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space well-appointed, clutter-free and beautiful. You’ll also want to check out our article about the Azola family, Towson-based builders who have devoted half a century to preserving and restoring some of our area’s most treasured buildings and homes. We hope this issue inspires you to appreciate the place you call home—both your personal dwelling and our shared community—whether you’ve just moved to the Towson area or it’s a place your family has occupied for generations. Home is both a place and a feeling. Happy living!

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INSIDE THE ISSUE MARCH 2019

FEATURES 12 Downsize by Design Area Couple Turns to Designer Leslie Tunney to Reinvent Their New Living Space in Ruxton

18 Saving History: The Azola Legacy in Baltimore Through Painstaking Building Restoration Efforts, One Family Has Preserved Our Area’s Greatest Treasures

24 Calling All Car Lovers A Conversation with the Priority 1 Collection’s Carmen Lopez

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28 Expanding Access to Acupuncture Patricia Lott’s Community Approach Makes Healing Available to All

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Good Times

Around Town

Open House

Our Town

28 Healthy Lifestyle 30 DIY 32 Lifestyle Calendar 34 Local’s Choice

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AROUND TOWN

SMOOTH SKATING AT THE U.S. NATIONALS

and vibrant place that people have come to treasure,” Emma told The Baltimore Sun. “An anchor

Towson High School student Ting Cui made her

bookstore like the Ivy has the potential to develop

debut in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in

collaborative projects that help weave books into

late January, earning fifth place.

the social fabric of Baltimore. I'm incredibly excited

The 16-year-old—who placed third at the 2018

to explore those possibilities.”

U.S. Championships for Juniors and won the silver

The Ivy, 6080 Falls Road, opened a satellite store

medal in the senior ladies’ category at the Tallinn

inside the Charles Village cafe Bird in Hand in

Trophy in Estonia in early December—trained

2016. Currently the independent bookstore has 17

in Colorado Springs in the weeks leading up to

full- and part-time employees and holds about 150

the U.S. Nationals, keeping up with her Towson

author events a year.

schoolwork through online assignments. Ting has worked since June with Tom Zakrajsek, who has coached past U.S. Olympians Rachael

JEFFERSON HUANG NAMED PRESIDENT OF ST. PAUL’S SCHOOLS

Flatt and Mirai Nagasu. Ting's goal, she says, is to

Jefferson Huang has been named the inau-

represent the U.S. at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing,

gural president of the St. Paul’s Schools in

but she’s pragmatic about the challenges ahead,

Brooklandville. He comes to St. Paul's from

noting, “It’s just one day at a time.”

Claremont McKenna College in California, where

ARBORETUM EARNS ACCREDITATION Thanks to recent expansion and preservation,

he is vice president and senior advisor to the president as well as assistant professor of philosophy. He will begin his new role on July 1.

the arboretum at Loyola University Maryland has

Backed by a newly unified board of trustees at

achieved level II accreditation from ArbNet, an

St. Paul’s, the president “will provide strategic and

international community of arboreta and tree-

operational oversight to ensure the [St. Paul’s]

focused professionals.

Schools are making the most of the opportunities

The 80-acre Evergreen campus arboretum

presented by unification,” the school announced

encompasses more than 2,200 trees that repre-

in a press release. “While working with the Heads

sent at least 114 varieties. Taylor Casalena, sus-

to ensure that each school retains its own distinc-

tainability coordinator, says that contributions to

tive culture and gender-appropriate programs,

the inventory, service learning courses, walking

Dr. Huang will assume several important roles:

tours, developing an arboretum committee and

visionary leader, administrative integrator, external

events over the last three years helped the univer-

ambassador and quality controller.”

sity achieve this accreditation. “The Loyola Arboretum directly engaged hundreds of Loyola community members in the vast and critical beauty of biodiversity in just over the last year,” Taylor says. “The arboretum supports Loyola’s Climate Action Plan goal to reimagine the campus landscape to protect biodiversity and inspire environmental stewardship.” More information about the Loyola Arboretum is available at Loyola.edu/sustainability.

'A MILLION IDEAS' FOR THE IVY The Ivy Bookshop, which has gained a loyal following since it was founded in 2002, has been sold by owners Ed and Ann Berlin to one of its co-owners, Emma Snyder, former executive director of

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LOW TENNIS PLAYER MEGAN SCHULER ASKED SEASONED INTERIOR DESIGNER LESLIE TUNNEY TO HELP WITH A NEW HOUSE, IT WAS A PERFECT MATCH. With their three children now in adulthood, Megan and her husband decided to move from a large, sprawling home in Laurelford to a more manageable colonial cottage in the heart of Ruxton. “We were looking for a smaller home than before, especially the outdoor yard area,” Megan says. “We also wanted a home small enough to have an intimate feel, but also large enough to be able to host and entertain guests on the first level.” With these priorities in mind for downsizing, the Schulers found their perfect new home in the Towson neighborhood of Ruxton. As an interior designer, Leslie has noticed that downsizing is no longer just for folks in the era of retirement or those moving to senior living communities. Rather, people in their 50s are now selling their large family homes in favor of smaller, more practical houses, and this trend means many middle-aged clients are turning to Leslie for help reinventing their new living spaces. For the Schulers, this reinvention meant lots of coral pinks and ocean blues in their new home. Leslie found design inspiration in Megan’s own fashion style and the couple’s personality and preferences, including their penchant for vacationing on the seaside.

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The home’s breezy color palette was a direct result of the clients’ personalities. Rather than going for trendy shades, “you pick a color that your client gravitates toward, what they wear, and what their family looks good in,” Leslie says. Megan is “crisp, fresh, classic and sparkly,” Leslie says of her friend and client. “And her house looks like that.” The Schulers’ previous home in Laurelford had more of a traditional, formal feel to it, with lots of dark wood and oriental rugs. So this new house was a chance to craft Megan’s surroundings to better reflect her

AREA COUPLE TURNS TO DESIGNER LESLIE TUNNEY TO REINVENT THEIR NEW LIVING SPACE IN RUXTON

own personal style. “She didn’t want the dark, traditional look that she had in her old house,” Leslie says. “We wanted to give this house a much lighter and airier feel.”

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In addition to shifting the decor of their home, the Schulers were also faced with the practical components of downsizing—namely, paring down their collection of furniture. “We were downsizing, so we could not bring all of our furniture with us because it simply would not fit,” Megan says. “Leslie was able to walk around the new house and then go back to the old house and figure out what would work.”

antiques that she had collected along the way, and we had to pick and choose,” Leslie says. One of the pieces that made the cut was the traditional, antique dining room table, which Megan insisted on keeping. Ultimately, Leslie defers to the client. “It’s a joint venture,” she says. Leslie advises new homeowners to live in their new home for

For Leslie, this process included not only identifying which of the pieces

at least six months before launching into the design process. This

were the clients' favorites but also discerning how each piece would func-

allows you to get to know how you use the space: Which doors to

tion in the new home to ensure efficient and effective use of space.

you use most? Do you often end up eating at the counter rather

Rather than having a standard, formal living room in the front of

than in the formal dining room? Figuring out these habits before

the house, Leslie worked with Megan to design a large, funky office

bringing in a designer gives both parties a better picture for how to

space on the first floor because that was something that Megan said

best remodel the home.

she wanted and needed. In this way, Leslie bucks tradition to make way for what the client really desires to get out of their space.

For the Schulers, now entering their third year of living in their Ruxton home, this approach was a winning method.

“That’s the most important thing: How are you going to use the

“Every time we come home, we just breathe a sigh of joy at what

space?” Leslie says. “Megan had a lot of family antiques, beautiful

we have here,” Megan says. “A simple, cozy, bright and happy home.”

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THE TEAM

With almost 30 years of design

experience,

Leslie

Tunney is known for her crisp, clean lines and ability to simplify spaces down to their key functionalities. As an interior designer in the Baltimore area, Leslie works in two modes: staging homes for sale (a fast, practical process), and working long-term with clients, designing their homes to complement and reflect the client’s own personal style.

01 | Combining pops of color with neutrals for a comfortable space 02 | Megan Schuler and Leslie Tunney 03 | A cozy reading corner in the master bedroom

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S AV I N G H I S T O RY: The Azola Legacy in Baltimore SITUATED AT THE CORNER OF SHAWAN AND BEAVER DAM ROADS, THE OREGON GENERAL STORE SAT DILAPIDATED AND DECAYING IN THE MID-1980S. It had once been a thriving company store and post office that served iron-mining families in the surrounding Oregon Company town during the mid-1880s. But the property had been vacant for 50 years when a young Marty Azola came into the picture in 1985. Marty, who in 1973 had joined the family building business begun by his dad, Joseph, devised Baltimore Countyâ€™s first public/private preservation partnership. Then the Azola Company crews set to work restoring the 7,000-squarefoot property, shoring up the foundation, restoring windows and reorienting the entryway from Shawan Road to the rear of the building. When the gleaming restoration project was completed in 1986, part of the first-level interior was re-created as a general store. Since 1992, the store has been home to the popular Oregon Grille restaurant.

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THROUGH PAINSTAKING BUILDING RESTORATION EFFORTS OVER HALF A CENTURY, ONE FAMILY HAS PRESERVED OUR AREA'S GREATEST TREASURES

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Restoration efforts by the Azola company, completed in 1986, restored the store to its former glory. Today the building is home to the Oregon Grille.

NOW

THEN ore , al St ener in 1984. G n e rego llaps The O ger of co n a d in

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The mansion, circa 1895

T I M E L I N E 1944

1973

LATE 1980s

2015

2016 - PRESENT

Pietro Azzoli, a stonemason from Monte Casino, Italy, is naturalized and moves his family to Michigan. His son, Joseph Azola, opens J.R. Azola & Associates, Inc. at 305 W. Chesapeake Ave. in Towson in 1966. He dies in 1982.

Joseph’s son, Marty, who attended Virginia Tech and served as a captain in the Alaskan Air Command, joins the family business.

Under Marty’s leadership, the company grows to include 250 employees and rehabs more than 5 million square feet of commercial

The culmination of Marty’s career is the restoration of the Ivy Hotel in downtown Baltimore, accepted into the internationally renowned hotel association Relais & Chateaux.

Tony, also a Virginia Tech graduate, takes the corporate reins. He is now restoring elements of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and hopes to soon start similar work on the Thomas Jefferson Monument. Meanwhile, in Baltimore, the Azola team will soon start restoring H. L. Mencken’s house in Union Square.

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and residential space.

“The success of the Oregon General

the decades as an administrative building

Store prompted Baltimore County to estab-

for the zoo. But by 2008, the Maryland

lish a program to recycle surplus properties,

Building was engulfed by vegetation; it

especially historically significant buildings,”

sat forlorn and rotting, with peeling yellow

notes Marty in The Azola Legacy: 50 Years

paint. Demolition seemed its fate.

Rebuilding Baltimore, published last fall with Charles Belfoure.

But Marty and son Tony, today president of the Azola family business, were deter-

Rich with anecdotes and compelling

mined to restore and preserve this histor-

before-and-after photos, the book details

ical gem. Their team repaired the original

the Azola family’s involvement in 26 res-

tin standing-seam roof, replaced the rot-

toration projects across Baltimore over

ting deck, and restored the exterior finials

half a century—ranging from the Old

and porch balusters. Most crucially, their

Baltimore County Jail in Towson and the

crews undertook a painstaking 10-month

Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower downtown

scraping and repainting effort that involved

to Rockland Village at the corner of Falls

an analysis of 132 years’ worth of paint lay-

and Old Court roads.

ers and drew on the expertise of Matthew Mosca, a historic paint finishes consultant. When the work was completed in 2010,

1. The Azola family: Tony, Kirsten, Lone, Marty and Mat

2. The Rogers Mansion

at the Maryland Zoo, restoration work complete

3. Restoring the mansion’s

“What’s neat about the business of historic preservation is that most of the projects we tackle include a real sense of pride and accomplishment—what I call ‘the glow from within.’ The projects I’m most proud of are the ones that, but for our efforts, would not be around today, like the Oregon General Store.”

former grandeur

chrome color scheme (highlighted by light gray walls and contrasting burgundy trim) had been restored. Just a few years later, the Azola company lent its expertise to restoring a much larger and more visible building at the Maryland Zoo: the Rogers Mansion. Built in 1801, it was sold by Lloyd Nicholas Rogers in 1860— together with the family’s 475-acre estate— to the city of Baltimore to become Druid Hill Park. Over the years, the mansion served as a public pavilion, a restaurant (billed as “every man’s country club in the very heart of Baltimore”), a day school, an exhibit area for the Maryland zoo and most recently as zoo administration offices. It had fallen into disrepair when the Azola company began restoration work in 2010. A focal point of the team’s efforts: the 3-ton cupola atop the building that was rotting and leaning substantially. New steel beams

3-ton cupola

4. The cupola, returned to its

the Maryland Building’s original poly-

Another such project is the Maryland Building at the Maryland Zoo, a one-

would need to be installed to provide the necessary support.

story wood frame “survivor” originally built

“But the only way to get them up into the

for the Centennial International Exposition,

cupola was to design the steel in sections,

America’s first world’s fair, which was

which four men would then need to carry

held in Philadelphia and celebrated the

up the stairs,” explains Tony, whose team

100th anniversary of the signing of the

also repaired and restored windows and

Declaration of Independence. Dismantled

interior woodwork as part of the ambitious

after the fair and re-assembled in Druid Hill

Rogers Mansion restoration effort that

Park in 1886, the building was used over

wrapped up in 2013.

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Step

While Marty is now officially retired, he and his wife, Lone, active president of Azola Building Services, LLC, and "the glue that binds the family together," are proud that their children continue to run the family business. In addition to son Tony, president of the recently renamed Azola Building Rehab Inc., their daughter, Kirsten, is director of marketing and design. The couple’s son, Matthew, had been an integral part of the business until his untimely death in the summer of 2011. The Azola Legacy is dedicated to Matthew’s memory.

1. The Stephen Cockey House, built in 1725, originally sat on land that now houses Green Spring Station.

2. The Azola company painstakingly dismantled and moved it to Rockland Village at Falls and Old Court roads.

3. Logs—which had been numbered for exact replacement order— restored, chinked and whitewashed

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What sets her Towson clinic apart is its community

also helps to promote healing.”

approach: Rather than treating one patient at a time, alone

Community Acupuncture of Towson draws people of

and behind a closed door, she has 12 chairs in her spa-

all ages and backgrounds, for health concerns ranging

cious clinic space, allowing her to move between clients

from back pain (the No. 1 complaint) to sports injuries to

and treat multiple people concurrently.

anxiety to the desire to “detox” (from sugar or smoking,

“When I opened Community Acupuncture of Towson

for example). Trish, who holds a master’s degree from

nine years ago, we were the first community practice in

the Traditional Acupuncture Institute (now known as

the Baltimore/Washington area,” Trish says. “I’m driven

Maryland University of Integrative Health) treats about

by the belief that every individual should have access to

80 patients each week and says she finds inspiration in

quality health care. By providing individual treatment in

the diversity of the people who walk through her doors at

a community setting, I can make acupuncture accessi-

320 E. Towsontown Blvd., Suite 202.

ble and affordable to a greater number of people. It’s a high-volume, low-cost business model.” Payment at Community Acupuncture of Towson is on a

“I love it when I step into the room and see a firefighter seated next to a doctor seated next to a schoolteacher, who is next to a nurse’s aide,” she says.

sliding scale, with fees from $20 to $40 per session and no income verification needed. The goal, Trish says, is to separate the issues of money and treatment so that clients can visit often enough “to get better and stay better.”

When orienting a new patient, Trish shows the course of the body’s meridians, from head to toe.

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“All pathways begin or end in the extremities,” notes Trish, which makes the hands a focal point for treatment.

For more information, visit CATowson.com.

In Chinese medicine, treatment for the entire body can be mapped out in the ear.

Some 80 patients each week come to Community Acupuncture of Towson for healing.

Patricia Lott can treat up to 12 patients at a time in her community acupuncture practice.

March 2019 | Towson Lifestyle

DIY

M ARCH IN TO SPR ING CLU T T ER -FR EE FRESH TIPS TO KEEP YOUR HOME ORGANIZED

ARTICLE ASHLEY INGRAHAM, OWNER OF HOME PERSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY KEITH SCHNEIDER AND PROVIDED

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don' t . â€”TIDYING EXPERT MARIE KONDO

Towson Lifestyle | March 2019

THE DAYS ARE GETTING LONGER, THE THAW IS ON AND YOU CAN FEEL THE BUZZ OF SPRING IN THE AIR. Who doesn’t love the arrival of spring and the potential it holds for purging extra layers,

ashley ’s favorite products for spring 1.

coats, hats and gloves to make way for a fresh palette of colors and a declutter of the piles of winter? Spring is the perfect time to lessen the load or, in the home organization sense, clean out your closets, streamline your cupboards and get your desk organized for tax season. Remember that New Year’s resolution to get organized in 2019? Now is the perfect time! Start off with your entryway or mudroom. At this point in the season, the hats, gloves and mittens need a good wash and to be tucked away. Baskets make perfect and attractive storage solutions and provide the perfect place to store

everything from lacrosse sticks to helmets, mittens to sunscreen. I recommend a wicker or grass variation because they are not only durable but gentle on your floors or shelves as they get shifted. Coats that have been outgrown or seldom worn can be donated to Health Care for the Homeless or another local shelter. Winter has meant a lot of time spent indoors, which means we are

all ready for a new view. Spring is the perfect time for fresh colors, new throw pillows and great scents. Ruxton Mercantile carries the Laundress Line, and I love their “Home Spray”—perfect after such a long stretch without open windows. Home Goods is a great and affordable spot to find new photo frames, great housecleaning products or sunny dishtowels to brighten up your kitchen. Have fun getting organized this spring!

ashley ’s tips 1. Organize your desk or kitchen command center with this large sorter. Pick from your favorite pattern 5.

or color, and say goodbye to your messy piles of paper. 2. Clean out your kitchen cupboards. Start with the spice cabinet: Throw out, recycle and replenish. Add a Lazy Susan: You can store double the spices

Say goodbye to the catch-all drawer.

1. See Jane Work Desktop Large Sorter, Blue Herringbone, $15, SeeJaneWork.com 2. Two-Tier Stainless Steel Lazy Susan, $24.99, ContainerStore.com 3. Six-Section Drawer Organizer, Easy Fit Clear, $10.78, Amazon.com 4. Raymond Waites Drawer Liners, $15.99, Amazon.com 5. Sunbeam Velvet Hangers, $21.99, Wayfair.com

4. Drawer liners are such a nice treat. With scents

ITEMS IN BASKET:

in half the space! 3. Drawer organizers are perfect for nearly every drawer, creating spaces for everything from paperclips to makeup, hardware supplies to kitchen tools.

such as cotton and fresh linen, your clothing will smell fantastic. While inserting the liners, take time to streamline the contents of your drawers. 5. Velvet hangers are fantastic for saving space, holding even delicate clothing in place and giving your closet the look of a boutique.

1. Woven basket with pom-poms, $14.99, Home Goods 2. GC Signature Peony & Honeysuckle scented sachets, $3.99, Home Goods 3. Home Spray by the Laundress, $10, Ruxton Mercantile 4. Abeego, the Reusable Beeswax Food Wrap, $18, Ruxton Mercantile 5. Full Circle mini brush & dustpan set, $5.99, Home Goods 6. Max Studio Picture Frame, $7.99, Home Goods 7. April Cornell kitchen set, $12.99, Home Goods 8. Kate Spade throw pillow, $16.99, Home Goods 9. Monaco Home velvet hangers, set of 35 for $12.99, Home Goods

March 2019 | Towson Lifestyle

MARCH

LIFESTYLE CALENDAR

LIGHTS OUT BALTIMORE

FRET FEST: CELEBRATION OF THE GUITAR

MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT: COMMUNITY CONCERTS AT SECOND

Cromwell Valley Park

Join the Baltimore Bird Club in

Peabody Institute

making Baltimore safe for migratory

Peabody Preparatory presents the

birds by hearing from Lindsay Jacks,

10th annual daylong celebration of

Listen to chamber music, includ-

director for Lights Out Baltimore.

the guitar at the Peabody Institute.

ing

From 7 to 9 p.m. More information

A program for students of all abilities

Shostakovich and Brahms, in the inim-

at CromwellValleyPark.org.

and ages. Peabody.JHU.edu

itable candlelit setting of Baltimore’s

compositions

Second

Presbyterian

Mozart,

Church.

2-3

Concert duration: 7 to 9:10 p.m.

ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST

BALTIMORE ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

Ridge

A jewel in Baltimore’s emerald

Lodge with stacks of pancakes,

crown! The St. Patrick’s Day Parade

pure maple syrup and grilled sau-

celebrates Irish culture, music and

TOWSON NIGHTS: BELLY DANCE SHOW

sages. Raffles and live music also

dance. The parade and other activ-

A fun fusion belly dance show featur-

on offer. From 8 a.m. to noon on

ities will take place in Baltimore’s

ing the dancers of Meridian Dance

March 2 and 3 at the Oregon Ridge

downtown and the Inner Harbor.

Company and monthly guest perform-

Lodge. Tickets sold at the door.

IrishParade.net

ers. The show is free, and the whole

Oregon Ridge Nature Center

Celebrate the end of the sugar season

the

Oregon

Baltimore Downtown and Inner Harbor

OregonRidgeNatureCenter.org

CommunityConcertsAtSecond.org

Towson Nights Hookah Lounge

family is welcome. From 5 to 6 p.m.

2-3, 8-10

www.MeridianDance.com

MARYLAND HOME AND GARDEN SHOW

WITH ONE VOICE: A CHORAL FESTIVAL BENEFITING CAMP OPPORTUNITY

The March show marks the end

The Goucher College Chorus wel-

UU Potomac Lounge

of winter and start of spring with

comes five choral ensembles from

The award-winning play The Vagina

beautiful landscaped gardens, home

the Mid-Atlantic region for a festival

Monologues promises to provoke,

improvement

Maryland State Fairgrounds

Second Presbyterian Church

Goucher College

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Towson University –

plants,

of choral music benefiting Camp

amuse and stir. All proceeds from the

crafts and more. The show runs

Opportunity, a Baltimore-based orga-

event benefit the House of Ruth, an

March 2-3 and March 8-10. For infor-

nization that provides summer camp

organization that seeks to end vio-

mation, including hours of operation

experiences for at-risk children in the

lence against women. For tickets, see

and discounted advance tickets,

Baltimore area. Admission is free and

the University Union Ticket Office.

visit MDHomeAndGarden.com.

open to the public.

Events.Towson.edu

contractors,

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March 2019 | Towson Lifestyle

LOCAL’S CHOICE ON-TREND ELEMENTS OF DESIGN AND DECOR

Designer Picks THIS SPRING, LIVEN UP YOUR HOME WITH POPS OF

Sunnyfields Cabinetry, a division of the Delbert Adams

COLOR IN UNEXPECTED PLACES (THINK KITCHEN

Construction Group, offers kitchen, bath and cabinetry

ISLANDS AND INTERIORS OF KITCHEN CABINETS),

design and construction for that perfect new room. Stop in

WARM WOOD, COPPER AND ZINC DETAILS, BOLD

to see these great items and more design inspiration at the

STATEMENT LIGHTING, COLLECTIBLE SIMON PEARCE

Sunnyfields Cabinetry showroom at 6305 Falls Road, Suite 100.

GLASSWARE AND THE BEAUTY OF FRESH FLOWERS.

SunnyfieldsCabinetry.com

Towson Lifestyle asked Gina Adams, marketing director at rent and classic in the design world. 1

1. 17-inch cherry bowl and tongs, Andrew Pearce | 2. Zinc-topped painted mahogany Abbey Island | 3. Backsplashes, counters and floors, Chesapeake Tile | 4. White Rutt Ruskin custom cabinetry with walnut island and White Fantasy marble countertop | 5. Copper table, Gutierrez Studios | 6. Contemporary entry chandelier, Jones Lighting | 7. Fresh flowers, Simply Beautiful Flowers | 8. Sleek and timeless drawer pulls and knobs (including Honey bronze), Top Knobs | 9. Handblown glass, Norwich ice bucket, Simon Pearce 34

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ARTICLE GINA ADAMS, SUNNYFIELDS | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

Sunnyfields Cabinetry, to share her picks for what is both cur-

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