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Natural high: A mountaintop home in Albemarle lets the outdoors in

The couple was living in Boston when they started looking for an architect to build their house on a mountaintop in Albemarle County. It would have to be a unique […]

joebargmann | October 23, 2019

Abode

Heart of the townhome: A bright kitchen anchors a modern rowhouse

The Charlottesville woman grew up in California wine country—St. Helena, to be precise. Her home, where she lived until she was 16, had a farmhouse feel: open, airy, and not […]

joebargmann | May 15, 2019

Abode

Wonder wall: An expansive pine façade melds beauty and functionality

There’s an air of mystery about the renovated third-floor apartment on the Downtown Mall. A wall of rough-sawn reclaimed white oak treated with bleaching oil runs nearly the entire length […]

joebargmann | May 15, 2019

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