SHOWCASE HOMES

Room & Board | 1907 Revival Gets an Eclectic Modern Facelift
Melissa Mangold isn’t one to shy away from a project. Even if it’s a big project—big like renovating an entire century-old house, from top to bottom, by herself. What gave ...

Ensemble Work | Dream Cast Stages Country House Solitude, Minutes from Town
One Act: Assemblage Chris and Shannon Franzelas started dreaming of the home they would build together soon after they were engaged in 2015. The couple assumed they would likely wind ...

Point of View | Elegant Home Is Designed for Both Present and Future
On the western side of Lynchburg, Cynde and John Buckles’ home sits like a gem, nestled into the rolling hills and trees of the Piedmont. The road to this stunning ...

French Country Living | Major Leaguer Hits a Home Run in Goode
If you live in Central Virginia and follow baseball at all, you’re probably familiar with the name Brandon Inge. A graduate of Brookville High School, Inge went on to play ...

New Beginnings | The House That Love (Re) Built
The brick colonial on Langhorne Road in Lynchburg has been home to several families over the years, but when it was purchased three years ago by Renee and Dave Wood, ...

Everything Old Is New Again | Farmhouse Restored to Former Glory
The Morris Manor is a stately farmhouse on seven acres of peaceful pasture in Gladys. It is filled with the sounds of an active young family of five, headed by ...

A Classic Christmas In A Bedford Bungalow
On a narrow street in the heart of Centertown Bedford lies a bungalow that looks like it came straight from a Currier & Ives landscape, complete with the warm glow ...

Take A Tour | Renovated Retreat Part Of Charity Home event
There are home makeovers that compel you to think, “Wow, that’s pretty amazing.” And then there are jaw-dropping, how-can-that-possibly-be-the-same-house makeovers. Tara and Jeff Allen’s home at Smith Mountain Lake definitely ...