The Faces of Annapolis 2025
It’s been more than 40 years since Mark T. White, Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer (CMKBD), a native Annapolitan, established Kitchen Encounters. In that time, the company has garnered a reputation for creative designs, quality cabinetry, and outstanding customer service. The team of designers are all Certified Kitchen and Bath
Sleek on Beards Creek
Cathy Terranova with Kitchen Encounters was asked to give a traditional kitchen a more modern, sleek look. One significant requirement was to provide a welcoming space for the grandchildren to chat, bake, and munch. Situated on Beards Creek, the kitchen has clear views and lots of light. To echo the water
While the Sun Sets Over the Severn
Turning property potential into practical beauty. It's a classic and highly-relatable Chesapeake Bay area challenge: Once purchased, how do you take a much older waterfront home built before a substantive era of innovations in construction practices and materials, and make it a model of functional modernity and the ultimate familial haven
3 Kitchens and a Chef
A Connecticut native, Chef Justin Moore ventured West after high school to attend the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He later changed schools and enrolled in the California Culinary Academy, an affiliate of Le Cordon Bleu, where chefs were trained using the European education model. In 2011, he co-founded
A Quintet of Quotable Kitchens
There’s no place in the home quite like the kitchen. From it springs a source of daily sustenance. But in most homes, the kitchen means so much more. It’s often a favorite meeting place—even if the gathered crowd must hover around an island or sit on stiff-backed bar stools as
Ask the Pros Interior Design
How do you accentuate a water view in your design projects? When designing a waterfront home, my general philosophy is less is more. Views should always be the focal point. This is best accomplished in one of two ways. >> Keep Reading
Family Affair
Kathy and Kevin Haley bought their first home in Shady Side, Maryland, near Annapolis in 1996. Back then, the couple often went kayaking on the West River to a popular waterfront restaurant. As they paddled, they’d note an eccentric red-and-white rancher in decline on the opposite bank. Kevin would say,
Function First, Beauty Will Follow
For most of us, the kitchen is the beating heart of the home, the place were food is cooked and eaten, where kids do their homework, where family rushes in and out and guests linger to talk and drink and sample what you’re making. Given the chance to remodel our