All my life I’ve heard stories of Boscobel, the beloved Italianate home of my great-grandparents. The beauty of every room, the stories of balls held there, my grandparents’ romance, and my mother’s charmed childhood. The property is now part of the National Park Service, with the structures where my mother ...
Read MoreFabulous Revovation in Buckeystown
Chip and I just returned from a delightful visit to the completely refurbished Buckeystown Inn, now re-named Frederick Inn. The renovation was beautifully done, and I’ve got the Before & Afters to show you – plus the paint choices – which were spot on, and the inspired work of Tuscan ...
Read MoreSpring House Tour!
To a home and garden junkie like me, few things are more enticing than house tours – the rare opportunity to step through doors and peak inside homes and gardens that are otherwise off-limits. This weekend, just as I’d thought that all the tours were finished for the season, Smithsburg, ...
Read MoreHistoric Architectural Salvage
History is my passion. My love of old houses, buildings, furnishings, even trees, all come from this core obsession. So you can imagine my fondness for the Smithsonian Museum, and it’s all-but-endless ability to feed my curiosity. (I even interned there during college.) And so, when the opportunity came to ...
Read MoreDesigning for a Flip
I don’t know about you, but I’m additcted to renovation shows. To me, the older the better, the sorrier the condition, the more rewarding it is to ‘bring it back’ from the brink. So imagine my delight when a dear friend who owns a number of rental properties mentioned to ...
Read MoreVintage finds
Take a look at some of these new arrivals. Everyone’s bringing truckloads in each day, and I’ll be posting pictures throughout the week to come on Facebook and our website (just click the Tag sale link at the top of this page for the latest). Thanks for reading, Virginia
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