Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review the products and services we cover. If you buy through our links, we may get paid. Originally hailing from Troy ...

Last week, I slowly started to move into a new home outside of Washington, D.C., in an area of Maryland named Frederick County. The area is lovely—very rural, lots of rolling hills, farms and cows.