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Function and games: A family pool anchors a multi-use landscape

Abode | Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

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 project on their hands. And they had an opportunity—to make the pool and its surroundings much more amenable to their lifestyle. “They asked me to […]

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Photo: Paul Whicheloe

Heaven on earth: A sophisticated farm samples many styles

Abode | Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

It’s quite a new house—finished less than three years ago—but the home of Monique Maniet has a settled quality, as though it’s perched on this Rappahannock hillside for a long time. A collection of buildings, more “related” than “matching,” snuggles into the slope, looking like a European village. They’re accompanied by plants of many types, […]

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The homeowner said she would have been happy to pitch a tent on her property, so the modern home architect Anne Gibson Mark designed leaves plenty of room to experience the outdoors. Photo: Stephen Barling

New again: After a fire, embracing second chances in Western Albemarle

Abode | Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

If anyone needs an object lesson in the power of positive thinking, look no further than Katharine “Boo” Dulaney. In 2014, after she’d lived in her Western Albemarle farmhouse for 63 years, she lost her home to a fire. Did she consider moving to town, maybe a little apartment, something easy to care for? “Never […]

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Before the renovation, says homeowner Peter Thomas, "The kitchen and bathrooms were small, outdated—a disaster." Photo: Stephen Barling

Listening to the house: A Keswick renovation aims for seamless style

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

The charm of many old houses is found in similar places—old-fashioned doorknobs, homey fireplaces and gracious entryways. It’s much rarer to fall in love with an aging bathroom or kitchen. When Peter Thomas bought a house in Keswick, built in 1953, he found much to appreciate, but the kitchen and bathrooms were not in the […]

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June in bloom: For a labor-saving summer garden, work smart

By Cathy Clary | COMMENTS

The lure of the long-blooming, low-maintenance garden is perennial in the gardener’s heart. After the rush of early spring has subsided and we are no longer smothered in an eruption of dogwoods, azaleas, peonies, iris and daffodils, thoughts inevitably turn to riding that wave of flowers on to first frost. But we don’t want to […]

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Boxwood Villa, the newest renovations project from the couple behind Grelen Nursery, The Market at Grelen and Spotswood Lodge, can host weddings, family get-togethers and corporate events. Photo: Kellis Photography

Out of the box: A new event space blooms in Orange

By Lisa Martin | COMMENTS

While inspecting an array of tall boxwood shrubs on a property in the town of Orange last year, Grelen Nursery founder Dan Gregg discovered more than he bargained for. The 1891 farmhouse in the center of the ring of shrubs was for sale, and Dan immediately saw its potential as a lodging and event space, […]

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In this recent kitchen remodel, designer Alana Woerpel couldn’t move the location of the plumbing (and thus the sink), so she used a mirror to simulate a window. “It opened up the room by reflecting the view of the patio through the opposing picture window,” she says. Photo: Andrea Hubbell

Through the looking glass: Mirrors might be your secret weapon for decorating

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

There’s a mythical element to mirrors, says interior designer Alana Woerpel, that’s very intriguing. “Some cultures believe that mirrors hold powers over our souls. Hence, a vampire without a soul has no reflection,” she says. “The queen in Snow White had a magic mirror. Alice fell into an alternate world beyond the looking glass. It’s […]

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A central core flanked by two identical wings, V House reflects the homeowner's longtime interest in classical architecture. Photo: Gordon Beall

May Abode: On stands now!

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

In this month’s Abode, learn about Charlottesville kit homes’ past, present and future; see why lighting is better in threes; explore an Ivy landscape that matured over 30 years and—we saved the best for last—peek inside V House, a palatial Albemarle estate designed in Jeffersonian tradition. And then some! Here’s what’s inside: A dank downtown home […]

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To improve traffic flow, designer Amy Hart exchanged the kitchen's peninsula for an island. Photo: Caleb Briggs Photography

Catching up the kitchen: A renovation for looks and flow

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

A kitchen can get outdated while you’re looking the other way. Beth and Greg Morris built their house south of Charlottesville in 1999, and lived there for many busy years as their son was growing up. And although they made a couple of cosmetic changes to the kitchen during that time, it essentially remained the same. […]

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Photo: Gordon Beall

Built for the centuries: A modern-day estate tapes classical traditions

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

Of course the house takes advantage of the views; on this spot, even a campsite would do that. But the formal, palatial home that Dalgliesh Gilpin Paxton Architects designed for an Albemarle hilltop is about more—much more—than what’s outside the windows. The “V House,” as it’s known, sits not only at a physical high point, […]

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Photo: Virginia Hamrick

Blooming bountiful: In a magical Ivy garden, change is a constant

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

Thirty-six years is long enough to watch a forest grow. And it’s long enough to establish an enchanting garden beneath the tree canopy—a magical realm on what was once considered a neighborhood’s least desirable property. “It was the cheapest lot,” says Fran Boninti of the two-acre place she and her husband, Andrew, bought in 1981. […]

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Photo: Virginia Hamrick

Brighten up: When it comes to good lighting, layering is key

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

Good things come in threes: primary colors, books in a trilogy and, says designer Kori Messenger, lighting. “There are three layers of lighting: ambient, accent and task lighting,” she says. “We like to see all three in a space if possible.” In a recent client’s home, Messenger and her designer partner at Foxchase Design, Nicole […]

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1515, a new student center on the Corner, opened in March. Photo: Stephen Barling

1515 and counting: New student center builds on a patchwork past

By Nathan Alderman | COMMENTS

Since its construction in 1896, 1515 University Ave. has been a drugstore, a bookstore, a boarding house, the Cavalier Diner and many more incarnations. The building, which opened in mid-March, now pieces together fragments of all its previous incarnations, giving UVA students a new place on the Corner to call their home away from home. […]

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On the exterior, details of the original home informed the new designs. Photo: Andrea Hubbell

Park place: A North Downtown house takes a step toward the present

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

A historic house on Park Street—one of the first ever built in this genteel Charlottesville neighborhood—is certainly a prize. But it comes with some baggage. When Ariana and Greyson Williams bought their home, built in the 1850s by a Virginia Supreme Court judge and listed on the National Historic Register, they knew they wanted to do […]

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Kit home (like this Sears Aladdin Westwood, seen in present day in the Lewis Mountain neighborhood) were most popular in the early 20th century, but there are modern iterations. Photo: Chris Inman

Kit and caboodle: After popularity in the 1900s, where are mail order homes now?

By Shea Gibbs | COMMENTS

Immigrants and minorities struggling to buy their own homes after the turn of the century had an unlikely ally—the powerful Sears, Roebuck & Company. Sears sold mail-order kit homes and provided easy-qualification mortgages from 1908 to 1940, putting about 70,000 houses into the hands of enterprising folks looking to build their dream dwelling with their […]

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What’s next? Four of UVA’s architecture school grads tell us where they’re headed

What’s next? Four of UVA’s architecture school grads tell us where they’re headed

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

Now that they’ve made it through the program, we asked a few of UVA’s architecture graduate students to tell us where they’re headed come May 21. Jennifer Hsiaw Undergraduate school/degree: U.C. Berkeley, BA Architecture; MIT, MEng Structural Engineering Graduate degree/concentration: Master of Architecture Summary of your thesis: My thesis is looking at high-tech corporate campuses […]

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Photo: Andrea Hubbell

April Abode: On stands now!

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

This month’s Abode is historic—peek inside a 19th-century farmhouse, explore an updated 1850s James River estate, find out the best way to preserve wood detailing in your home and more. Here’s what you’ll find inside: A Lewis Mountain home evolves in phases. When to restore or replace. A new Bundoran show home. A 300-acre James […]

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Panelling and scrollwork on the staircase are the old home's fanciest touches. Photo: Paul Whicheloe

April Abode: Near Earlysville, an old farmhouse keeps its history at the fore

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

In a county like Albemarle, where vigorous growth routinely fills in open space with new homes, it’s reassuring to know there are still places where the opposite has happened. Wilhoit Mill Farm, near Earlysville, is one of those bucolic spots: a onetime rural village that’s less populated now than it was in the past. That’s […]

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Photo: Dunterry LLC

April Abode: Monticola, a fine Albemarle estate, turns back the clock

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

Here’s one for the dreamers: Monticola, a nearly 300-acre estate on the James River, is for sale. If you’ve never heard of Monticola, you’re not alone. Despite its rich history, it claims little fame and has never really been a public place. Now, spiffed up for a turn on the market, it’s ready for a […]

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Photo: Andrea Hubbell

April Abode: Over 15 years, a modernist city house takes on a new shape

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

Jeff Dreyfus and Bob Headrick have always loved their house. It is a special place—very progressive when it was built in 1933, predating by decades most other local examples of modern architecture. Its International Style design is bold and crisp, built with geometric planes of white accented by black. Yet by 2002, when the couple […]

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Photo: Virginia Hamrick

April Abode: An alternate design house event takes shape at Bundoran Farm

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

Every year since 2009, the Shelter for Help in Emergency has hosted its Design House event, taking a local home that’s on the market and transforming it with the assistance of some of Charlottesville’s best interior designers, landscape designers and local vendors. Proceeds from tours of the home benefit the nonprofit, which provides safe environments […]

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Photo: Virginia Hamrick

March Abode: On stands now!

By Caite Hamilton | COMMENTS

The latest issue of Abode features a Shenandoah Valley home with everything to hide, a minimalist kitchen in Albemarle, the best performance fabrics and more. Here’s what’s inside: Belmont’s newest eatery. An addition at Western Albemarle High School. Recycled countertops and—what?—wooden tiles. Performance fabrics inside the home. How to give your boxwoods the best chance […]

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Photo: Virginia Hamrick

The long view: A Shenandoah Valley home spreads out on a hilltop

By Erika Howsare | COMMENTS

Living abroad for decades gives you a special perspective on home. So does waking up every morning to a fantastic view. For one local couple, 30 years in various foreign countries was the prelude to a new chapter: retirement on a hilltop in Steeles Tavern, just a handful of miles from where the husband grew […]

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