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Reaping Havoc

A Powhatan-Philadelphia farm experiment goes awry

August 23, 2010 by in Outside

Pastoral Pavilion

After years of working abroad, architect Errol Adels dreamed of settling in a country house. He considered Provence but ultimately built a “contemporary version of a neolassical building” amid the rolling hills of Fauquier County.

August 18, 2010 by in Inside

Where you tend a rose - thumb

Roger Foley

"Where You Tend a Rose. . ."

Sandy Helsel's Williamsburg cottage garden, inspired by a trip to the Cotswolds, packs plenty of surprises in a not-so-secret place.

August 9, 2010 by in Outside

Top to Bottomley

After a painstaking restoration effort, a historic Albemarle County manor house has been returned to its 1920s design, when renowned architect William Lawrence Bottomley and landscape architect Charles F. Gillette imbued it with an effortless charm. Today Blue Ridge Farm is sophisticated enough to house a notable collection of American art and furniture, yet livable enough for a game of Crazy 8s—in any room.

August 2, 2010 by in Inside

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