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Historic Garden Week LEFT Bruton Parish Church. Photo by Ann Efimetz
Regional Photo Essay LEFT Afternoon Skyline, along the Phoebus waterfront in Hampton this fishing boat’s booms are light up by the bright sunlight and clouds on the waterfront. Photo by Joe Fudge
Spring & Summer Events 8 Get Organized 10 Pinning Pinterest 20 Flooring that Floors 32 What’s on the Market? 46 Earthy, Mellow Marsala 50
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Daffodil Festival at Main Street in Gloucester. Photo courtesy of Gloucester County
You want good food and drink, a wide variety of live music, art from local artists, and a primer on how to talk like a pirate? We’ve got you covered with this list of festivals offered throughout Hampton Roads this year.
Blues, Brews and BBQ
Saturday, May 2, 12 – 6pm. Yorktown’s 2nd Annual Blues, Brews and BBQ at Yorktown Riverwalk Landing, a festival on the river. Enjoy down home blues, incredible microbrews, and amazing BBQ. $25 in advance and $30 at the festival. Call 757.877.2933
Williamsburg British & European Car Show
Saturday, April 11, 9am – 3pm. Open the 2015 car show season and visit beautiful Colonial Williamsburg Virginia for the 16th Annual Williamsburg British Car Club British and European Car Show at Chickahominy Riverfront Park next to the intersection of the James and Chickahominy Rivers. Camping available thru James City County. For more information, visit www.wmbgbrit.com Daffodil Festival
Saturday, April 11, 9am – 5pm and Sunday, April 12, Noon – 5pm. The Daffodil Festival Council announces the 29th Annual Daffodil Festival at Main Street in Gloucester! This award winning 2-day festival is sponsored by the Daffodil Festival Council in co-operation with the Gloucester Parks, Recreation & Tourism Dept. For more information visit http://daffodilfestivalva.org/ Wine & Run for the Roses
Saturday, May 2, 2pm. The Muscarelle Museum of Art presents the 5th Annual Wine & Run for the Roses Auction on Derby Day. Laugh! Libate! Lift your paddle for a great cause! Don’t miss the premier fundraising event in Williamsburg. Fine & rare wine and extraordinary travel all at auction exclusively through this event! Enjoy a wine reception with fabulous fare, hat contest, Derby race raffle and live giant screen telecast of the Kentucky Derby. http://501auctions.com/wrftrwineauction Virginia Wine Festival
Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3, 11am – 6pm. 9th Annual Spring Town Point Virginia Wine Festival in Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk, VA waterfront. For more information please visit www.festevents.org
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Children’s Festival of Friends
Saturday, May 2, 10am – 5pm. 26th Newport News Children’s Festival of Friends – Newport News Park. Kids ages 2 – 12 will enjoy over 100 free hands-on activities, costumed characters, and free children’s rides. Food vendors ($) on site. $5 per car parking fee. All activities are free. Blackbeard Pirate Festival
Saturday, May 30, 10am – 10pm & Sunday, May 31, Noon – 6pm. Pillage and plunder your way through the coastal seaport city of Hampton, VA when the Annual Blackbeard Pirate Festival returns for another year of swashbuckling excitement! Celebrate Hampton’s rich maritime heritage by commemorating the demise of our most infamous visitor, Captain Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard the Pirate. http://blackbeardfestival.com/ Olden Days Festival
Friday & Saturday, June 26 & 27. Genuine Smithfield Olden Days Festival in downtown Smithfield. Begun in the 1980s, Olden Days has been one of the most popular community events to take place annually in Smithfield. For further information call 757.357.5182.
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Get organized Big advantages come from better use of spaces in your home
By Kathy Van Mullekom
Closets are elegant with chandeliers and useful with ample drawers, shelves and racks. Photo courtesy Closets of Virginia
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here can be lots of wasted space in a house, especially in kitchens and bathrooms where you really need good storage and organization.
Remodeling projects solves some of those issues. Sometimes, it’s just a matter of installing extra shelving or adding cabinets. Maybe a total redo is needed. Other times, it can be a matter of repurposing existing space – for example, transform an entry or laundry area into a mudroom where everyone has a drop zone for backpacks and shoes, suggests Pam Bevelacqua, co-owner of Closets of Virginia, 4039 Ironbound Road, Williamsburg; visit www.closetsofvirginia.com or call 476-6136. “I tell my clients to have zones in their homes to help reign in the chaos,” she says.
“For example, every item in your home should always be in the same spot, therefore when you are looking to wrap a gift, you have a wrapping station where tape, ribbons and paper are all together. “Pantries are fabulous when they are organized -- put everything in glass jars for easier visibility. “I love to design accessory closets with jewelry drawers, belt and scarf racks and shoes that are all together. After getting dressed, opening one closet for only your accessories is a wonderful way to start your day. Implementing new habits is the key to improving a more organized and less stressful life.” continued p 12
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Painted cabinets, poor storage and old appliances date the 65-year-old kitchen.
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se a single-bowl sink. A one-bowl sink seems bigger but it takes up • U less room than a double-bowl sink. • U se a shallow-depth refrigerator instead of a cabinet-depth one. Shallow-depth refrigerators are easier to position in smaller kitchens. Cabinet-depth refrigerators stick out an extra six to eight inches in front of cabinets, taking away floor space. • U se rollouts. Rollout shelves make cabinet shelves accessible from top to bottom. • Take out a wall. Kitchens open to other rooms feel and look larger. • U se drawers instead of cabinet doors. Using drawers for pots and pans instead of a large cabinet where they are normally stacked aids uniformity instead of clutter. • T urn a near-by closet into a pantry cabinet. Using a closet for bigger, lessused kitchen items saves space on counters and cabinets in the kitchen. • A dd under-cabinet lights. Good lighting eliminates dark corners and makes countertop space more useable.
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aint with light colors. Paler colors and neutrals brighten a kitchen • P and make it look larger.
Light wood cabinets, granite counters, convenient drawers and rollouts enhance the kitchen’s looks and organization. Photos courtesy of Cunningham Contracting continued p 14
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In the bathroom • C onvert tub into standin shower. Tubs tend to go unused and take up needed floor space, whereas showers can be made smaller, giving a bathroom a more open feel. • I nstall handheld showerhead. In addition to bathing, handheld showers can be used to rinse the shower as you clean it. And, they can be used to bath Fido. • I nstall soap box. Installing a soap box into the wall of any shower frees up the clutter normally associated with personal cleaning products taking up corners of the shower.
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se glass enclosure in • U shower area. Shower curtains close off the room, making it appear smaller, whereas a glass enclosure divides the room without making the bathroom feel smaller.
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• I nstall comfort height toilet. A comfort height toilet is taller and has an easier accessibility for older individuals participating in CAP (Certified Aging-inPlace) and taller individuals. • U se rollouts in vanity. Rollouts make it easier to store and reach products than traditional cabinets. hink mirrors. Brighten and • T reduce dark corners in a bathroom with the light that mirrors reflect. • I nstall shelf above doorway. Soaps, toilet paper and towels can be stored on a shelf above a door without taking up needed storage under a sink. • Go light. Use light paint colors to brighten a bathroom, making it look larger. Lighter paint colors, smaller fixtures and a stand-in shower make the bathroom feel larger.
• U se smaller fixtures. A bathroom appears less cramped and easier to move around in when you use smaller fixtures.
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Dark wood cabinets and an outdated tub clutter the 20-year-old bathroom. Photos courtesy of Cunningham Contracting
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It seems that every day on Facebook one of my friends has posted a picture of a success or epic failure from a Pinterest idea. Whether it’s a craft project for their child or a recipe gone bad, the attempts are posted as a warning – what’s pinned isn’t always pretty in real life. If you don’t know Pinterest then you have either been living under a rock or you have a life filled with doing things that others only pin about. Pinterest is an online “pinboard,” a social bookmarking site in which content shared is driven completely by visuals. In fact, you can’t share something unless there is an image involved. What you share is called a “pin” and when you share someone else’s idea it’s called a re-pin. Pins are grouped by topic – women’s fashion, crafts, food & drink, photography, etc. I have spent countless hours pinning what my beautiful southern farmhouse will look like both inside and out. I have the chandeliers and
sconces picked out for each room, and there will be at least 30 bathrooms inside given the number of sinks, clawfoot tubs and marble tile ideas I have re-pinned. I have paint colors and flooring pinned, and my outdoor entertaining spaces with romantic lighting provided by Chinese lanterns that will always be lit and never have to have their batteries replaced. Once I occupy my Pinterest home, I will entertain all my friends. Naturally they will be green with envy over the Cajun grilled shrimp with spicy dipping sauce that I whipped up for a last-minute dinner party, and the chai cheesecake for dessert. I will serve homemade berry lemonade kombucha at the bar along with hors d’oeuvres such as butternut squash fries and baked cream cheese wontons. Of course the butternut squash came straight from my raised garden bed right next to my potted herb garden. Life is pinfabulous!
Snap out of it! That’s what my husband usually says when he sees I have been wandering in Pinterestland for too long. I am brought back to the cold, hard reality of my 16-year-old house that needs to be pressure-washed, the outdoor patio furniture rusting because I used the wrong outdoor paint, the mismatched pillows and the “in” paint from 10 years ago that needs updating in our living room. This is my real life. I know there are others out there. I have seen chocolate molten cupcakes that on Pinterest look Martha Stewart perfect, but in real life are more like the aftermath of a Mount Vesuvius eruption. I have seen the 1970s coffee table from Aunt Margo’s basement that still looks bad even if it was covered with chalk paint. I know the photo collages I attempted to arrange using rulers, painter’s tape and a stud finder still look a little askew, not unlike the family members in them.
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Historic Garden Week in Virginia showcases tours in Williamsburg, Newport News, Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck
April 18 – 25 By Kathy Van Mullekom Homes in the Merry Point Estates area of Newport News will be open April 22. Photo courtesy Huntington Garden Club
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For 82 years, the annual event has been sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia and hosted by its 47 member clubs as a way of raising $425 million for the restoration of public gardens throughout Virginia. Club members create more than 2,000 fresh floral arrangements, using material from their gardens, to decorate rooms. Learn more about each of 31 statewide tours at www. VaGardenWeek.org where you can purchase a printed guide or download a copy and buy advance tour tickets,
which start at $15. A statewide pass is $175 per person or $300 for two.
Spring blooms in the garden of the President’s House at the College of William and Mary. Photo by Ann Efimetz
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Locally, here’s what you can enjoy during those tours:
Williamsburg On April 21, Williamsburg’s theme, “Love is in the Air,” commemorates the 300th anniversary of the historic Bruton Parish Church, and carries through several nearby homes and gardens, including the Adams Garden and the College of William and Mary President’s House and gardens. “The love story unfolds at each property as you follow two imaginary College of William and Mary students through their courtship, engagement, marriage and wedding reception, honeymoon, children and renewal of vows,” says Terry Buntrock, spokeswoman for the Williamsburg Garden Club, which sponsors the tour. Also, Libbey Oliver, former floral arranger with Colonial Williamsburg and author of “Flowers Are Almost Forever,” and a team of floral experts will do demonstrations throughout the day, and small flower bouquets will be sold. In addition, restaurants in the Merchants Square area will offer
special Garden Week lunches.
Wisteria blooms in the College of William and Mary President’s House garden, open for Garden Week tours April 21. Photo by Ann Efimetz
Newport News – Hampton Six private homes and one garden in the Merry Point Estates neighborhood of Newport News feature views of the James River and iconic Indigo Lake. The tour includes a two-acre naturally wooded garden with the classic look of English boxwoods, azaleas and camellias, as well as a whimsical garden with sculptures fashioned from repurposed ironwork and fireplace grates.
Sponsored by the Huntington and Hampton Roads garden clubs, the April 22 tour also invites you to tour The Gardener’s Workshop flower farm in the Denbigh area of Newport News – www.shoptgw.com – and the 2013-built Pope Chapel at Christopher Newport University, Mariners’ Museum and Peninsula Fine Arts Center. An attractively-priced combo ticket for the Newport News and Williamsburg tours is available online through April 18. ABOVE The Burton Home features extensive gardens and beautiful water views. ABOVE RIGHT The portico of the Reed Home features a dramatic pine barrel-vaulted ceiling.
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Northern Neck On April 22, the Garden Club of the Northern Neck spotlights 1706-established Kinsale with five properties that reflect plantation and waterfront life over a 230-year history.
Middle Peninsula On April 24, the Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula showcases Essex County with five 18th-century homes embellished with flower gardens and old native trees and shrubs. Plein Air artists paint at each site, weather permitting.
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Gloucester – Mathews In Gloucester, four houses are open April 25. Art, paintings, sculptures, birdhouses and a tractor collection fill Edgewater Farm, just off Mobjack Bay, according to a news release from the Garden Club of Gloucester, which hosts the event. Built on the Piankatank River in 1923, Sandhill includes artifacts such as 1857 post office boxes from when owner Nancy James was postmistress of the Dutton post office. Westerley, also on the Piankatank, was built in 2009, and features riverside windows that fold and open to a bluestone verandah.
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“I’ve spread it on the bark of an oak tree at the edge of the yard, and observed quite a few species feeding, or trying, to eat it: pine warbler, white-breasted nuthatches, dark-eyed juncos, yellow-rumped warblers, red-bellied woodpeckers, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, downy woodpeckers, eastern bluebirds, tufted titmouse – even American crows and red-winged blackbirds. It’s comical to watch the perching birds try to land on the side of the tree to snatch a bit of bark butter.” Bark Butter, as well as specialty seeds, feeders, nesting boxes, complete feeding stations and nests cameras, can be found at wildlife stores such as Wild Birds Unlimited stores in Monticello Market Place in Williamsburg -- williamsburg.wbu. com – and in Kiln Creek in York County -- yorktown.wbu.com. For beginner bird feeding, use a blend of seeds that is based on black oil sunflowers since that is the seed that will attract the greatest variety of small and large seed eating birds, according to Valerie Copping at the Williamsburg Wild Birds Unlimited. There’s also a Flying Start Combo, an all-in-one feeder with seed, suet,
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A red-bellied woodpecker samples Bark Butter that Shirley Devan spreads on an oak tree at the edge of her home in James City County. Photo courtesy Shirley Devan
as possible. Bird-beneficial plants he and Devan recommend include figs for late-season fruit, holly berries for late wintertime value, wax myrtle for nesting and berries, as well as tulip poplar and sweetgum trees. Smear a pine cone with peanut butter, then roll it in bird seed. Use twine or ribbon to hang the pine cone birdfeeder in a tree or shrub in your yard.
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Local bird clubs are there to help you learn more about birds. The Hampton Roads Bird Club offers free guided bird walks at 7 a.m. the first and third Sunday, meeting monthly behind the ranger station at Newport News Park; meetings with informative speakers and birding events are listed at hamptonroadsbirdclub.org . The Williamsburg Bird Club offers free guided bird walks at 8 a.m. the second Saturday and at 7 a.m. the fourth Saturday monthly at New Quarter Park in upper York County; meetings and field trips are listed at williamsburgbirdclub.org .
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“The wear ratings are high, the warranties are outstanding and the proof is in the pudding -- I personally have HGTV carpet in my home and it cleans easily and wears great,” he says. “The newest in carpet styles is the cu-andloop pattern and you can really dress a room up with the new patterns.”
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PAINT Whether you opt for a lighter or deeper shade of Marsala, it’s right at home in both the living room and dining room. It’s deep enough for a bedroom, unlike a bright red. Relaxed and not too vibrant, it makes a good option for an accent wall behind the bed. It’s also a natural in the dining room, where red has fallen out of favor but where we could use an infusion of richness and warmth. (Marsala even adds lushness to table linens.) It’s a natural with cream and ivory shades, and pairs elegantly with gold, green and ochre.
Last year, Pantone’s color of the year was Radiant Orchid. We saw the lush hue pop up everywhere from websites to commercials, even used for accessories like cellphone and tablet cases. Orchid handbags, scarves and blouses suddenly multiplied. But there’s a new “hot” color in town. Welcome Marsala, Pantone’s top pick for 2015. Marsala is an earthy, relaxed red with all the mellowness of the wine it’s named for. It’s decidedly easier to incorporate into both fashion and interior design than orchid, and works well year-found in fashion, home goods and decor. This versatile shade also blends beautifully many other colors.
UPHOLSTERY Without question, Marsala is a color you can live with on sofas and chairs. Whether used as an overall or accent color in upholstery, Marsala can go the distance. Its richness is evocative of more formal settings, yet it’s a relaxed, livable color that can adapt to most any style. What’s not to love about a Marsala velvetcovered Bergere chair inviting you to linger with a book?
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Marsala is an earthy, relaxed red with all the mellowness of the wine it’s named for.
ACCESSORIES If this color is too deep or bold for your taste, a variety of accessories are available that will give you a touch of Marsala without too much of a good thing. A comforter set can bring a rich red tone to the bedroom. Add a few other accessories that incorporate Marsala, to tie the comforter to the rest of the room. If you have a piece of furniture that needs repainting or you’re looking for a project, try coating a piece with Marsala and adding bold metallic hardware. An old dresser would make a nice entryway console and feel updated in Marsala. For a bolder approach, try a Marsala-hued rug or wallpaper. If you’re adventurous, try reupholstering your dining chairs. Not so much? Simply add some Marsala throw pillows or upholstered ottomans. In the kitchen, you could even incorporate Marsala in dishware, napkins, placemats or glasses.
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