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TRADITIONAL WITH A TWIST Maureen and Ivor Massey

assemble a creative team to renovate a Fan home.

SIREN CALL A historic home in Bon Air is resuscitated by artist Laura Loe and her husband, Will Loving. FINDING THE VIEW

The transformation of a 1970s house in Brandermill.

COMING HOME

Steve Kim serves up a Korean feast for friends (with recipes).

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Furniture from an unexpected source My Style Carol Giuffrida of Dolce Designs

Gardening It’s time to take care of roses.

The Gallery Great local art for under $300

Event The Bare Bones party at the Richmond Symphony Orchestra League Designer House gives guests a glimpse of what’s to come. At Home Just say no to Reremodeling. nova WOND tion ERS

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There’s always that moment when you’re in the midst of a remodeling project and it seems like it’s never going to be finished. Let me amend that last sentence: It seems as if completion is just an idle fantasy dreamed up by foolish homeowners who decided to take a big pile of money and set it on fire — for kicks. That’s called panic, my remodeling friends, just panic. You’ll get over it. And if you think you won’t, turn to page 48 for consolation (and inspiration). Laura Loe (photo right) and her husband, Will Loving, unexpectedly found their dream home. A year later, after discovering that the foundation of the house was crumbling and that a large, existing addition would have to be torn down and replaced, the Loe-Lovings’ 7,000-foot, 19thcentury farmhouse was transformed into a Bon Air idyll. Ivor and Maureen Massey have very different tastes in home design — she leans to the traditional, and he prefers the contemporary — so they brought in designer Suellen Gregory to mediate. New rugs inspired by old stained-glass windows and traditional furniture juxtaposed with modern pieces from LaDifférence, where Ivor Massey is a partner, are only two of the ways disparate styles were married. The result is a Fan home that remains true to its traditional architecture but that also effortlessly blends the new with the old. In Brandermill, architecture that seemed innovative and cutting edge in the 1970s can now look dated and tired. Shelley BartelinkWaye and her husband, Iain Waye, after spending years living in Europe, saw a way to remake a Swift Creek Reservoir house with green systems and transformative architectural design by Michael Foltz of McAllister+Foltz Architecture, P.C. With a sauna in the basement and stunning views, the house now seems brand-new and is utterly unrecognizable. Steve Kim hasn’t remade the cuisine he cooks so much as rediscovered it. As a boy growing up in New Jersey, he helped his mother fix dinner every night for their Korean family. Now, he makes those same dishes and serves them up to his own family and friends, and we were fortunate enough to be invited along one night when he cooked a Korean feast outside in his Westover Hills neighborhood. And don’t miss the Richmond Symphony Orchestra League Designer House, at 1234 Rothesay Circle (see page 76 for more details). This remarkable house, built in 1913 on 8 acres by Jonathan Bryan, brother of then-newspaper publisher John Stewart Bryan, is also surrounded by Charles Gillette-designed gardens. Interior and landscape designers have come from near and far to recreate and reinterpret this grand home. The result is spectacular.

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Barry Fitzgerald This issue’s photographs of the Massey house mark Barry Fitzgerald’s return to Richmond after 15 years living in Key West, Fla. Although primarily a studio photographer when he left Richmond, he quickly adapted to a very different market. He went on to work extensively with architects, designers, decorators and high-end real-estate firms from Key West to Fort Lauderdale. Barry now concentrates on architectural photography. You can find more of his work at barryfitzgerald.com.

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ike many good Southern endeavors, this one began with a cocktail. “The Loblolly Huntboard,” the cocktail was dubbed, in honor of the task at hand. Susan and Stephen Versen, Museum District residents and young parents, had come into several planks of wood from a felled tree on Stephen’s family’s property in Lodi, Miss. The old tree farm where his grandmother lived all of her 101 years had fallen victim to a particularly rough storm that knocked down several hundred-yearold trees. Stephen’s uncle saw a “good-looking, big, old loblolly pine” and, rather than letting it go to waste, 

Susan and Stephen Versen (above, with daughters Lilly and Lucy) had this custom-designed huntboard built from a 100+-year-old loblolly pine that had fallen on Stephen’s family property in Mississippi.

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“It’s a very real tie to my family and the timber that sustained the family.” —STEPHEN VERSEN found someone with a portable sawmill and had it cut into planks about 2 feet wide and 3 inches thick. “He had no end-use in mind; he just saw this beautiful tree and didn’t want it to go to waste,” Stephen says. The planks sat in an abandoned barn, and the Versens kept them in the back of their minds for six years until a sideboard from Target finally gave way after several attempts at repair. As the family’s foyer catchall, the piece was never constructed to take the daily use they were giving it. It made them think about alternatives. They drafted friend and architect Danny MacNelly to help design a piece for their foyer out of the planks from Stephen’s family farm in Mississippi. MacNelly pulled in furniture maker Tim McCready. The Versens’ top priority was functionality: The piece had to have lots of storage and be able to withstand the beating an active family with two young girls would give it.

The fallen pine had been cut into 2-footby-3-inch planks that were, six years later, used for the huntboard.

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“We wanted something kind of modern but that played up where the wood came from,” Stephen says. The group decided on “modern rustic” as the prevailing aesthetic. MacNelly and McCready planned to base their work on two traditional pieces of Southern furniture: the huntboard, a type of sideboard used in fox hunts, and the six-sided chest, a quilt chest made of six boards. “It’s a modern idea — but instead of it being a real minimal piece,” says MacNelly, “we were trying to make it unique by a) expressing who made it and b) [emphasizing] what’s it’s made of.” McCready did that by showing off the joinery and butterfly patches that repaired cracks and knots in the wood. He also made veneers for the sliding door out of the best pieces and vertically oriented the grain to show off the wood in a contemporary way. As for the interior compartments, the Versens wanted drawers for mail and keys, shelves for magazines and some bigger spaces for blankets. “We’re clutter-y people, but we wanted the piece to work with the way we live,” Stephen says. He says the finished product is much better than he could have imagined. “It’s really, really functional.” Stephen adds that the huntboard cost more than a piece from a retailer like Pottery Barn — but calls it a bargain nonetheless. “It’s a very real tie to my family and the timber that sustained the family,” he says. “Susan and I say it’s our first heirloom.”

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hen Dolce Designs’ Carol Giuffrida and her husband, Pete, started building their home about 15 years ago, they designed it and finished many of the details themselves. At the same time, Giuffrida was opening her first store, Draperies, Décor & More. When the Shoppes at Westgate in Short Pump was built in 2004, Giuffrida decided to move the business, which offers home-décor items, gifts and full-scale interior design, to a larger space and to change the name to Dolce Designs. When decorating clients’ homes, Giuffrida tries to make an owner’s home align with his or her lifestyle. “A lot of people think their house has to look like [something in] a magazine,” she notes. “I say if you’re comfortable, it’s fine.” She prefers big-picture design and sticks to neutrals when it comes to expensive items like rugs and sofas. “If you stay neutral with those items, you can change what’s around them,” she says.

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DINING ROOM RUG Giuffrida used her seat-cushion fabric to bind her neutral-toned rug.

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HAND-COLORED TULIP PRINTS Giuffrida bought these prints years ago at market. When she moved into her house, she had her husband make a shelf for them and then bought a matching mirror to lean them against. “It makes a collection that fills up the wall.”

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Boats and cars aren’t the only things that need winterizing this season. Roses do, too. A number of rose varieties are hardy through Richmond winters, but they still need care in the fall to prepare them for dormancy, and to ensure they’re ready to bloom in the spring. Some good news: If you’ve been reluctant to plant roses because of their reputation for being tempermental and high maintenance, you’re in luck. Fall is also the perfect season to plant new rose bushes, and there are several tough, no-fuss varieties that are perfect for the Richmond soil and climate, according to Janet Baruch, landscape designer with Greenway Gardens. “They’re going on sale right about now, so it’s a perfect time to try them out,” she says. 34

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Try transplanting Fall is a great time not only to plant a new rose bush, but also to transplant any that aren’t thriving where they are. The slowly cooling weather allows the plant to focus its energy on building a root system in its new home without having to produce new growth or blooms. To encourage a longer blooming cycle, consider transplanting to a location that’s protected from the elements, such as next to a wall, fence or the foundation of your house.

Finish summer feeding Stop feeding your roses in early September, Diggs recommends. “You want them to be winding down” and preparing for dormancy, he adds. If you provided monthly feedings during the summer, the plants should produce blooms well into November. If you continue to provide fertilizer into the fall, however, you’ll encourage the plant to produce new leaves and branches, which could be damaged when cold weather hits.  S A R A H WA LO R P H OTO

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and light gray. Seriously.” Then there was Ivor, a Harley-riding venture capitalist with more eclectic taste. “I’ve lived in contemporary houses my entire life,” he says. “The first house I ever owned I built on a mountaintop outside of Charlottesville. It was all glass and redwood, very Frank Lloyd-esque. This is the first old house I’ve tackled.” Ivor originally bought the Fan house because it had a garage big enough for his car, plus a couple of motorcycles. After he and Maureen married in 2007, they decided to enlist help to synchronize the couple’s

DARK MAHOGANY CABINETS WITH REEDED-GLASS FRONTS REPLACED TRADITIONAL W H I T E C A B I N E T R Y. two disparate styles. Enter Gregory, of Suellen Gregory Designs, Bob Boynton of Boynton Rothschild Rowland Architects and Louis LaFratta of Franko-LaFratta Construction. Inspired by Maureen’s work with nonprofits, the group would gather every Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. over Ivor’s special brew of Rostov’s coffee to brainstorm — though Maureen generally only lasted 20 minutes into the two-hour meetings. “I moved a lot as a kid,” Maureen explains. “The house isn’t all that important to me. It’s not my thing.” Luckily, it was very much Ivor’s thing,

and he drove the process with his vision. Both Ivor and Maureen wanted to respect the traditional flavor of the house, which still boasted the original 1908 faux-bois finish on the woodwork, while injecting it with light, color and a sense of fun. Ivor worked with rug designer Sarah Gayle Carter to design vibrant hand-tufted wool rugs for the living room, library and dining room, taking color cues from the home’s original stained-glass windows. “From those rugs, we created the palette for this house,” Gregory says. H.J. Holtz and Son painted the walls a warm butter yellow, using different glazes and tech-

ABOVE: The original kitchen demanded a complete transformation. RIGHT: Extending the house an additional 10 feet provided room for a long banquette upholstered in leather.

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niques to create subtle texture throughout the house. Dark wooden bookshelves were added to the library, and many historical features, including transoms and fireplaces, were restored to working condition. The kitchen underwent a major transformation. Gleaming dark-mahogany cabinets with reeded-glass fronts replaced traditional white cabinetry. In came contemporary light fixtures from La Diff, granite countertops and a tiled stove backsplash that was also inspired by the house’s stained glass. By bumping out the easternfacing kitchen wall 10 feet, they were able to include a comfortable banquette. The U-shaped island comes in handy when the Masseys entertain, allowing the caterer to stay in the mix but out of the way. Attention to detail abounds, from the fluting on the island corners, mimicking the original woodwork in the front of the house, to columns inspired by elements in one of the fireplaces. “We wanted something that had a lot of contemporary features, but we didn’t want it to look ultra-modern,” Ivor says. “So we pulled traditional design features from the

ABOVE: The Masseys wanted to inject light and color into the house while respecting its turn-of-the-last-century details. In the dining room, although the lighting fixture above the table is new, it was made from a period mold. The stained glass windows inspired the house’s color palette. BELOW RIGHT: It’s unusual for the original foyer fretwork to survive in a Fan house.

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A mix of contemporary and traditional furnishings, the library, with the living room beyond, uses color and light to contrast with the original dark faux-bois woodwork. Mr. B, the Masseysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Welsh terrier, finds it a cozy spot.

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ABOVE LEFT: The details of the custom-made bed in the master bedroom add a touch of the unexpected. BELOW LEFT: The sleek lines of Maureen Massey’s home office are softened with woven fabric. BELOW RIGHT: Ivor designed the skylight over the staircase himself, based on several he’d seen in Europe. Mirrors are used along the sides of the structure to draw in more light.

front of the house and gave them a little modern twist.” The traditional-with-a-twist theme continues upstairs as well. The guest bathroom is tiled in a classic basket-weave pattern but with black-and-white iridescent tiles. In Maureen’s office, a sleek La Diff sofa has been recovered in softer, traditional woven fabric. The custom-made bed in the master bedroom is traditional in spirit, but boasts enough out-of-the-box elements — the twisting posts, the burl wood, the high arch of the headboard — to make Ivor happy. Ivor also drew on inspiration from his foreign travels. The curved, lacquered mahogany cabinet in the TV sitting room was a modification of a turn-of-the-century design he saw in Russia in the ’70s, while the tile mosaic on the front porch floor evokes a design from Pompeii. A memory from his teenage travels through Europe influenced the addition of a mirrored skylight above the front stairwell, which floods the second floor and part of the first floor with natural light. The couple took the long view with the project, anticipating their needs as they age in the home. “We’re both around 60, and we figure we don’t want to leave,” Maureen says. “When we renovated the house, we didn’t pay attention to market values. We just built the house that we like and that we could stay in.” The result is a thoughtful, well-designed home that fits them perfectly. “It’s the first construction project in my life — and I’ve had a bunch of them — that was really a lot of fun because of the teamwork involved,” Ivor says. “Maureen helped us create a creative environment where everybody felt like bringing all kinds of ideas to the table. It’s really fun to sit with a group of talented, creative people and bat ideas around and then see what you can do with them. We think the overall result is pretty spectacular.”  See Resource Listings on page 70.

ABOVE: The curving lines of the master bath maximize a small space, and mirrored shutters can be adjusted to regulate light and visibility from the windows that line the entire wall. RIGHT: Originally, the rear of the house had no porches and a small, inhospitable yard. The side was bumped out about 10 feet to allow for more kitchen space and a master bath.

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ABOVE: The now-transformed Loe-Loving house in Bon Air. Renovations took nearly a year and involved extensive work on the foundation. BELOW: The house was the second to be built in Bon Air. Prior to its renovation, it hadn’t seen routine maintenance for years. The peeling paint, leaking roof and sagging porch were just the beginning of the structure’s problems. RIGHT: The library is full of color, knickknacks and family photos.

1880s Bon Air retreat becomes year-round vacation house BY VALLEY HAGGARD PHOTOS BY KENT EANES

When Laura Loe and Will Loving first saw the house in Bon Air, built in 1881 as summer refuge for city people, they weren’t planning to move. However, the 7,000-square-foot house, which was barely visible from Buford Road and surrounded by seven outbuildings on two acres, issued a siren call they found difficult to resist. 

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“My quest was to maintain the integrity of the house but to update it, without making it look new.” —HOMEOWNER LAURA LOE

FAR LEFT: Numerous light fixtures, stainless-steel appliances and concrete countertops in the newly expanded kitchen update its look without sacrificing the character of the house. ABOVE LEFT: The original kitchen ABOVE RIGHT: A bright-blue hanging light fixture complements Loe’s painting on the landing of the main stairway in the front entrance. The family has many more mobiles from its old house yet to be hung. BELOW LEFT: Loe used tea towels from Anthropologie to make the kitchen curtains.

“I fell in love with it, and so did my husband, on the very first day,” Loe says. “What blew us away was the yard size. It’s freakin’ huge. I’m a Fan rat by default. It never occurred to me to leave, but you get three kids and your priorities change.” Now, with its sunny yellow exterior and artfully designed interior brimming with paintings, books, fireplaces, back stairways and all manner of nooks and crannies, the couple’s home is an unexpected retreat, right beyond the edge of the beaten path. But it wasn’t always such a showplace. Despite a massive renovation during the World War I era, the home had not experienced significant change or routine maintenance for years. However, Loe, an artist, and Loving, co-owner of Ironworks Consulting, could see beyond the sagging porch and leaking roof. “I’m a painter, but I also love to nest,” says Loe. “My quest was to maintain the integrity of the house but to update it, without making it look new.” Discovering that the entire foundation of the house was on the verge of collapse, Loe and Loving replaced the sill plate, tore down the back addition that included the kitchen, then replaced and expanded the space. They kept the front of the house intact save new ceilings, lighting and Sheetrock. The basement also required a complete renovation. “This was the Jeffrey Dahmer area,” laughs Loe in the renovated basement, which now sports a storage

area and a home movie theatre. “The only new square footage is the big honkin’ family room and the master bedroom. What we really paid for was the location and the yard. The renovation cost almost as much as the house itself.” Between buying the house in November 2008 and moving from their Grove Avenue home during January 2010, the renovation took the better part of a year. “It was the most action-packed, pain-in-the-ass year of my life,” says Loe, who acted as project manager. “I thought I’d known what busy was with three kids … but there’s nothing more disruptive than renovating. I am never, ever, ever doing anything else [to this house].” With a respect for the old and an eye for the new, Loe reused doors, windows and panes of glass for the interior renovations as often as possible and searched out special finds at Caravati’s and S.B. Cox. In addition to painting each of the outbuildings yellow to match the main house, the couple installed electrical systems and plumbing in each building. Now the carriage house, pump house, icehouse, garage, playhouse and old chicken coop are parts of the whole. The 1920s concrete pond is back in working order alongside a brand-new circular drive, fire pit, outdoor shower and screened porch complete with Tiki bar. The ground has been graded, and Loe and Loving plan to plant grass in the fall. “A lot of things happened by accident,” says Loe, who on the spur of the moment decided to add another porch to hold the family’s recycling and a fake closet to counterbalance an off-center doorway in the back of the house. “I was a graphic designer, so I

“What we really paid for was the location and the yard. The renovation cost almost as much as the house itself.” —LAURA LOE

ABOVE: The living room just after the floors were refinished and before any other work had been done BELOW LEFT: Will Loving and Laura Loe BELOW RIGHT: The living room is a contrast of dark and light and neutrals against color. FAR RIGHT: The full-length French doors in the dining room open onto the front porch. Screened doors are behind them, extending the season to dine al fresco.

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must have seen the symmetry at some point.” As for the interior decoration, Loe did it all herself. “There’s no interior designer working here; they’d probably run in horror,” she laughs. “I don’t have trouble making choices or admitting when they’re wrong. If you have a misfire, redo it. I’m not into commitment. That’s why I don’t have tattoos. This is a work in progress, all the time.” Amazed at how home builders often take the cheaper, faster route, bypassing craftsmanship, Loe and Loving combined their resources, imagination and sweat equity to see their dream house through to fruition. Each decision was planned and TOU THIS HO R executed with precision. Loe and Loving chose what they USE! felt would last, not what would simply do. Nothing happened by chance — an impressive feat for such a largescale home makeover. “Why can’t your life be like a vacation house?” asks Loe, looking out over two acres of sprawling lawn from the elegantly decorated, adults-only porch that sweeps off the master bedroom. “These are your days; this is your life. This is the place you live. It’s an aesthetic appreciation. People feel it’s indulgent, but if you have the space to do it, why not?”  For Resource Listings, go to www.rhomemagazine.com.

FAR LEFT: The children’s playroom at the top of the house contains durable furniture and continues the bright color palette in the rest of the house. ABOVE LEFT: A new work by Laura Loe hangs above the bed in the master bedroom. The bedroom leads to a screened porch inaccessible to the children. LEFT: The attic, before it became the children’s playroom, was filled with items collected over the years by the previous owners. BELOW RIGHT: One of the seven outbuildings on the 2-acre property. Loe speculates that it originally belonged to the house next door (because of its similar decorative trim), and those owners sold it at some point, along with the extra acreage, to the owners of her property.

“I’m not into commitment. That’s why I don’t have tattoos. This is a work in progress, all the time.” —LAURA LOE

ABOVE: The exterior of the house combines synthetic stucco and cedar with multidimensional rooflines and copper roof accents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a piece of architectural sculpture,â&#x20AC;? says architect Mike Foltz. BELOW: The original one-story house had a huge sloping roof that dominated the design. The front door was hidden, set back and off to one side.

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FINDING THE VIEW ADDITIONS TRANSFORM 1970s HOUSE I N T O A 2 1 S T- C E N T U R Y S C U L P T U R E // BY DEBORAH RIDER ALLEN // PHOTOS BY GUY CRITTENDEN // STYLED BY WENDY UMANOFF

BELOW: A yellow metal front door accents the glass-cube foyer. So much natural light comes in through the glass that the homeowner says they rarely use interior lights during the day.

BELOW: Ten feet was added to the back of the house to create this two-story vaulted dining area off the kitchen. A pine tongue-and-groove ceiling and fanciful lighting accent the rise. Travertine tile flooring was added for easy maintenance. RIGHT: In keeping with the focus on sustainability in the home, all the kitchen cabinets are bamboo, and the countertops are made of PaperStone. The stainless-steel appliances are European.

Potential. That’s what Shelley BartelinkWaye and Iain Waye saw when they looked at the 1970s Brandermill house — a house with a roof that dominated the exterior, tiny windows set up high, and small, dark segmented rooms with no view of the sloping woods and the beautiful lake in the back. “You have to be able to visualize,” says Bartelink-Waye, who purchased the 4,000square-foot house in April 2008. “When we got this house, we were sort of able to imagine what it could be transformed into — the new face of what a contemporary can look like.” Architect Mike Foltz of McAllister + Foltz Architecture spearheaded the project. “You would have no idea of what it used to look like unless you saw the original,” says Foltz. He says the first conversations with the homeowners were about high-energy efficiency, eco-friendly building and sustainability. “But when we sat down to talk about the design of the house, the word that was thrown out was ‘sculptural.’” Bartelink-Waye says they built the house with “a consciousness for green living.” Among the eco-friendly features are a geothermal heat pump with an energyrecovery system, European low-flow toilets and on-demand hot-water heaters. Bamboo was used for both the cabinets in the kitchen and the floors of Waye’s office. The profusion of windows allows for minimal use of electricity for light during the day. 58

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The high-performance glazed windows and deep roof overhangs keep out the hot summer sun and reflect light into the house in the winter. Although they didn’t want to completely tear down the original structure, most of the interior was demolished and reconfigured. The bones of the house were preserved and used as building blocks to create the new home, which includes an additional 1,100 square feet. The 5,100-square-foot home now has two main floors, a full basement, a two-car attached garage and a bedroom on the third floor. One of the most dramatic exterior changes is the addition of a glass foyer with a copper roof and metallic yellow front door. Just inside the foyer, the original stairwell contains a steel staircase with sleek wood rails and a thin wire balustrade. The addition of the second story and reconfiguration of the interior created a multi-dimensional roofline that’s far friendlier than the original sloping roof. “We diminished the massive roofline through the use of flat roof solids and voids, and further enhanced this with the use of contrasting materials,” says Foltz. In the rear of the master bedroom, a sloping ceiling was replaced with a butterfly roof. It has two pitches that angle toward each other and slope upward to the ridge, opening up the interior space. To make more space for the master bath, a dormer was punched out

“THE FIRST THOUGHT FOR M E WA S T O M A K E THE BACK AS T R A N S PA R E N T AS POSSIBLE [SHOWCASING VIEWS OF THE LAKE],” —ARCHITECT M I K E F O LT Z

ABOVE: The rear of the house was designed with lots of glass to capture views of the lake. The terrace is built of sustainable Ipe wood with a glass-and-wood balustrade.

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from the roof. Glass dominates the back of the house, bringing in light and showcasing the view of the lake. “The first thought for me was to make the back as transparent as possible,” says Foltz. To accomplish this, he designed a triple window in the master bedroom, a match to a triple window below in the great room. To create a dining area off the kitchen, he attached a new two-story space with more windows. Even the supporting rails of the balustrade on the terrace include glass. Many of the existing spaces were repurposed. An enclosed screened porch is now a library/office, and 10 more feet have been added to the width of the kitchen. A bedroom and sitting room adjacent to the new master bedroom have become a his-and-hers master bath. A shower placed in the center divides the room. A solarium on the first floor is now home to Waye’s office. Basement space was added underneath the terrace for storage and a laundry room, while the full bath in the

existing basement became a spa room with a sauna. For the exterior of the house, Foltz created multiple slopes, levels and dimensions with a mix of materials. He used two tones of Dryvit and panels of natural cedar. Copper accents are repeated all around the house: copper over the back window on the first floor, the frameless corner window on the second floor and the garage doors. In addition, a copper roof tops the entrance foyer. Although the design of this house required special exemptions to the Brandermill Community Association’s regulations, it has become a catalyst for design reform. The association is considering expansion of its covenants and allowable designs — a way to update and modernize the community overall. “This is not just another house,” says Foltz. “It is a piece of architectural sculpture.” See Resource Listings on page 70.

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ABOVE: From the den the homeowners enjoy magnificent views of the lake with corner windows that bring the outside in. LEFT: Daughter Alanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bedroom shares a bathroom with the guest bedroom. BELOW: The jutting roofline off the master bedroom creates volume and light, while the corner windows with transoms mirror those in the den directly below.

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LEFT: Grilled soft-shell crabs with ginger-scallion sauce. ABOVE: Steve and Sarah Kim, with friends outside the Kims’ Westover Hills home, enjoy a Korean feast prepared by Steve.

Steve Kim and his wife, Sarah, serve up a Korean feast in Westover Hills BY BRANDON FOX PHOTOS BY KIP DAWKINS STYLED BY WENDY UMANOFF

Steve Kim has come full circle. Growing up in New Jersey in a family that emigrated from Korea when he was 7 years old, Kim helped his mother in the kitchen. But when he wanted to try his hand at cooking on his own, he didn’t want to make Korean food. He wanted to learn how to cook the new foods he’d discovered in the United States. When he was in the seventh grade, he sent away for Betty Crocker’s Cook-

book, which he’d seen advertised on the back of a pancake box. “I literally made everything in that book — I made homemade pizza crust, pineapple upside-down cake. And my mom let me do it.” His mother, however, cooked Korean food for dinner every night. Kim learned about cooking as he helped to prepare the family meals. “My other two brothers weren’t interested. I’d help my mom make

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SEAFOOD PAJEON (pancakes) Serves 4

LEFT: Pajeon, chock full of shrimp, squid and tilapia, was served as an appetizer. RIGHT: Steve Kim mans the grill. Both the bulgogi and kalbi take just a few minutes to cook. BELOW RIGHT: Sarah Kim made White Lion cocktails — 2 parts light rum, 2 parts curaçao, 1 part fresh lime and dash of grenadine.

INGREDIENTS » 1 cup of all-purpose flour » 1 teaspoon of salt » ½ teaspoon of black pepper » 1 egg » ¾ cup of chicken broth » 3 tablespoons of brewed soy sauce* » 2 teaspoons of rice vinegar » 1 bunch of scallions, trimmed and cut into strips

» ½ small red bell pepper, cut into thin strips » ½ pound of medium shrimp, cleaned and halved lengthwise » 1 small squid, cleaned and cut into small strips » 1 tilapia filet, diced » 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil » Ginger-scallion sauce (Kim uses the recipe found in David Chang’s book, Momofuku)

DIRECTIONS Combine flour, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Gradually whisk in chicken broth until smooth; whisk in egg. Add scallions, bell pepper, shrimp, squid and tilapia. Mix gently. Cover. Let sit for 10 minutes. Mix soy sauce and rice vinegar in a small bowl; set aside. Heat oil in a medium nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Ladle batter to cover the pan in a thin layer. Cook pancake until golden brown on the underside, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip and cook for 3 to 4 minutes more. Add more oil as needed. Remove pancake and repeat. Cut pancakes into wedges and serve with ginger-scallion sauce.

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dumplings at the kitchen table — rolling dumpling after dumpling and realizing it only takes a second to eat them.” After he left home and cooked for himself — experimenting with a variety of cuisines — he began to miss his mother’s food. It was time to rediscover the tastes and smells of his childhood. “She’s an amazing cook,” he says. “I’m always writing down her recipes as she cooks. They’re not exact, but I’m getting

them down.” Ten years ago he opened Kimbo’s Noodle Bar near VCU but got out of the restaurant business after one year. “It’s hard work. I’m actually such a better cook now than then — I have the time to pay attention to just the food.” Fortunately, his friends get the benefit of his Korean-kitchen upbringing. As a child, he says, “I assumed my friends wouldn’t like Korean food — I didn’t have them over [for dinner].” That’s all changed. Friends can’t resist his seafood pajeon, pancakes stuffed with squid, shrimp and chunks of tilapia intertwined with strips of scallions and red bell peppers. Fried until crispy around the edges, the pancakes are quartered and drizzled with KimKim sauce, Kim’s personal take on traditional ssamjang. Ssamjang is a concoction of Korean chili paste, garlic, sesame

Fiery kimchee, made with fermented napa cabbage, is a staple in Korean cuisine.

Grilled littleneck clams with melted butter and KimKim sauce, garnished with chopped scallions

oil and honey, among other ingredients. Kim amps up his version with ingredients he refuses to reveal and uses it on everything. “It’s even good with eggs,” he says. It’s better with bulgogi and kalbi, garlicky marinated rib-eye steak and beef short ribs, respectively. Kim serves both with rice and banchan, which are little side dishes of vegetables and kimchee (a food integral to the Korean table — from the traditional version made with spicy, fermented napa cabbage to a quick-pickled version made with radishes or cucumbers). Each can be eaten separately, or they all can be wrapped together in butterlettuce leaves. “This is my favorite,” says Sarah Kim, indicating the large bowl full of japchae. Although often served as a side dish, her husband’s version is more than enough for a main course. After cooking and draining sweet-potato noodles, Kim stir-fries

them with vegetables, pork and seafood. Soy sauce, sesame oil and earthy, dried mushrooms deepen the flavor, and a touch of sugar brightens the entire dish. On a warm night with friends and cocktails full of rum and berries, the Korean way of eating — a little of this, a bit of that — leaves lots of time for conversation and lingering at the table. Spicy, sweet and savory intermingle to become new comfort food for some and an affirmation of the past for others. 

ABOVE: A plate full of banchan, or little side dishes, and bulgogi and rice in a butter-lettuce leaf BELOW LEFT: Guest John Oliver BELOW RIGHT: A table laden with food, with kalbi in the front bowl

INGREDIENTS » ½ cup of brewed soy sauce* » ¼ cup of brown sugar » ¼ cup of sesame oil » 2 tablespoons of mirin* » 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil » 8 cloves of garlic, crushed » 6 large scallions, chopped roughly » 2 pounds of rib-eye steak, sliced against the grain into medium strips

» 2 pounds of beef short ribs, cut into 3-inch pieces » Toasted sesame seeds » Butter lettuce, washed and cut into small pieces » Ginger-scallion sauce or, if you’re lucky, KimKim sauce » Steamed rice » Assorted banchan (homemade or purchased) *

DIRECTIONS Combine soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, mirin and oil in a large bowl. Add garlic and scallions. Stir. Put rib-eye steak and short ribs into a large plastic freezer bag (or two). Pour marinade into bag and turn over several times to ensure all pieces are covered. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight. Heat grill to medium-high heat. Drain excess marinade. Sear strips of steak quickly 2 to 3 minutes. Grill short ribs until medium, about 4 to 6 minutes (cooking times may vary). Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and chopped scallions. Serve with lettuce, sauce, steamed rice and assorted banchan.

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INGREDIENTS » 6 dried shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced » ½ ounce of dried black wood-ear mushrooms* » 8 ounces of sweet-potato noodles* » ½ pound of pork tenderloin, sliced into strips » ½ pound of crab stick, sliced » ½ pound of shrimp, peeled, tails left on » 1 scallion, chopped » 3 tablespoons of brewed soy sauce* » 1 tablespoon of sesame oil » 2 teaspoons of sugar » 6 tablespoons of vegetable oil » 1 small onion, thinly sliced » 3 cloves of garlic, minced » 1 small red bell pepper, cut into thin strips » ½ head of green cabbage, cored and thinly sliced » 1 small carrot, peeled and julienned » Salt and black pepper DIRECTIONS Put mushrooms in a medium-sized bowl of hot water; cover and soak until soft, about 1 hour. Drain and trim, discarding stems. Thinly slice mushrooms and set aside. Put noodles into a large pot of boiling water over high heat. Simmer for about 5 minutes or according to package instructions. Drain, rinse and set aside. Mix together pork, scallions, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1½ teaspoons of sesame oil and sugar in a small bowl and set aside. Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat. Add the onions, garlic, peppers, cabbage, mushrooms and carrots. Stir-fry until vegetables are wilted, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to a large bowl. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in the wok; add meat, stir-frying until just cooked through (about 2 minutes) and add to bowl. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in the wok; add shrimp and crabmeat, stir-frying until shrimp are cooked through (about 1 minute) and add to bowl. Add remaining 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to wok. Add noodles and stir-fry until translucent, about 3 minutes. Place in the bowl. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and 1½ teaspoons of sesame oil to the bowl, adding more to taste, if desired. Toss to mix well and serve warm. *Ingredients can be purchased at Richmond Oriental Market (431 E. Belt Blvd., 231-7624) 

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General contractor, Franko-LaFratta Construction, 355-4917, flfconstruction.com Painting contractor, H.J. Holtz and Son, 358-4109, hjholtzandson.com Faux-finish painter, Jeff Ragland of H.J. Holtz and Son with Shane Legano, Dannon Featherston and Jeremy McGarvey, 358-4109, hjholtzandson. com Interior designer, Suellen Gregory, Suellen Gregory Interior Design, 359-3100, suellengregory.com

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Page 44 Dining room chairs, Leo Burke, 358-5773 leoburke.com fabric, Brunschwig and Fils, brunschwig.com Custom hall table, Tom Chenoweth, 257-5467, astradesign. com Custom rug, designed by Sarah Gayle Carter, scarter@ sarahgaylecarter.com

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installation, Franko-LaFratta Construction, 355-4917, flfconstruction.com Countertop in Azul Imperial, Marva Marble and Granite, marvamarble.com, 739-0176; AlphaStone Solutions, 622-2068, alphastone.us Tile, Morris Tile Distributors, 353-4427, morristile.com shower floor and shower wall decoration, Five Elements in Java Pebbles, thefiveelements.net floor, wainscoting and shower wall background, MLW Stone, mlwstone.com, (800) 477-7665

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Pages 56-57 Copper roofing and Dryvit, James River Exteriors, 271-0663, jamesriverexteriors.com Front door, Milano Doors, milanodoors.com Travertine flooring, The Stone Locator, stonelocator.com Barcelona chair, Ebay, ebay.com

Pages 58-59 Dining table, Calligaris, calligaris.us Dining chairs’ upholstery, Whetstone Upholstery and Interiors, 355-8505, whetstoneupholsteryandinteriors.com Stools, LaDifférence, 648-6210, ladiff.com Bamboo cabinets and PaperStone counters, Method Woodworking & Design, 783-2161, methodwoodworking.com Gaggenau refrigerator and range, Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery, 2646400, ferguson.com Exterior balcony railing, Bristol Valley, bristolvalley.com

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Architect, Michael E. F. Foltz, A.I.A., McAllister + Foltz Architecture, P.C., 794-7317, mcallisterfoltz.com General Contractor, Grace Street Home Additions, 232-0120, gracestreet.com Geothermal assistance, Delta Temp. Inc. 739-5854, deltatempinc.com Landscape designer, Cross Creek Nursery, 794-9760, crosscreeknursery.com

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Homeowners looking for the latest trends in home decor will find ideas and innovations at Richmond’s HOMEARAMA 2010, running Sept. 18 through Oct. 3. The event showcases six furnished homes where you’ll find “101 Great New Ideas” in everything from decorating to design. Martha Sue Blosser and Jerry Blalock, co-owners of the Design Center, have chosen to give the interior of the Colonial Homecrafters, Ltd. Craftsman-style home a warm, comfortable ambience. “For the windows, for example, we’re using bamboo shades for protection and also texture,” Blosser says. “The house also has reclaimed heart-pine flooring that is gorgeous.”

CUSTOM FEATURES Other design aspects include a half bath that is prepped to be converted into an elevator, if the need arises. “This is a generational home that can grow with the family,” Blosser explains. The home is loaded with convenience features such as a mudroom and drop zone with chalkboard and custom storage cubbies for everything from bats and balls to backpacks and shoes. “We have added a storage bench in the upstairs hall to utilize space as well,” Blosser says. The laundry room has been dressed up with a granite work area, and the kitchen includes a small, adjacent command center — perfect for an ofﬁce and computer. ENTERTAINING OPTIONS Priscilla George, owner of Interior Excellence, developed a “Young at Heart” theme for the LifeStyle Builders and Developers home in the event. A home, she says, should be “an oasis” where families can relax and enjoy being together. The LifeStyle home incorporates some new trends into the design such as an electronic system that allows the homeowner to perform tasks such as locking the door or adjusting the thermostat from anywhere in the world through the use of a hand-held computer. Instead of a wet bar, the home has a wine grotto in the kitchen with a built-in wine cooler that keeps bottles

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of white and red wines chilled at separate temperatures. The kitchen also features two different types of countertops as well as two colors of cabinetry — crème and chocolate. “The kitchen also has two cubbies where your dogs can sleep,” George says, adding that the builder has used available space upstairs to create a special spot for Mom. “It’s a private space where Mom can do crafts or work on whatever she needs to get done.” WASTE NO SPACE Elaine Reeder, decorator for custom homebuilder Southern Traditions also

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ABOVE: More than 200 guests wandered the spacious rooms of Rothesay, an English Tudorstyle estate built in 1913. LEFT: Designers Paige George, David Barden and Tosca Roberts

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Lemonade & Lights Out Bare Bones Party overcomes heat, potholes and power outage to provide peeks into this year’s Designer House By Bethany Emerson

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ith cups of tart lemonade in hand, about 250 design-loving Richmonders gathered on the banks of the James at Rothesay, this year’s Richmond Symphony Orchestra League Designer House. The guests browsed the mammoth — but completely empty — spaces, chatting with local designers about their secrets for transforming the rooms. “Some of [the guests] fall down — they really do — and [are] overwhelmed when they come back and see the space done up,” says designer David Allan Ballas. “[Guests] will see what we have done and the magic we have created,” Kat Liebschwager says. She is designing a trio of rooms on the third floor with her husband, Mike. “It almost becomes like one of those HGTV design shows.”

A truly Richmond-in-August evening, it was close to 103 degrees outside, and many of the second-floor air-conditioning units were not yet installed. But heat was not the only barrier attendees overcame, committee chair Joan Carlton says with a laugh. The day of the event, dubbed the Bare Bones Party, the city decided to do roadwork outside Rothesay, blocking guests from being able to park nearby. In addition, a thunderstorm drove guests inside for about 45 minutes, and there was even a brief power outage. “We are overcoming adversity — anything nature throws at us and the city,” Carlton says. She adds that a team was out in the yard a few hours before the event, cutting down the “half of a tree” that had fallen. “This has become a labor of love for many people.”

ABOVE: Randy Trainor discusses her design for the library with Rothesay’s owner, George Anderson.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS (9/13 to 10/11) Other events will be held at the Richmond Symphony Orchestra League Designer House. » The Renaissance Gala at Rothesay will feature live jazz, food and wine on Sept. 10 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. » There will be a book signing by George C. Longest, author of Genius in the Garden: Charles F. Gillette and Landscape Architecture in

Virginia on Sept. 26 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. » Come and Play invites you to lunch and to play mahjong and bridge in the Secret Garden Hall on Oct. 4. » Lastly, there will be an auction, both silent and live, of all of the items in the house on Oct. 12.

Tickets to tour the house and grounds are $15 in advance, $20 starting Sept.13. No children under age 8 allowed. Open Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. 1234 Rothesay Circle. For ticket locations, go to rsol.org. For group ticket information, call Barbara Evers at 323-4174.

ABOVE: A couple explores Rothesay’s gardens, which will be transformed by landscape designers.

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ABOVE: With second-floor air-conditioning units not yet installed, attendees sought refuge downstairs, refilling their drinks and snacking on petite brownies and pimento-cheese toasts.

ABOVE: Designer Brooke Chappelle, RSOL committee member Kathryn Porté and designer Jennifer Stoner

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Get inspired by six completely furnished and landscaped homes. The Home Building Association of Richmond presents the latest in technology, construction, design, furniture and accessories at Patriots Landing, a planned community of Craftsman-style homes in New Kent County. Theme days include: Wine & Jazz Sept. 18 and 19 from noon to 9 p.m.; Taste of Richmond, showcasing local chefs, Sept. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Ladies Day Out, featuring decorating and lunch, Sept. 22 and Sept. 29 from noon to 9 p.m.; Children’s Hospital Foundation Block Party, featuring live music and a silent auction, Sept. 25 from noon to 4 p.m.; and Senior Day with half-price tickets for those 65 and over on Sept. 27. Open daily from noon to 9 p.m. $10 for adults; free for children 12 and under. 7300 Market Place Drive, Quinton. For information, call 932-9400 or go to richmondhomearama.com. 78

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and 9/19 23rd Annual Richmond Home Show Local designers, remodelers and building companies will be on hand to answer questions, plus exhibit their latest wares. Get a look at the newest custom cabinets, flooring, countertops, energy-efficiency technology and more. In addition, local designers including David Ballas of David Allan Ballas Interior Design, Tony Turner of Feathernesters and Beverly Rivers of Rivers’ Edge Interiors and Gifts will turn tabletops into holiday fantasies. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 18; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 19. $7 for adults; free for children under 16. Richmond Raceway Complex. Go to agievents.com for details.

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Westover Autumn Pilgrimage House and Garden Tour Come to Charles City County for this year’s tour, which includes historic houses, historic churches and River Point, the home of former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder. House tours, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m; barbecue, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. $50. Westover Plantation, 7000 Westover Road, Charles City. Call Jerry Green at 829-5104 for details.

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A Day of Design at the Symphony Designer House Come learn from guest speaker and author Charles Faudree. He will share his work, experiences and advice for creating timeless interiors. After his talk, enjoy a champagne lunch and a panel discussion with Faudree and various IFDA Designer House participants. Your ticket will include a tour of the home’s 37 design spaces. Call 622-0605 or go to ifdarichmond.com for details.

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-3, 9-10, 16-17 Parade of Homes Thinking about buying a new home, building a home or just need a few design ideas? The Home Building Association of Richmond presents 52 new homes around the region for your viewing pleasure. Prices range from the $190s to more than $900,000. Free. For information, go to RichmondParadeofHomes.com or look for the free Parade of Homes Plan Book at Martin’s and Kroger supermarkets.

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Being Done Or, done in by renovation By Maureen L. Egan

’m done. Not sure when it happened. Not sure I can pinpoint my loss of interest, my lack of desire, but I’m not ashamed to admit it to the world: I don’t care about my house anymore. The curb appeal is gone, and I don’t know that I want to get it back. I know it’s against the rules of middle-class, HGTV-watching, shelter magazinereading America, but my home has gotten homely, and I can’t be bothered. I look around and don’t much like what I see but don’t have the oomph to change it — or even rearrange it. It’s hard for me to believe that I’ll ever paint another wall or buy another piece of furniture or frame those prints stuck in a bag in my closet. Last winter, a picture window in our kitchen cracked into a surprisingly intricate spider web pattern, and we’ve decided to call it art glass and leave it at that. With a little luck and lots of neglect, perhaps the other windows will shatter as artfully. Giving up looks cooler than I’d anticipated. When we bought this 1950s tri-level in 1995, we acquired a home that 1975 hadn’t forgotten — French’s mustard-colored kitchen cabinets, shiny wallpaper and eye-boggling carpets — solid, striped and plaid. My husband and I were energetic do-ityourselfers, so we had a good time stripping wallpaper (except when it had been painted over — not a good time), building built-in bookcases, painting and the like. I used to paint rooms for fun on a Friday night. Over the years, we built and bought furniture that was destined to solve all of our problems, until it became one of our problems. I routinely came up with schemes that proved how moving our furniture around from room to room would change our lives for the better. No matter the inadequacy of my solutions, I always thought I could come up with the next project that would insure good looks, order and style. These shelves would guarantee an organized linen closet ad infinitum, this furniture placement would make us a fun, game-playing family, and that artwork right there would be a stunner. We believed in cause-effect, even if we didn’t always cause the effect we hoped for. I was naïve. I was creative. I was hopeful. And I was occasionally passive-aggressive. The old me would bring an intriguing paint color home and pick the most inopportune time — say in the middle of breakfast five minutes before we had to leave for a soccer game the day before company’s coming — to slap a few strokes up on the wall. It would then become clear that I had picked the wrong color and needed to try again. Soon,

I would have a multi-colored wall of wrong colors that begged to be covered up, thereby forcing me to paint the damned thing something — anything — that by this time had to be an improvement. I was also known for a wallpaper peeling technique whereby I would decide unilaterally that I hated it and then suddenly and indiscriminately peel off little bits. Once I had ruined what had been a perfectly fine wall, renovation had to proceed. That was then. Now, even peeling dated wallpaper has lost its appeal. I should have known something had changed when I came upon the perfect paint color for our hallway a few years ago in a magazine. It’s been hydrangea blue for years now (a Martha Stewart pre-prison color), and when I painted it in 1999 or so, it made for such a happy hallway. But then a few years later I painted the nearby living room a dark, luscious, raisin-y color that doesn’t play well with the hydrangea blue. Raisins should mix with chocolate, not with this blue. So I bought a test quart of the new perfect color. And then I did nothing. For years — nothing. Oh, I have my theories why my home improvement personality has gone from aggressive to passive-aggressive to just plain passive. I’m consumed with other tasks, and the squeaky wheels elsewhere get the WD-40. But at this rate, when it’s time to sell this place in 20 or 30 years, it will have fossilized into early 21st-century eccentric — just like me.

A picture window in our kitchen cracked into a surprisingly intricate spider web pattern, and we’ve decided to call it art glass and leave it at that.

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