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 Sweet Day” ~ 1996. The following spring they purchased a 2-story Cape-style house with three bedrooms, two and a half baths, full basement and 2-car garage on three acres. “Terry loved the house because of the small acreage, flat yard and accessibility to work,” Sandra explains. “I liked the …
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 …
Let’s face it, basements can be creepy. Campy horror movies don’t send the unsuspecting co-ed down the stairs wielding a flashlight with last decade’s batteries because there’s something warm-n-fuzzy awaiting. Some basements …
The tiny house movement embraces a lifestyle with minimal belongings, small living space and dramatically reduced housing expenses. The average house is 2,600 square feet compared to a tiny house under 400 …