The first room you enter from the front of our house is The Long Room. But we never use it that way. In my grandmother’s day, the front door was never opened. You see, in 1952, ten years after she and her young family moved to Clifton on the Monocacy, ...
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I have been both blessed and cursed by my home. Don’t get me wrong: I love my home. But, as with all great relationships, we have our moments… You see, my home was my grandmother’s home. The matriarch of our family, the woman for whom I was named, my archetype ...
Read MoreTo 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 MoreBEFORE: When you have a dramatic statement in the main room of your house, it can take some time to figure out exactly what to do with it. And when it’s an amazing, custom-built, natural-stone feature like this mantel and hearth, the task can become overwhelming. Nancy B., a long-time ...
Read MoreI 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 MoreTake 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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