The fashion underground Problem: Finding space and privacy for a maturing teen When Mary Casell renovated her Woolen Mills home, she bucked the advice of others by making a significant investment in the basement. Choosing to compromise on budget elsewhere, she splurged on reclaimed hardwood floors and gave the semi-subterranean level the same thoughtful fit […]
The fashion underground Problem: Finding space and privacy for a maturing teen When Mary Casell renovated her Woolen Mills home, she bucked the advice of others by making a significant investment in the basement. Choosing to compromise on budget elsewhere, she splurged on reclaimed hardwood floors and gave the semi-subterranean level the same thoughtful fit […]
From the unfinished great room on the main floor, built on piers to lend an illusion of floating in mid-air, John Forasté points out a far-off hillside filled with orderly dots of bare trees. Apple orchards, he says. In the distance are grazing cattle, clearly visible against the thick snow. Foraste’s half-built house is seated […]
Buyers know they hold the cards in the current lackluster housing market, but there’s one obstacle they might be wary of: misrepresentations by home sellers. Nationwide, there have been reports of eager sellers exaggerating square footage and acreage, minimizing property taxes or utility bills, conveniently forgetting about past problems with termites or insisting that charming […]
No matter how nice the rest of your house is, guests will gather and even force themselves into your kitchen during parties. The kitchen, being such an integral part of the home, can really make or break a rental. When it comes to the kitchen, many renters often complain about a lack of storage, workspace/counterspace, […]
Traditionally, a sawhorse—a trestle with two A-frames for legs—is used to support a piece of wood for sawing or cutting, but there’s so much more to this toolshed beast of burden. Place two sawhorses together with a wide plank between, and you have a scaffold to support all kinds of projects. You can used […]
Elk Hill is the kind of place where, after you’ve rung the doorbell, you just happen to notice a plaque informing you that the property is part of the National Register of Historic Places. Commanding a bluff south of Nellysford, the 1805 house presents a formal face to drivers passing below on Rt. 151: white […]
“Vigor” is a term that comes up a lot in discussions of Virginia winemaking. It has to do with how energetically vines grow, based on the kind of soil they’re in and how much sun they get. It’s not always a good thing for a plant to be vigorous—at least as far as the quality […]
You may know him as the acclaimed Fossett’s chef, but since the middle of February, Craig Hartman has been doing something he calls “a little different.” Hartman and his wife, Donna, have opened a barbeque joint in Gordonsville. Fossett’s Chef Craig Hartman says the response to his new Gordonsville barbeque joint has been “overwhelming.” The […]
I visited the UVA Art Museum last week intending to see the “Highlights from the Collection: From Rodin to Warhol” exhibit that was scheduled to open Friday. When I arrived I learned that the Bayly’s elevators were malfunctioning, which made it impossible for museum staff to tear down the last exhibit, “Treasures Rediscovered.” (Would you […]