Carla Minosh

We purchased the house at 878 Main Street at auction, so the kitchen appliances were not included.  The biggest disappointment, however, was that they DID leave us the kitchen cabinets, which appeared to have been hand-made out of plywood some time in the 1950s.  Though the chrome trim on the counters was a nice touch, the Formica was a […]

Tom and I have always had a love for all sorts of architectural styles and periods, and love to explore new places from a “curbside” point of view.  Unlike most tourists who visit, well, whatever sights “normal” people go to see, we prefer a different path.  We go for long runs through interesting neighborhoods, long drives along historic avenues, and long

August has been a difficult month.  On the negative side, our contractor of five years decided that our house would make a better party venue than his own house, and an unauthorized invasion of rednecks was the result.  This fiasco followed right on the heels of our mantlepiece disaster, where the guys who were instructed to hand-strip one

I was really looking forward to getting back to Danville, making plans to pick up my mother-in-law to take her back up to Falls Church with us for a little while, and eager to spend some time in the pool and with my friends and family.  My good mood was ruined, however, as I scanned

The master bathroom grew out of the idea of a Roman Bath with a sunken tub, then took on a Victorian Twist all of it’s own accord as we attempted to blend it into the existing architecture. Having raised the floor of the bathroom space, which had formerly been accessed by three steps down, and

1880s Photo of the Sublett-Miller House Since this is a new blog, it makes sense to explain how it is that a Corporate Attorney and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Falls Church Virginia happened to have spent the last decade of their lives restoring an 1874 victorian in Danville Virginia. First of all, I will

Some people would ask why, after 10 years of renovation and restoration work, would I start a blog about our experiences now.  The simple answer is that we are not done yet, but it is more complex than that. Certainly the physical evidence of our labors slowly emerges over time and are a testament to