In 1923, the 3-position traffic light was patented, and Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge became the 30th U.S. President. “The Great Gatzby” was published. The Reverend Charles William Stone and his sons of Bland County, Va., boarded with a family in Cambria to oversee their new house being built on land Rev. Stone had purchased. Bread was 7 cents a loaf and a postage stamp cost 2 cents. Once the family settled in, Rev. Stone, affectionately called Poppy, continued his rounds as …
This is a love story. One very talented beach babe connected her heart and soul to one extremely skilled, guitar pickin’, country cowboy. Linda grew up in Virginia Beach. Larry hails from …
The Knowltons moved to the New River Valley the same year that General Motors launched the first electric car and Mariah Carey topped the charts with “Always Be My Baby” and “One …
It too often carries a negative connotation: To “slap a coat of paint” on something means going for the quickest, easiest spit-spine. Maybe you’re covering up prodigious crayon masterpieces. Maybe those picture-hanging …
Sharon Scott grew up with gardens. Her grandmothers, aunts and mother grew flowers and vegetables, and the delicate fragrances of lilacs, butterfly bushes, clematis, morning glories, peonies and roses wafted in the …
Sisters Florence and Mary Heavener lived all their days in the Blacksburg, 2-story, brick house their parents bought and finished in the 1920s. The other nine children of Laurisa and Floyde Heavener …
Blood, sweat and tears + blueprints, tools and templates + babies, kids and teens + a bold, spiritual tenacity have propelled the Kimzey family to grow while renovating and expanding their unusual …
From an 1,100-square-foot fixer-upper to a 5,000-square-foot luxury lake house, Kent and Linda Carlston moved from summer weekends to full-time lake life in November of 2016. Both hail from the West Coast, …
Amy Hudson had no intentions of living over the store when she bought land for her real estate company offices in 2006. Her main objective was to build the commercial space for …
Ceiling Paint clouds, stars, new color Stencil something Add crown molding Put up a wallpaper border Replace ceiling light fixture Add or update ceiling fan Install canister lighting Increase natural daylight with …