Architecture
Most houses were 2 stories and very symmetrical, following the "Southern Colonial" style. They often had a decorative crown above the front door and featured narrow side windows flanking the front door. Also, such houses such house featured paired, double chimneys. These houses were also built to give a rich, regal feeling, exhibiting a characteristic long sequence of columns in the front. Also, most houses had a white or off-white color on the outside like most colonial houses, but painted the inside walls colonial blue and yellow in order to contrast with the elegant red carpets of the homes.
Colonial Art
Maryland colonial art was mostly portraits, and portraits everywhere. Portraits were on or in almost every house or building. The artists who created such portraits often used oil on canvas to depict many religious figures and historical events. Paintings with normal pencils and utensils were also common.
Colonial Food
As Maryland contained the resourceful Chesapeake Bay, colonists often ate meals made with oysters and fish. Their major protein sources were venison, pork, lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, possum, raccoon, pigeon, and eggs. Cows were raised but mostly for milk and cheese as many poor farmers didn't have the resources to care for them. Crops grown for food were wheat, maize, barley, oats and rye. Turnips, radishes, cauliflower, squash (including pumpkin), carrots, eggplant, and cabbage were imported from England and grown. Tomatoes weren't common until the 1650s because supposed "experts" in the past had thought they were poisonous. Many nuts were in plentiful supply such as walnuts, pecans, and hazelnuts.
Maryland colonists were skilled at powder horn carving. Powder horns were the horns of ox or cows that were used to hold gunpowder with the wide end filled in and a nozzle at the powdered end. Also, many colonists were good woodworkers and blacksmiths, creating many important tools for the colonies survival and fashioning many beautiful designs. Book binding and hat making were also specialties of Maryland.
Clothing
The clothing styles of the settlers were distinctly European. As was in Europe, the women created the clothing in Maryland. Made mostly from wool, the settlers' clothing pieces consisted of breeches, waist coats, wool stockings, and shirts with ruffled collars for men; and long dresses, corsets, and petticoats for women. Men also wore tri-corner hats. Handcrafted wigs were an important part of colonial clothing, and were worn by both men and women.
There's little record of music in Maryland before the 18th century but after large numbers of slaves came in the 1700s, many white plantation owners earned enough money to buy musical instruments such as violins, flutes, and harpsichord. Many of the lower class people commonly played guitars, drums, and banjos.