Project Name: Fell St., Baltimore
Interior Design: Pascale de Fouchier Interiors
Built-Ins/Banquette: KB&R Home Improvement
Styling: Limonata Creative

The Dock of the Bay: The homeowners had spent a year renting in Baltimore after leaving New York. “When they found their new home-to-be, the house was already in good shape,” says interior designer Pascale de Fouchier. “What it needed was a soul.”

The five-story townhouse overlooked the marina in Fells Point. “The vision was about bringing the outside in,” de Fouchier explains. “We designed around the views, the light, the harbor. Think yacht club, but the kind that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Relaxed, nautical in spirit, quietly sophisticated.”

A Family Heirloom: De Fouchier was tasked with including a Persian rug—a treasure from one of the owner’s parents. She pulled the beige, red, and blue from the rug and let those tones thread throughout the space, quietly connecting the rooms.

“Every project has one thing that makes it click,” she says. “Here it was the tension between that Persian rug and the harbor beyond the windows—old world and new, heirloom and horizon. Once I started designing around it, everything fell into place.”

Living Spaces: The living and dining floor is where the real work happened. The dining room was conceived as a quiet, almost understated landing place—you come up the stairs, and it just settles you in.

“No grand gesture,” says de Fouchier. “Just the right proportions, the right light, the water beyond the windows.”

The family room has a wall-to-wall desk that’s sleek, modern, and completely practical. “The kind of thing that looks like furniture but works like architecture,” she says.

Project Name: Ivey Trace
House Plan and Interior Design: Julia Longchamps Design
Builder: Benhoff Builders
Architect: Ratcliffe Architecture

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Keeping House: From the beginning, the vision for Ivey Trace was deeply personal. Homeowners Jeff and Jaimie Martell were not simply building a house; they were creating a forever home that marked a fresh chapter for their family.

“The project allowed us to thoughtfully design every detail from the ground up,” says interior designer Julia Longchamps. “The goal was to create a home that felt timeless and collected, yet warm, inviting, and entirely livable. It needed to support the rhythms of daily family life while also feeling special enough for celebrations and gatherings.”

Living Spaces: The kitchen and living room spaces were meant to support everyday family life while also feeling intentional and well crafted. In the kitchen, attention to millwork and architectural detail was essential and the living room continues this approach with a warm, layered palette.

“Together, these rooms set the tone for the home and reflect the balance of beauty, detail, and livability carried throughout the project,” she says.

The Papered Wall: Color and pattern were used thoughtfully to give the home depth, personality, and a sense of history. Wallpaper played a key role throughout, adding moments of surprise and charm while also helping each space feel distinct.

“The overall palette was chosen to feel timeless rather than trend-driven, allowing architectural details and custom elements to shine,” says Longchamps. “The result is a home that feels layered and lived in, as though it has evolved naturally over time.”

Interior Designers: Tessea McCrary and Turner Design Firm
Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry: Ric Guy
Custom Upholstery: Grand York
Hand-Painted Walls: Artstar Custom Paintworks

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An Artful House: Art was at the heart of every design decision for this three-story, 2,600-square-foot home in historic Clipper Mill. The homeowners have an extensive fine art collection, and their love of bold, saturated color became both the inspiration and the boundary lines for the renovation, says Tessea McCrary, principal and lead designer of Tessea McCrary Interior Design. They also introduced new works which created a rhythm throughout the home: Existing art provides continuity, while new acquisitions push the story forward, she says.

Inviting Interiors: “The vision was to create a deeply personal home that honors their professional sensibilities as psychiatrists,” says McCrary. “We tailored their lifestyle spaces by evoking emotion through color, texture, and pattern.” Color was powerful tool that was used as both an emotional and psychological driver. Saturated blues represented depth, calm, and intellect; metallics and charcoals added intensity and drama; and softer neutrals were layered in to provide balance, ensuring the home never tipped into overwhelming.

Defining Style: “Before, the home felt dominated by sameness, with its uniform honey-toned beams and floors,” says McCrary. “Now, it has a confident voice, it speaks of individuality and emotion. Each room tells a story, whether it’s the theatricality of the office or the playful progression of the ombre stair runner.” What makes this project special, she says, is it’s more than a renovation—it’s a portrait of the homeowners.

Project Name: Sandy Toes, Sun Kissed Nose
House Plan and Interior Design: Pascale de Fouchier Interiors
Stylist: Limonata Creative 

A Family Legacy
The client, Baltimore native Amy Baum, got approval from her father and siblings to bring new life to their family’s summer headquarters in Rehoboth Beach. “They wanted a place easy to live in and easy to take care of, without giving up on the design,” says Baltimore-based interior designer Pascale de Fouchier.

The main request was to reflect the spirit of Baum’s mom, who loved the house but had passed away a few years earlier. “We didn’t keep much of Amy’s mom’s furniture…but what kept coming back to me was an idea of her genuine smile and the impression that she was light and uncluttered,” says de Fouchier. “That’s what I tried to carry into the design: lightness, brightness, clean and welcoming lines.”

Calm and Carefree
“There was really a need for calm throughout the house, so it was important that each space was in harmony with the others,” says de Fouchier. “Like the kitchen and dining room—they are facing each other with open arches, so it felt important to not disrupt the visual flow.”

She treated each room like an extension of the nearby ocean, mixing pastels and neutrals. “Imagine you are walking along the shore—waves, pebbles, fog, clouds, declination of blue and pinkish skies, umbrellas, sailboats decks and sails.”

An Oarsome Idea
“From the start I knew I wanted to have a wall display more than wall art,” says de Fouchier. “When I was visiting an antique shop in Annapolis, there was a pair of oars that just hit my eye, and I knew that was it. They were already sold, but I kept the idea and looked for vintage pieces.”

Since most of the bedrooms are close to each other, she wanted them all to feel similar but different. “Heavy cottons and linens bring a feel of richness, while remaining low-key.”

Project Name: Troyer Road Home
House Plan and Interior Design: Innovative Building Services and Jennifer Taylor
Builder: Innovative Building Services

Light My Fire: The main focus in this 7,000-square-foot house was comfort, and “to create a harmonious and timeless look and feel that bridges the gap between traditional and modern aesthetics,” says Rich Haislip, founder and president of Innovative Building Services. “This room is simple yet sophisticated, with proportional but not overwhelming features,” he says. The centerpiece is the light gray natural stone fireplace. “It’s inviting and warm but feels more modern than traditional brick,” says Haislip.

Slatted Wall Haul: “We wanted the kitchen to feel soft and warm yet moody,” says Haislip. That meant soft leather-finished gray quartz countertops and natural white-oak details. Plus, a neutral color palette, with a mix of classic and modern finishes, a balance of tone and texture, and subtle patterns throughout the first floor—including “simple slat designs seen in the custom island, range hood, mudroom, and the living room fireplace and ceiling,” he says.

A Place for Everything: “We wanted the mudroom to feel like the rest of the house—cozy, warm, and inviting,” says Haislip. “It came together with the natural dark slate tiles on the floor and light and warm white-oak wood tones for the custom built-ins, bench, and cubby storage.” There is plenty of room for the entire family.

The Details

Project Name: Saddle Creek
House Plan and Interior Design: Folding Chair Design
Builder: Millstone Barn & Co.
Lumber: Reisterstown Lumber

Into the Woods

“Our intention was for the pool house to be a modern, tactile space that embraces the environment around it,” says Jennifer Walter, owner and principal designer for Folding Chair Design. “We selected the corner windows to max the view and the large bi-fold door that folds all the way back to allow a really easy transition from pool to pool house.”

Inside and Out

The client’s first request was to have stone as the focal point to match the base of the existing house, says Walter. “Once we decided on a deep charcoal/black Hardie plank siding, it made more sense to run with that across the upper half of the pool house,” she explains. “We loved the dark siding because it felt really contemporary yet harmonious with the outdoor surroundings.”

Function, Style, Comfort

“The bathroom came together based off a media console I saw while at Crate & Barrel,” says Walter. She fell in love with the Japanese-style joinery and decided to use it as the vanity in the bathroom, since its large countertops were perfect for stacking towels and other items while changing post-swim. “We ended up finding a carpenter that specializes in Japanese joinery and bamboo gardens to make the dining table to match the vanity,” she says. “It took five months to get it, but it was well worth it.”