Experience pays off with new home design
We’ve all heard the phrase, “It takes a village to raise a child.” While parents serve as the main care providers, everyone from grandparents and siblings to friends and teachers…
Growing up gardening
Donna Everly’s love for gardening started as a child when she hung around a local nursery every day after school. Her experience, however, began the day that nursery finally put…
Gardening as a passion, not profession
It would be easy to think that Dana and Steve Datz have formally trained green thumbs, but they’ll be the first to admit that’s not the case. The couple has…
Down the garden path
It took seven months of internal and external renovations to Lindsey Clark’s new home before she could move into it. Part of the project included the home’s yards. In that…
Makeover magic in Squirrel Hill
This kitchen makeover in a home in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh had a similar theme to many home improvement undertakings: create more usable space. However, what sets this…
Makeover magic in Fox Chapel
With a slate patio and a pool in pretty bad shape, the owners of this home in the Fox Chapel area of Pittsburgh knew they weren’t making the most of…
Makeover magic in Miami Township
Tim and Jayne Nixon are excited for the upcoming holiday season. They are anticipating large family gatherings and plenty of smiles and laughter in their newly renovated Miami Township home.…
Kitchen remodel is makeover magic in Xenia
After raising their two children in Centerville, Lynn and Steve Vaughn decided it was time to get back to the country. “Steve grew up on a farm and I was…
Spirit of the season
Each year, Bess Gose opens the doors to her historic home for a private party that she coincides with the annual Lebanon Horse Drawn Carriage Parade and Festival. “I am…
Kitchen is worth a three-year wait
A Westerville homeowner had been holding on to an inspirational photo that she clipped from a magazine for over three years before she was able to stand in a space…
Traditional kitchen with a modern twist
“It means ‘kitchen’ in Italian, and I’m Italian, so I thought it just fit,” says homeowner Taylor Lavigna of the large black lettering that pops against the white backsplash in…
From plain to pub
Many of us have homes with unused formal living rooms or studies just waiting to find a second life. One Mason couple did just that when they transformed a non-descript…