the water
In southwest Ashtabula County, there is a home in the rural town of Roaming Shores where it is always party time. This is a house that every house wants to…
Swimming pool offers a little slice of heaven
Mark and Leslie have always loved being outdoors. They had a pool at their previous home, but it was limited on space and had no extra amenities like a pool…
Landscape design leads back to nature
“Back to nature” takes on new meaning at this immaculate chunk of land that surrounds a spectacular estate in Jefferson Hills. “We purchased a large piece of farmland in our…
Switching gears with sophisticated remodeling ideas
Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have that one room in the house that gets a little disorganized. It’s the rarely used spare bedroom, office or…
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…
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…
Formal garden design complements a haunted home
There’s talk of tombstones, creaking floors, scary ghost stories and frightened children in Madeira. Is the town getting ready for Halloween? Perhaps. However, these tales are not centered around late…