Safe Schools: Three Things to Know
As families send their youngsters off to school each morning, they want to know their children are spending the day in a safe place. They count on schools to provide […]
August ABODE: On stands now!
In this issue, you’ll find a an artist-architect, a symmetrical Fluvanna pool, Vinegar Hill’s second act and more. Here’s what’s inside: Jessie Chapman‘s visual approach. Vinegar Hill’s second life in […]
A finer farmhouse: Making an 1800s home function for the millennium
This place looks nothing like a hay barn. Yet there was a time, at some point in the early 20th century, when the Somerset farmhouse now belonging to David and […]
Time travel: A country landscape spans the centuries
The weekend home of a Washington, D.C., couple sits not quite in the middle of their 76-acre property north of Charlottesville. They didn’t choose the most lofty site for their […]
Jessie Chapman connects sketch and structure
In a way, one might say Jessie Chapman is getting back to basics. While many architects have gotten out of the practice of sketching their designs as the use of […]
Vinegar Hill, the sequel: Designing a second life for a beloved theater
When Vinegar Hill Theatre closed its doors in 2013 after 37 years of showing independent films, many cinephiles in Charlottesville mourned its loss. So when the downtown building became the […]
Early inspiration: At home with designer Michelle Adams
A second-generation interior designer, Michelle Willis Adams grew up “assisting” her mother, who had a design business in New York and Rappahannock, Virginia. She can remember sitting at her mother’s […]
Porticos not only look nice but can serve a porch-like function
You want a porch. But you’re afraid of commitment. Do you really want to spend the rest of your life with a whole deck hanging off the front of your […]
Road warrior: Sizing up potential in a tricky location near the 250 Bypass
The first very important question for would-be buyers of 622 Watson Ave. is this: How much imagination do you have? The question is key because the house, a 1930 foursquare, […]
The water’s fine (and we have pool envy!)
Designer Ann Nicholson admits she borrows inspiration from unlikely places—Edgemont, a historic Albemarle residence possibly designed by Thomas Jefferson; a pool house in the Hamptons belonging to designer Tory Burch. […]