Before “I do!” comes “Will you?,” and Charlottesville is full of beautiful spots to pop the question. For outdoorsy types, there’s always Carter Mountain, which overlooks the city; Humpback Rock […]
Low stone walls, a stone deck and lots of ornamental plants create a natural feel. But the pool zone doesn’t lack for convenience: A pergola at one end shelters an […]
When Carl and Khabira Wise spoke to us for this story, it was late afternoon and they were sitting in their pool. “We normally have pool time around 4 o’clock,” […]
The first time Staci Vinson and Robyn Templeton walked into their house—even though it was still under construction—they had the feeling they’d been there before. “We’d been drawing this house […]
Coco Chanel supposedly once said that, before leaving the house, one should look in the mirror and take off a piece of jewelry. The same goes for the house itself, […]
Nobody wants to sit in a backyard, jungle gym-side with a cold beer on a hot Saturday afternoon. Sandbox-side? Forget it. But poolside? Now we’re talking. Unfortunately, pools aren’t cheap. […]
Before they could build a place to bring people together, the founders of Common House had to keep it from falling apart. Five years ago, longtime friends Josh Rogers, a […]
The couple was not looking to revamp their pool, but the year after they moved into their Albemarle house, the pool began to cave in. They realized they had a […]
When Brookville Restaurant shuttered in December 2016, Southern food-lovers the town over wept into the last bite of their zucchini short stacks, which had been on the menu since the […]
It may not look like anything fancy, but the old-school banana split at Chandler’s Ice Cream (that throwback soft-serve stand by the Tractor Supply store on River Road) is a […]