Soot yourself: The cleaning, care, and keeping of your chimney
If you have a fireplace or a wood stove in your home, odds are good that you also have a chimney. And if you have a chimney, it needs to […]
Wall to wall coverage: Building with stone brings endless possibilities
If stone walls could talk, they’d probably say, “Man, it’s great to be built to last and look good doing it.” Landscape walls are more than just a way to […]
Scene setter: The curtain rises on a fresh Live Arts
More than a decade ago, three of Charlottesville’s signature arts organizations got a beautiful new home—the City Center for Contemporary Arts, housing Live Arts theater, Lighthouse Studio, and Second Street […]
Two for one: Architect Kate Snider Tabony on merging arts and science
“For me, architecture is like a state of active meditation—like yoga for the brain.” That’s Alloy Workshop architect Kate Snider Tabony on practicing her craft—one that’s taken her, since attending […]
Up river: In Scottsville, a pared-down weekend home
With a weekend house, showiness is not the point. Take, for example, the big island in the kitchen/dining room of Danny and Katie MacNelly’s Scottsville getaway. Deceptively simple, it provides […]
East and West: An Asian-inspired home embraces Virginia’s seasons
It’s a long way from London to the woods of northern Albemarle County. Paul and Ginger Ferrell lived in the British capital for 24 years, and as they eyed retirement […]
Bursting with life: A blank-slate city lot, transformed
Meredith Mercer had luck on her side when she bought her house on Hessian Road in 2006. After living in various cities around the world, none with any land to […]
Almost heaven: In Nelson, a farm to come home to
For certain buyers, there’s nothing more romantic than a big old farmhouse on a fair piece of land. Throw in a view and some large shade trees, and some people […]
As is, with a twist: An Albemarle couple keeps the best of the past
1964 was probably a great year in some ways—for one thing, it was the year the Beatles first hit the U.S.—but not for kitchens. Nowadays, folks tend to find the […]