Next Home Project: Home Gym and Basement Bath

Next Home Project: Home Gym and Basement Bath

If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that we do not need to go to a gym to get a good workout.  Peloton obviously crashed it during this season of discontent and disease, giving people a community PLUS a safe way to work out from the comfort of your own home. What...
My New House: The Mudroom Plan

My New House: The Mudroom Plan

I’m not sure I’ve ever gotten more questions about a source than I have for my mudroom faux brick tile. Yes, it’s faux brick, porcelain tile, not thin brick veneer or full brick and mortar. First of all, we had a certain floor height we needed to work with in the...
The Tale of Two Kitchens

The Tale of Two Kitchens

“The west wing tells a story that is completely different from that of the Tayloe family that lived in the main house.”— Catherine Emery Built between 1748 and 1758, the Neo-Palladian stone mansion at Mount Airy Plantation is located on the banks of eastern Virginia’s...