by Sasha Willis | Oct 23, 2026 | Design Insights
Maybe you have a parent who can no longer manage the stairs in their own place. Perhaps you have an adult child who can’t yet afford to buy, or you want a small rental unit that would help carry the mortgage. Before any of that becomes a real plan, it helps to...
by Sasha Willis | Aug 26, 2026 | Design Insights
You’re in your early 40s. Your kids are still at home. Your parents are healthy. And you’re planning a renovation or addition. Not because anyone needs a grab bar, but because you want the space to finally work the way your life actually does. So when we...
by Sasha Willis | May 27, 2026 | Practice Notes
When most people think about historic preservation, they picture a beautifully restored façade or a saved building given new life. What they rarely picture is a balance sheet. And yet in Maryland, some of the strongest arguments for preserving historic buildings show...
by Sasha Willis | Apr 30, 2026 | Design Insights
If you own property near Maryland’s waterfront, you may have heard the term “Critical Area variance” come up in conversations about renovation or new construction. A zoning variance can apply to properties both inside and outside the Critical Area, as well as an...
by Sasha Willis | Mar 31, 2026 | Design Insights
Too many of us have lost a Saturday afternoon to an TV home renovation marathon. There’s something deeply satisfying about watching a dated kitchen or crumbling fixer-upper transform into something beautiful — all within 30 minutes and a shockingly tidy budget....
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