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  And acreage, too Nothing like a nice, big front yard to class up the joint. We think this colonial off Ivy Road is plenty nice on its own, but […]

 Greens for the salad days   In the Wide World of Lettuce, there is one major delineation—the one between leaf lettuce and head lettuce. On the Head Lettuce side are […]

Kids on kitchen duty Problem: Getting the kids to help themselves Kate Bennis and Hal Movius designed their kitchen so that Anya, 4, and Luke, 6, can set their own […]

 For several years, the terms “green building” and “LEED” have been all but synonymous. Considered the gold standard (or, in some cases, platinum) for sustainable design, the LEED program has […]

 Even though the word “foreclosure” has lost much of its stigma in recent years, thanks to Wall Street recklessness and subsequent bailouts, it’s still a state most homeowners would prefer […]

If renters are lucky enough to inherit some usable outdoor space, be it patio, yard or balcony, many would not think to sink any resources into their not-so-great outdoors. I […]

Now that you’ve collected some must-have D.I.Y. home improvement tools from all the good advice you’ve garnered from Toolbox, you need somewhere to put them: a toolbox, of course! As […]

 Thirty-one years ago, Roger Voisinet moved to Charlottesville from Montreal. He lived near Sugar Hollow, at one end of the single road that bears many names: Sugar Hollow Road, Garth […]

 When Smith Williams says, “I had to roll my shirt sleeves up,” reflecting on his early days with JW Sieg Wines,

“In the beginning,” says the Paramount Theater’s General Manager Mary Beth Aungier, “all the shows were sold out. There was an excitement in town, and everybody involved in the theater was so excited."