A Barn House in the Country | Farmsteading Family Creates a Dream Estate
“Bella and Sterling—they’re why we bought the farm,” says Thistlewood Farm owner Meredith Elliott. Bella is a winsome Bashkir Curly Clydesdale Cross and Sterling’s a stately Tennessee Walker. When Bella ...
Read More
Read More
More Really Is More! | Betty Lou and Dick Kienle Re-think Their Decision to Downsize
Photography by Kevin Hurley What happens when retirees downsize… and then realize that downsizing just isn’t for them? Five years ago, retirees Betty Lou and Dick Kienle decided to sell ...
Read More
Read More
Coming Home | A Young Professional Returns to Roanoke in Search of Her First Home.
Photography by Kevin Hurley A Roanoke native, Whitney Norbo always knew she wanted to return to her hometown after her college and graduate school years. Her parents, sisters and many other ...
Read More
Read More
Home at Last | Native Roanokers Return to the Valley to Build Their Dream Home
Photography by Kevin Hurley For Brenda and Dewey George, the path to their hillside home in southern Roanoke County was a winding one. Born and raised in the area and ...
Read More
Read More
Holidays at the Headmaster’s | Restored Farmhouse Hosts Faculty, Friends and Family
The holidays come early at the Proctor home in southern Roanoke County. They have to—there’s a lot of entertaining that happens within the walls of the century-old farmhouse, and most ...
Read More
Read More
Southern Charmer | Historic Home Revamped by Top Area Builders and Designers
THE HOME WHERE THE CULLEN FAMILY LIVES IS ONE THEY LOVE, BUT IT WAS NOT LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. While living in another house in the neighborhood, Amy Cullen had ...
Read More
Read More
Midcentury Makeover | Hometown Couple Transforms House on Spring Valley Lake
Just inside the city limits of Roanoke lies a slice of bucolic bliss known as Spring Valley Lake. This large private lake ringed by single family homes—and one of the ...
Read More
Read More
Home at Last | Local Family Makes Favorite Neighborhood Abode Their Own
SCOTT AND LADAWN AVIS had just finished a full-scale renovation on the home they planned to make their “forever home” in South Roanoke, when Scott’s phone rang. Knowing Scott was ...
Read More
Read More
