Maybe the tired “new year, new you” adage should apply less to you personally and more to your … home? Start the year off with a lesson from one of these professionals, and learn everything from seasonal seed-starting to watercolor basics or the best ways to support pollinators. Plant workshops at We Grow Floral Shop […]
Maybe the tired “new year, new you” adage should apply less to you personally and more to your … home? Start the year off with a lesson from one of these professionals, and learn everything from seasonal seed-starting to watercolor basics or the best ways to support pollinators. Plant workshops at We Grow Floral Shop […]
The pandemic changed directions for so many lives. For Chad Pelton and Christie Bazemore, it sent them to a new town and a new home. “We were ready for a change after COVID,” Bazemore recalls. “My business lease was coming due, and we’d fallen in love with the Staunton area. Chad’s father lives on a […]
This project started with a vision one couple had of living in the midst of the landscape they love. Once they discovered the perfect spot, the adventure of making that vision come to life began. In 2017 they found about 20 acres in southern Albemarle County that had been left in pasture, close (but not too […]
Every home tells a story, and often it begins on a mood board. We asked this year’s Best of C-VILLE Interior Designer, Stushek Design, to share a few it recently created for clients, giving us a peek into the inspiration behind a globetrotting couple’s living room, a timeless kitchen, a girl’s bedroom in bloom, and […]
A 1930s house in the Rugby-Venable neighborhood has recently been granted Virginia historic status—but to its owner, it’s worth preserving as part of his own family’s history. The wood-frame and stone house, built in the Dutch Colonial Revival style, was designed by noted local architect Milton L. Grigg. A Virginia native, Grigg attended UVA but left […]
Ask ChatGPT to design you a dream room—bed, bath, utility, rumpus, you name it—and the popular bot will likely have a few questions. What are the dimensions? What style are you looking for? What are some main features and must-have details? Answer those questions, and the moment of truth arrives. “Do you want me to […]
We all fantasize about strolling through Zillow to find our dream home. But for one family, the fantasy became reality. “At the time, we were living in the Norfolk area,” recalls the client. “I’d gone to UVA, and always knew I wanted to retire to this area.” The clients’ children were still in school, and […]
It’s called the Sugar Shack, but don’t get the wrong idea. The accessory dwelling unit in the Fifeville neighborhood, designed by Oak Five Architecture, is named for the dandelion wine once made there. “It was a place where lots of stuff happened,” Oak Five principal Kate Snider Tabony says. “[The former homeowners] sold the dandelion […]
It’s not easy being a landscape architect. Thomas Woltz, senior principal with Nelson Byrd Woltz, calls this time “an identity crisis” for the profession. When he tells people he’s a landscape architect, Woltz says, “they ask me what to plant in their backyard.” So now he tells them he designs public spaces, a succinct description […]
The unassuming storefront at 128 Chancellor St. has long belied the Center for Christian Study’s extensive research and scholarship space. And just a few months ago, the square footage behind those doors was expanded even further. Residential and commercial building firm Alexander Nicholson was tasked with the expansion project—namely, to use every last bit of […]