At home with… Winifred Wegmann
After working at Crème de la Crème for the past nine years, store manager Winifred Wegmann noticed something: “I came to realize how much pleasure I take from helping people […]
Reading outside the box: Albemarle’s Northside Library caters to a modern crowd
The new Northside Library, on Rio Road, says anything but “Shhhh.” From the outside, it’s positively jaunty, with aqua-blue and goldenrod-yellow accents dressing up the brick exterior, and surprising diagonals […]
Seeing daylight: Keith Scott brightens up an Albemarle farmhouse
To hear Keith Scott tell it, the house his client started with was almost worse than no house at all. “It was one of those early-’80s, quasi-farmhouse suburban houses that […]
Through the hedge: A Charlottesville garden embraces a woodland
“An unfolding story” is how one Charlottesville resident describes her collaboration with landscape designer Cole Burrell. That’s apt —their work together has logged nine years and counting. But it’s also […]
Storied sophistication: Fabulous and (not too) formal, Tudor Grove blends eras
To visit Tudor Grove is to step into a river of time. This venerable estate, just south of town off Old Lynchburg Road, has been standing here since 1800—long before […]
Cabin fever: Joseph Joseph & Joseph Antiques takes a tiny approach
The tiny house movement hasn’t exactly made its way to our corner of the world, but the scene at one local antique shop tells a different story. At Joseph Joseph […]
Window dressing: Forget energy savings, how should your windows look?
Windows were once the middle child of home construction. You had to take care of them at some point, but you didn’t really pay them any attention until you had […]
At home with…Leslie Burns
Two of interior designer Leslie Burns’ passions put a personal stamp on her work: fine art and travel. Having visited more than 20 different countries and worked as a fine […]
Inside the outside: Through landscape, Gregg Bleam defines “Southern modernism”
The best of both worlds. That’s maybe the easiest way to describe Gregg Bleam’s interest in landscape architecture. Bleam had always loved architecture, but it wasn’t until college, where he […]
Bucolic beauty: Verulam Farm aims to be the setting for memories
Among this year’s offerings during Historic Garden Week, a local star will be Verulam Farm. The Ivy estate has been an Albemarle mainstay for nearly 80 years, and these days […]