This past Saturday my mom, aunt, cousin, and I attended the Waynesboro Christmas Home Tour sponsored by the Wayne Theatre Alliance. We started our tour at the Paradiso House, a 1910 two-story Colonial Revival built by David T. Coiner, Sr. This house was extensively remodeled in 2008 and is beautiful. The homeowners were busy talking…
An annual Smith Mountain Lake event is an October charity home tour. I’ve never had the opportunity to go on the tour until this year. The great thing about this tour is you can travel from house to house by either car or boat. It was a beautiful day, so we traveled by boat. I…
Our local historical foundation hosts a house tour each fall. Usually my mom, aunt, and cousin tour the homes with me, but this year I was on my own. I started the tour at this Queen Anne/Colonial Revival, circa 1911, which has been extensively remodeled over the past two years. I pass this home by…
One more garden day post for this year! The first house we toured last Tuesday is just out of town, down a long, winding road. As the crow flies, it’s very close to the James River. We were directed down a landscaped path that leads from the house to the mailbox. We had to wait…
It’s been a week since garden day and I’ve admittedly poured over the pictures that I took time and again. If you missed my first garden day post, you can find it here. This home is on the same street as the home I featured in the post above. The owners were going to move…
Tuesday was a beautiful day for Garden Day in Lynchburg. This year’s tour featured four homes and one garden. Each was fabulous in its own way. Today I will share my favorite of the five spots we toured. Luckily, this was our last stop on the tour, so we unintentionally saved the best for last….
I recently spent a few nights with my mom and had one delightful walk in her Walnut Avenue neighborhood. Walking in an older neighborhood with mixed architecture is pure pleasure for me. Isn’t this boxwood lined stone wall pretty? This house is on a huge lot and I’d love to know more about it. It…
Yesterday was the start of Historic Garden Week in Virginia sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia. If you live in Virginia, be sure to see if there is a tour in your area. (Be sure to click on the first link. It is a slide show of houses featured all over Virginia.) My mom…
My mom and I went for a lovely walk on Sunday morning. Admiring houses with good conversation made for a perfect morning. I snapped a few pictures as we walked. This Cherry lined street was gorgeous. We walked down it just to see the trees. After seeing these, who wants to tag along on our…
More house pictures? Oh yes! Let’s take a peak into the cute as a button cottage. It’s sandwiched in between two larger homes and you’d almost miss it from the street if you didn’t know to look for it. A young lady lives in this house and has decorated it in a younger style. Note…
My mom, aunt, cousin, an I went on a Christmas tour yesterday in Mama’s neighborhood. We all agreed that this was the best house tour that we’ve been on ever! The houses were all interesting and very nicely decorated. We started with this house built in 1940. The interesting thing about this house is that…
When I toured historical houses a few weeks ago, I snapped a few pictures of some additional houses in the tour area. I love that my town has such interesting architecture. This house is for sale. I was in it long ago on a historical house tour but I can’t remember much about it. It…