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RUGBY ROAD - Designed by Eugene Bradbury, this meticulously updated, 6BR/5.5BA, c. 1913 residence occupies two lots of just under 2.5 acres, within walking distance to UVA & Barracks Road. Steve McLean (434) 981-1863. $2,750,000 MLS# 530390
FARMINGTON-Elegant 4BR brick home, over 6,400 fin/sq ft on 2 levels. Spacious LR & FR, superb kitchen, wonderful porch overlooking beautifully landscaped grounds, pool & golf course. $2,850,000. Steve McLean (434)981-1863
CLOUDS HILL FARM – Spectacular c. 1870 barn w/magnificent beams has been transformed into a stunning updated residence on 35 acres in Ivy. $3,900,000 Charlotte Dammann (434) 981-1250. MLS#533616
FARMINGTON – Elegant residence, c. 1931. Unique 4 BR, 5 BA + 6,800 fin. sq/ft home meticulously maintained in “turn-in key” condition. Situated on 2.6 acres adjacent to the 16th Fairway. $3,800,000 McLean (434)98-1863. MLS#533998
WESTERN ALBEMARLE SCHOOLS Exceptional, custom-designed 4BR, 3BA home on just under 3 private acres acres features open floor plan with beautiful details $589,000. MLS #534352. Steve McLean (434) 9811863.
PRIME IVY LOCATION! - Charming Colonial on almost 1 acre in Meriwether Lewis School District. 4 BR, 2 full & 2 half BA, 2,815 sq/ft. Pool, 2-car attached garage. $515,000. MLS #534379. Steve McLean (434) 981-1863.
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CLOVERDALE VALLEY FARM Exceptional 222 acre estate, elegant & graceful residence, built w/ superb material & craftsmanship. Spectacular setting next to National Forest. $3,990,000. Jim Faulconer (434)981-0076 MLS#535217
SIGNIFICANT DOWNTOWN RESIDENCE c. 1911- “Park Hill”, over a century of elegant city living now for sale. Recently renovated 5 BR historic home designed by noted architect, Eugene Bradbury. Located off Park Street within the North Downtown neighborhood, Park Hill is within easy walking distance of the Downtown Mall. The private 2 acre site offers garden, swimming pool, and spectacular specimen trees. $1,148,000 Tim Michel (434)960-1124.
BEAR BRANCH FARM -Magnificent mountain views from this high end residence on 208 acres. This 4 BR home is bright, airy & perfect for fulltime living or the ultimate family retreat. $1,650,000 Charlotte Dammann (434)981-1250. MLS#532232
PARK STREET - Terrific north downtown residence on nearly three quarters of an acre lot with separate home office/studio. $799,999 Charlotte Dammann (434)981-1250. MLS#515228
GREENBRIER-Brick home on large lot in a popular city neighborhood. 4 BR, 2 full BAs & FR, located on cul-de-sac & convenient to downtown, shopping, & UVA. $279,900. Judy S. Campbell 434-466-6688 MLS #534882
World-class Blue Ridge views 10 minutes to town from this extraordinary Jim Tuley designed contemporary. Perched on over 11.5 private acres this beautifully-built home is truly oneof-a-kind! $1,145,000 Steve McLean (434) 981-1863. MLS#533291
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DANWELL FARM ~ 110 acre turnkey western Albemarle farm with magnificent, layered Blue Ridge Mountain views. An artfully designed, exceptionally maintained James Tuley, AIA, contemporary farmhouse with expansive windows that bring views and light into every room. Additional acreage available. In the heart of Farmington Hunt Country. 20 minutes to Charlottesville and 10 minutes to the airport $2,500,000
3497 KESWICK ROAD ~ Kingma Developerscraftsmanship at its best. Combining a high level of quality and finishes with efficient design and an elegant layout. Well-proportioned rooms create main level living with two additional bedrooms upstairs. A high-ceilinged, walkout basement allows for additional space. House is close to netzero (low to no power bills) due to state-of the art solar panels, LED lighting and insulation. Hardwood floors throughout. 1 mile to Keswick Hall. MLS# 530650 $635,000
3405 KESWICK ROAD ~ Like new, 4 bedroomhome 1 mile from Keswick Hall and less than 10 minutes to town. Open floor plan with master on the first floor. Each room has an en-suite bath. Option of a large third floor master. MLS# 530695 $450,000
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DICK WOODS ROAD ~ 5-22 acre lots in the Murray District, only 10 easy minutes from town. Sweeping views of the Ragged Mountains and surrounding farmland. Close to 64 allowing easy access to Charlottesville, the University, UVA Medical and Martha Jefferson Hospital. Starting at $265,000
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Though it was built 15 years ago, Peter and Angela D.’s house off the Blue Ridge Parkway looks new. That’s thanks in large part to STOA, the local design-build firm they hired to make the home structurally sound and a bit more modern, as well as to take in the sprawling westward view over the Shenandoah Valley.
Daggett & Grigg’s design for Jim and Cynthia Stultz’s Palladian-style home in Albemarle included an ambitious hardscape with a semicircular wall at the rear terrace. To build it, they approached Shelton Sprouse, a veteran stonemason whose credentials include Poplar Forest, Ash Lawn-Highland and Monticello itself.
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Heritage Harvest Festival Held in the gardens of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, this daylong festival celebrates America’s “first foodie” with fruit and veggie tastings, organic gardening lectures, seed-saving demonstrations and more for the whole family. $8-15, 931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway. heritageharvest festival.com
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Dan Zimmerman’s path to architecture was slow, but steady
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didn’t know what my future would hold, but I wanted to spend my time in college drawing and making things.” That’s Dan Zimmerman on his visit to Virginia Tech, the school from where he’d later graduate with a degree in architecture. A constant sketcher growing up, Zimmerman was interested in art but wasn’t sure how that interest could lead to a career. Once he settled on Tech, he was hooked. “Many nights I’d end up sleeping under my desk after pulling an all-nighter in the studio,” he says. After college, he moved to Winchester, where he worked for a small residential architecture firm before moving to New York City to be with his then-girlfriend (now his wife and colleague), Serena Gruia. A few years later, they set up shop in Charlottesville and, in 2007, partnered with Zach Snider’s Irons Construction to form Alloy Workshop, a design-build firm that specializes in modern structures for everything from aging in place to LEED-conscious homeowners. We asked him to tell us a little about his path to architecture, what he’s working on now and the state of the industry in our region.—Caite White
serve. At age 4, I wasn’t drawing building sections or creating LEGO towers to the moon, but as I grew up, I drew and sketched daily. I was definitely interested in art, but I didn’t know how it could lead to a career. My father led me to architecture. We visited Virginia Tech when I was a sophomore in high school. I didn’t know the difference between engineering and architecture, so he thought it would be a good idea to find out. I don’t remember the answer they gave at the engineering school, but when I walked into the architecture building, I saw a cool, modern, light-filled building. It was also filled with desks surrounded by drawings and stacked high with models. At that moment I decided that architecture was what I wanted to do.
Tell us about your college studio experience. Was there a stand-out teacher who had a lasting impact on you? It took me a semester to get my bearings, but after that I jumped into architecture and the studio experience with both feet. I was there all the time. I worked in the architecture school library and many nights I’d end up sleeping under my desk after pulling an all-nighter in the studio. I had several great professors who influenced me, but Jay Stoeckel stands out. Importantly, he was a practicing architect. He was constantly challenging me to think through the work. His critiques were brutally honest, sometimes insisting that we go back to the drawing board. Everyone should have a harsh critic (just ask my wife); it is ingrained in me the importance of making deliberate choices and being able to share the rationale behind them.
Why architecture? Architecture is an extremely broad profession which has allowed me to find and develop a career tailored to my natural and learned skills and strengths. For me, it is creative problem solving, design, entrepreneurship and community development. Other architects out there have a true love for building codes and zoning. It is said that architects are generalists. I have also heard it said that architects are a mile wide and a foot deep, while other professions can be a foot wide and a mile deep. I love that architecture allows me to explore so many varied paths within the profession.
Why did you choose to practice in Virginia?
What was your life like as a child and how did it lead you to design? Unlike my extroverted father, I was sort of shy as a child, so I would often hang back and ob12 ABODE
For me, it begins with talking to our clients, learning as much as we can about their daily lives; how they live and work or how their business is run. It also begins by establishing the parameters of the project: Are there zoning, regulatory, budgetary or schedule restrictions? The idea is to cast a very wide net of wants, desires and needs in the beginning, so as the project develops, design solutions and concepts can address more than one need. The hope is to improve, as much as we can, the daily lives of our clients.
What inspires you? The challenge. I love to creatively problem solve. I love to help people. Architecture allows me to do both every day. It allows me to help others create.
How does the site or sense of place inform architecture for you? That really depends a lot on the client and the project. It is always a major factor in the design, but I don’t have a single formula for my approach. My personal preference is to find a balance between the existing site and the new project. But there are times when it is appropriate to find beauty in creating opposition to the existing conditions.
What’s in the studio at the moment? Right now, we have a really nice balance of commercial and residential projects. We are working on exterior renovations for two different local restaurants, an office renovation for a growing national company that is based in Charlottesville, a two-story addition to a house downtown and an addition and renovation of a house on Pantops for some returning clients. Our office has been really blessed to work with some great clients since we started. There is a lot of trust needed and we work really hard to earn the trust of our clients.
How would you assess the state of architecture in our region?
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I grew up in Winchester, so I am a Valley boy. I went to Virginia Tech and after college worked in Winchester, where I became licensed. Shortly after that I met my wife, Serena, who was living in New York City, so I moved there to be with her. After a few years, we decided to move out of the city so I could start my own practice. We chose Charlottesville because it was in Virginia; like Winchester, it is a small community where you can see a friend almost anywhere you go; like New York, there is something going on every night.
On process: How does it begin?
Dan Zimmerman
Overall, I would say that it is positive. I work primarily in the Charlottesville community, but as president of our local chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), I can say that the architects that live and work in our region are extremely talented and are making great contributions to their communities. Charlottesville is a progressive community that is rooted in the past; it supports and appreciates a broad range of architectural styles. We have some of the best examples of architecture, both old and new, right here in our community. That being said, there are always going to be buildings that get realized which make you wonder, why did they do that? Or, how did they miss that opportunity?
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Named for a former slave couple, Gibbons House was the last of eight new structures on Alderman Road to be completed before students’ arrival this fall.
ne thing about first-year college students: Year after year, they just keep showing up. In pursuit of better places for those folks to bed down, UVA has spent the last nine years building eight new structures on Alderman Road, a massive project that replaces older dorms built in the 1960s. With the first new building, Kellogg House, finished in 2008, the campaign has been a lengthy process leading to the completion of the final structure: Gibbons House, which was completed before this fall’s crop of students arrived. It’s not just about more beds. Although—with UVA adding 50-100 students per year to its rolls—that was certainly one of the goals. Kate Meyer, a project manager with University Facilities Management, says that the building’s designs reflect changing ideas about what a dorm should be. “The residence halls are not really just for sleeping,” she says. “They more and more are being used for student activity and study.”
To that end, the first floor of each new dorm is devoted entirely to common space, like multipurpose rooms, study rooms and lounges: lots of places to get together. Plus, the project’s second phase included an entire building, one-story Ern Commons, that’s just for student gatherings. Another big change: Whereas the trend for some years has been toward suite-style living, Meyer says, the new dorms go back to the classic me-and-my-roommate model. “The suites were often five or six single occupancy rooms with a living room,” she explains. “Some students felt isolated by that. They would be in their room with the door closed. With double rooms off corridors, people are more likely to meet other students and have a more positive experience.” At five stories and roughly 50 students per floor, the new dorms as a group house 1,400 students. They enjoy a little more luxury than some of their predecessors. In the past, says Meyer, the thinking went, “‘They’re 18, they’re
just going to make a mess’”—leading to a utilitarian aesthetic (think painted concrete-block walls). “That’s not really the way our students are. The new buildings feel like a nice hotel.” Better finishes help UVA compete for discerning students. And the university’s trying to get out in front on sustainability, too—all the new buildings earned at least LEED silver status, and one has earned LEED gold. More than 95 percent of demolition debris from the old buildings, according to the project website, was slated to be recycled. Aesthetically, the new dorms are traditional, in line with the university’s prevailing neo-Jeffersonian look. Meyer says that the Alderman Road project is part and parcel of an overriding recommitment to UVA being a residential college. Though most second-, third- and fourthyear students live off grounds, she says, “For the first year, we do want to provide a good residential experience.”—Erika Howsare
“The residence halls are not really just for sleeping,” says Kate Meyer. “They more and more are being used for student activity and study.” ABODE 15
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our kid is struggling in school. You could get him a tutor. You could motivate him to work harder. You could provide all the love and support needed to make him want to be a better student. Or you could just buy him a desk so nice he won’t be able to stay away from the books. And just how do you come up with a desk like that? You gotta go built-in, and you gotta do it right. Here’s what you need to know to make your kid’s own personal study nook (or your own home office) come up aces.
David Marshall of Albion Cabinets & Stairs doesn’t mince words about the cost of a custom desk. “Oh yeah,” he says. “Doing a built-in is more expensive than going to Lowe’s.” But he insists it’s worth it—you’re paying for a designer to come to your home, examine your specific space and come up with the perfect piece. Plus, the costs can vary depending on the features you’re looking for. Marshall says it’s tough to guess at the price of a built-in desk, but he asks his clients to give him as much info as they can about their style to ensure everyone feels they get what they paid for. Matt Gruber of Peak Builders agrees the cost could range anywhere from a couple hundred dollars for a basic desk to several thousand dollars. He also says homeowners considering a built-in should think about what it might do to their resale value. “Built-ins in a lot of ways are a really personalized thing,” he says. “People that are in their forever home tend to focus on maximizing their space, but it’s an expense. In the housing boom everybody was slapping things together, and no one really took the time to think about built-ins. People have calmed down and are chewing on it more.”
Pick the right spot Thinking of putting your little bookworm’s desk in his bedroom? Think twice. “A lot of times we’ve done built-ins for kids in a hallway upstairs or a common room, out in an area where parents can keep tabs,” Gruber says.
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According to Gruber, the shape of your house will also inform the ideal location for your builtin. The best spots are natural nooks and crannies where the desk won’t “encroach on the rest of the room.” Positioning a built-in desk under a dormer or windows can also work (although distractions can be a concern). “I wouldn’t take a flat wall and jam a desk against it,” Gruber says. “It will feel obtuse sitting in the room like that.”
Craft your look Marshall says most of the non-cabinet built-in work he does these days is composed of paintgrade wood, allowing his clients to go with just about any finishing color. He recommends checking out Pinterest and houzz.com to find inspiration and is accustomed to his clients sharing the pieces they’ve found online with him. Gruber points out that aspiring designers can choose from a variety of desktop materials, just
as they would for kitchen counters or bathroom vanities. He’s seen homeowners go with granite and soapstone in addition to the more traditional stained wood, painted wood or glass tops.
Choose the right accessories The finishing touches on your desk can be what makes the grade. Gruber says he recommends at least one large file drawer. “Most people that have a home office or kids need a large drawer that gives you one central storage location,” he says. On top of file drawers, you might add a kneespace drawer (the pullout just under the desktop that can hold a keyboard or pens), a cubbyhole for a computer tower or bookshelves just above the desk. These are just the sort of additions that’ll drive up the price of your new desk, but really, can you put a price on your budding scholar’s success?— Shea Gibbs ABODE 17
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ach one bigger and better than before—that’s how interior designer Moyanne Harding describes her four retail shops, the first of which she opened in 1994, just three years after establishing her design business, Interiors by Moyanne. A fifth location, The Downtown Design Center in Lynchburg, opens this month. Harding graduated from Randolph Macon Women’s College in 1987 with a degree in studio art and design before qualifying as a member of the Interior Design Society. For her, she says, “It’s all about adding the finishing touches to a master plan and specific layers of style to make it a fabulous project.” “I like to do it all—from construction and remodeling to placing soap in the soap dishes.” We asked Harding what she’s been interested in lately and what she’s working on next.—Caite White
What are you currently reading? A Rudrani Devi book.
What are you listening to? Vintage Marvin Gaye and Eric Clapton.
What are you watching on TV? BBC Masterpiece Theater, “Ancient Aliens” and “Forensic Files.”
What are you eating/drinking lately? Eating: Homegrown tomatoes and mozzarella! Drinking: Bouchaine Chardonnay.
What are you working on? Commercially, furnishings and upgrades in the Randolph College Wright dorm and classroom. Residentially, many, many wonderful homes in McLean, Richmond, Lynchburg and Charlottesville. Plus, my new location—The Downtown Design Center—in Lynchburg.
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ou’d never know that Peter and Angela D.’s house, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, isn’t brand new. Looking sharp in its ipe siding and modern lines, it appears to be a newly minted creation of Charlottesville design-build firm STOA, which just finished revamping it last December. What’s perhaps even more surprising is that it wasn’t a midcentury relic; it was originally built just 15 years ago. But the couple had two good reasons to radically remake their house after they bought it in 2012. For one thing, “It was very much not our style,” says Angela, comparing the place to the set of TV’s “Dynasty.” “There was vinyl siding and filigreed bits of metal everywhere.” (She and Peter preferred something more like Don Draper’s New York apartment on “Mad Men.”) For another, there were major structural problems stemming from shoddy construction and the extreme weather that routinely visits this site on the very backbone of the Blue Ridge. A week after the couple moved in, Superstorm Sandy came calling. “We could see water penetrating through the windows and doors,” says Peter. “The fireplace and chimney were making tremendous noise and there was clear motion of air through the house.” Nonetheless, most of the structural issues weren’t obvious until the couple hired STOA to remediate the existing chimney, a large stone affair unsuited to the site’s 60- to 80-mile-per-hour winds. Once the team began to inspect the house more closely, “We started realizing some of the building practices were not good,” says STOA’s Michael Savage. “There was no flashing around the windows; the bandboard was rotted.” One thing led to another, and before long, STOA and its clients realized they had a major renovation on their hands. This suited STOA’s Justin Heiser, jokes Peter: “He had a vision right away. He says, ‘We’ve got to replace that front window,’ and I said, ‘Hi, my name’s Peter.’” A total redo would provide the chance to do the necessary structural reinforcement, insulation and weatherproofing, and it would make the dwelling into something as beautiful as the site itself.
Clean and simple The site is utterly spectacular: a westward view over the sprawling Shenandoah Valley and the Allegheny Mountains beyond. This is a place where the weather often becomes a panoramic display. When fog settles in the valley, says Peter, the foothills look like islands poking up through it. With that sort of visual interest outside, says Savage, the design task for STOA was to stay out of the way. Both clients and architects wanted a crisp, simple look for the house that would allow the views to dominate. CONTINUED ON PAGE 29
Both the clients and the architects wanted the exterior of the home to be crisp and simple to allow the views—over the sprawling Shenandoah Valley and Allegheny Mountains—to dominate. That meant using an understated materials palette of ipe decking and hardiplank siding.
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The house is conceived as a whole, so the same materials that show up in the living space and kitchen—white oak, quartzite, walnut—can be found in the bedrooms and bathrooms, too. Everything is tied together.
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One means to that end was a tightly limited materials palette. Whereas the original interior featured lots of beige walls, gold faucets and fussy trim, STOA pared it all down to a few key materials. Rich walnut wood plays against dark gray steel, stone and tile, and otherwise nearly everything is white: walls, trim, ceiling and counters. The house is conceived as a whole, so that the dark gray floor tile in the master bathroom, for example, echoes the hue of a steel fireplace surround and granite hearth a couple of rooms away. “We tried to tie absolutely everything together,” says Savage. Most floors are white oak with a whitewash finish; countertops are made of the same white quartzite in kitchen and bathroom. Built-in shelves and paneling, made of walnut, cover the fireplace wall in the living space, then wrap around through the entrance to the bedroom and along the fireplace wall there—making a single edifice with multiple facets. Another major change was to rethink the floor plan, which originally featured numerous angles. “Even the closets had 45-degree angles,” says Peter. “It was incredibly distracting.” With simpler, boxy rooms, things feel more open and serene. “It’s easy for your eye and your brain to take in what you’re seeing, and it looks much larger than it used to.” The simplicity of style here makes it hard to overlook the fine craftsmanship that animates each surface. A few special touches provide luxury, like the large tile on the master bathroom walls, with its wavelike relief pattern. In the living room fireplace, ceramic aspen logs stand
Special touches throughout the home emphasize STOA’s craftsmanship: large tiles on the bathroom walls, built-in shelving that extends from the living space to the bedroom.
The house is conceived as a whole, so that the dark gray floor tile in the master bathroom, for example, echoes the hue of a steel fireplace surround and granite hearth a couple of rooms away. “We tried to tie absolutely everything together,” says STOA's Michael Savage. vertically as though still part of a forest, while the granite hearth runs the length of the wall and turns a corner to become an understated seating option.
Keeping out the cold Design aside, there was plenty of nitty-gritty construction to be done in order to make the house safe and livable. During storms, rain and snow travel upward along the slope of the Blue Ridge from the valley floor—so the precipitation appears to be flying up instead of falling down. Snow would pile up along the north side of the house as high as the rafters. Inadequate weatherproofing, says Peter, meant that “with the heating on full blast, we were un-
able to maintain any sense of heat.” He and Angela used to wear hats indoors on winter evenings. It was noisy, too, with the wind whistling through openings in the building envelope and shooting down the chimneys. “It was like living on a sailing ship,” says Angela. The STOA crew added insulation, new sheathing and a rain screen, and worked hard to properly reinforce structural elements. Even the new deck—extra-wide, resplendent in ipe and stainless steel—has a weatherproofing function: It buffers the wind that comes up from below, keeping it away from the main living level. The clients have been impressed not only with the boost in style to their dwelling, but its increased comfort and efficiency. “We wanted this to last a lifetime,” says Peter. “We wanted a sense that this was home and it was safe.”
THE BREAKDOWN Existing house and garage: 4,900 square feet Renovated area: 2,400 square feet New deck: 1,600 square feet Structural system: Stick framed Exterior material: Ship-lapped ipe rain screen and varied height hardiplank siding; ipe deck; bluestone entry; Corten steel apron Interior finishes: Kitchen: Walnut cabinetry with white cambria countertops, Nagomi | Wa-kei tile backsplash; living room: Steel paneling, walnut cabinetry and paneling, Virginia mist granite bench/ hearth, pickled white oak flooring; master bedroom: steel panelling, walnut cabinetry and paneling, pickled white oak flooring; master bathroom: walnut cabinetry, Onda “Piemme Blanco” wall tile, Emilceramica “Elegant Grey Natural” floor tile. Window system: Pella Mechanical systems: Gas furnaces with variable speed heat pumps General contractor: STOA Design + Construction
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ticello—and he’s worked at Poplar Forest and Ash Lawn-Highland too, receiving an award from the American Institute of Architects for these presidential projects. He’s been a stonemason since the early 1970s, and spent the better part of a year working at the Stultzes’. “I didn’t have any idea of the magnitude of the job,” says Jim Stultz. Sprouse sourced the stone himself from a local creek valley, and along with partner John Apperson, painstakingly selected each stone as the wall slowly rose. “It’s intuitive,” says Sprouse, also a musician, of his approach to stonework. “It’s like playing
drums in a samba band; if you don’t have that samba beat…” The Stultzes’ terrace emerges from a covered section just off the back door and opens onto a western view, feeling both expansive and, because of a stand of tall trees nearby, sheltered. A linear stretch gives way to a rounded peninsula that holds planting beds as well as seating. It’s this area that’s defined by the semicircular wall. From a set of easy steps down from the terrace, one is drawn along a path that follows the outside of the curve, and as the ground slopes CONTINUED ON PAGE 39
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away the wall becomes taller and taller, until—at the bottom of a second set of steps—it looms high overhead. Large, roundish stones punctuate its surface, otherwise composed mostly of narrow, angular pieces. The scale and precision of the work more than match the house itself. The Stultzes were happy enough with Sprouse’s craftsmanship to bring him back for more. He built a hot tub surround just off the house, and contributed to what his clients call “the temple”: a circular, open structure with classical columns, inspired, says Stultz, by something Jefferson drew. The third president called this feature a “folly.” “Montpelier has one,” says Stultz. “Jefferson’s never got built. I thought I’d give it my shot.”
Stonemason Shelton Sprouse counts the stone wall around Monticello’s vegetable garden among the most recognizable projects of his 40-plus-year career.
Situated downhill from the house, along the treeline, the temple is part of a larger landscape scheme that includes two pools and several sets of steps, bisected by water running through a channel. Sprouse constructed walls to enclose the steps and—in an echo of the larger project up the hill—define the upper, circular pool. Sprouse says that while he did consult with his clients about their preferences, he works from basic principles that have stood him well through four decades of practicing his craft. “My instinct has always been the horizontal lay,” he says. “I like the feeling of foundational stuff; I don’t like seeing stones up on end.”
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hat do you want with a big old house in the woods? This listing, a 4,000square-foot home outside Madison, seems to invite far-flung ideas. Sure, it could be a family home, as it has been since it was built in 1986. But something about it suggests that it’s ripe for repurposing. We’ll muse on that shortly. First, the setting: To get here, you turn off 29N and travel through the kind of scenery that gladdens the heart. It’s the grandiosity of the mountains and the quirky particulars of working farmscapes. After a few turns onto successively smaller roads, you find yourself on a long gravel drive, passing cows and ponies on your way up to some wooded foothills. A steep climb delivers you to the house site, which is carved out of a thickly forested slope. From the driveway, you can appreciate the house’s overall thang: angular offset rooflines and natural materials (namely, unpainted wood gourmet show kitchen (there’s only a little splash and stone). It’s that modern-meets-rustic aesof granite here), note these touches of luxury: thetic. There’s no yard to speak of, so—without extra-large Sub Zero fridge and freezer, and a further ado—in we go. little prep sink in the island. The scale of the Once inside, you’re immediately standing room, like the living and dining rooms, feels within the house’s most appealing and dramatgood. Update some details and you’re there. ic section: the great room, organized around a Which brings us to the bathrooms, the place large double-sided stone fireplace and lit by many where this house most faithfully displays its midsouth-facing windows. Walls are knotty pine; ’80s vintage. Remember those little built-in Dithe ceiling slopes up to the south; exposed beams xie cup dispensers? Remember wallpaper? Each are dark and weathered, as though salvaged. bathroom in the house—and there are four and You’d better like looking at wood if you want a half—is an opportunity to either connect with to live here. Given the big rooms, tall ceilings and an earlier era in your life, or have some real sparing use of drywall, there’s a lot of woodgrain renovation fun. to gaze it—and it’s been maxed out with wooden (There is something almost timecabinets in the kitchen that sport the capsule-like about this house, so same medium-tone honey hue as the reminiscent is it of the time when it walls (and floors, and refrigerator was built. The 30-year-old details doors and butcher block countertops). But hey—there are worse prob- Address: 254 Rivendell Ln., are in impeccable condition.) Anyway, back to the bones. You’ve lems to have, and the kitchen, for Madison MLS#: 531253 got a master suite off one side of the one, could be creatively refinished to Year built: 1986 kitchen, a laundry/mud room off bring a note of contrast to the space. Bedrooms: 4 the other, plus a den and an office As a place to actually cook, this Bathrooms: 4 1/2 off the living room. None of these kitchen seems quite workable. It’s Square footage (finished): are exceptional, but they’re pleasant got a simple layout with a big island, 4,568 enough, and almost every southand being tucked under the lower Acreage: 83.59 facing room also opens onto the side of the ceiling, it feels cozy even Extras: Garage, hot tub deck—a nice, deep one with room though it looks into a soaring space. List price: $779,000 for lots of seating. Though it predates the days of the
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There’s one more bedroom on the main level, plus two upstairs (where the hollow-core doors of the first level are exchanged for heavier, possibly salvaged ones that lend a whiff of Victoriana). A wooden spiral staircase leads from the great room down to the finished basement. You could practically house a second family down here: There are two unofficial bedrooms; a big open space for lounging, exercising or playing pool; a bathroom and a half; and even a space for a kitchenette. So what’s to become of all this square footage? Listing agent Patti Lillard says she’s heard proposals ranging from religious retreat to farm education center. And there’s some sense in that: The house feels spacious enough for a gang of people to gather and confer, and it could sleep a bunch of them in relative privacy. We’d be remiss not to mention the more than 80 acres that accompany the house. About half are forested, and half are open. It’s odd, to our thinking, that the house secludes itself among the trees and takes no advantage of the bucolic views, but that could be changed with some selective cutting. And the barns could be repurposed, and the fields could be planted with hardy kiwis…yep, there’s plenty to imagine and do at this place. Whether private or quasi-public, we’re betting it has an interesting future.—Erika Howsare ABODE 43
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