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A quiet hideaway

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Daryl and Jenise Ehrlich sit on a tree swing in the backyard of their League City home. Photo by Stuart Villanueva

In a fast-growing city, couple creates peaceful backyard retreat

League City might be growing by leaps and bounds, but there still are some hidden pockets of land where oak trees stand tall and backyard pastoral meadows exist. [Read more…]

Call of the wild

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Lana and Al Barber stand on their patio in front of their backyard garden in San Leon. The Barbers enjoy the chaos of their plants and being surrounded by green. Photo by Kelsey Walling

A San Leon yard beckons a traveling couple home

After 42 years of marriage and living in various places across the United States, Lana and Al Barber have finally settled into their forever home they bought eight months ago in San Leon.

It wasn’t so much the house that drew them to this particular area, but the yard, and the yards surrounding theirs, they said. [Read more…]

A space all his own

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A sign that translates to, “In this house, the queen does not cook,” decorates Geraldo Schaun’s Galveston kitchen. Schaun wanted a one-person space to give him room to properly prepare meals. Photo by Kelsey Walling

In this island house, the queen doesn’t cook

Geraldo Schaun needed some space. A chef who loves to cook, Schaun needed more counters, more burners, more storage and more room to create his culinary creations. He needed a new kitchen. [Read more…]

‘It really is perfect’

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Robert Zahn, left, and Tim Dudley cut a lemon rosemary rotisserie chicken in their kitchen in the historic Mann House, built in 1876 in Galveston. They enjoy entertaining and cooking together in the kitchen they restored after Hurricane Ike hit in 2008. Photo by Kelsey Walling

East End kitchen made for cooking and entertaining

Tim Dudley and Robert Zahn are the men of the Mann House, an 1876 two-story home in Galveston’s East End. They’ve lived there since 2007, and were proud of their careful restoration of the house, which was built for Galveston County Judge George E. Mann and his family. [Read more…]

Finding their way home

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Corey, Misty, Caryss and Coy Magliolo talk in the kitchen of their remodeled home in Dickinson. Their home along Dickinson Bayou was severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey in August last year. Photo by Kelsey Walling

After Harvey, Dickinson family starts with a clean slate to create coastal vibe

Corey and Misty Magliolo have a new date to celebrate — March 23, 2018. That’s the day they moved back into their Dickinson home that was severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey in August last year. [Read more…]

‘The best idea’

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Liz Lawhorn Cryder and her husband, Scott Cryder, have turned their Galveston back deck, with sweeping views of Offatts Bayou, into a perfect spot for entertaining friends. Photo by Stuart Villanueva

Island couple creates perfect outdoor kitchen with front-row views

Entertaining outside is possible on the upper Texas coast most of the year. Liz Lawhorn Cryder knew that. But for nearly 20 years, she didn’t take advantage of her outdoor space. [Read more…]

‘I could never leave’

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Julie Hall stands outside of her one-of-a-kind home in San Leon. She lives on the upstairs floor and rents out the two units below as the Windmill Gardens Inn. Photo by Stuart Villanueva

A San Leon homeowner carries on the work of a home and garden magazine founder

There’s a certain vibe that Julie Hall felt when she first saw the San Leon house she bought in 1998. Built entirely of concrete blocks, it wasn’t much to look at with living quarters sitting atop an unfinished area below. But it had a water view and it spoke to her, she said. [Read more…]