‘Trend’ can be a scary word when it comes to kitchen design. It’s not like you can throw away your floor tiles every season like a pair of stretched out jeggings. Kitchen and bathroom styles tend to have a much longer shelf-life, for obvious reasons. So, kitchen renovators shouldn’t be afraid to try the latest […]
If you’ve bought or sold a house in the last 10 years, you know that there is an abundance of searchable real estate information out there. Real estate sites are designed with features meant to attract people who need to be technologically wowed, and they tend to do just that. But what exactly are those […]
Nothing escapes the consequences of time. Whether you’re talking about architecture, style, product lines, or ideas, everything ages – some for the better, others for the worse. New ideas and technologies disrupt, as they like to say, what was once thought to be the established way. Businesses grow or stagnate, merge or perish. Real Estate […]
Are you looking for a house? Then you probably already know what I’m about to say. Inventory is low. [one-half-first] Like, Mariana Trench low. Like, the Cleveland Brown’s chances of winning the Super Bowl low. I mean low. Historically low. In fact, I haven’t seen inventory this low in my entire real estate career. So […]
I posed this question to some of Richmond’s most beloved, involved and dynamic residents. The answers may surprise you! Ryan Rinn, Executive Director, Storefront for Community Design The James River Park System is an oasis in our urban setting. Each bank of the river for 7 miles is accessible to the public and when you’re […]
If you’re any kind of a music fan and you haven’t yet been to see a show at The Tin Pan, you’re missing out on something very cool in Richmond. This relatively new music venue is fantastic. It’s not a ‘club’, it’s not a restaurant, it’s not a music hall…it’s a Listening Room. (That also […]
I love to wander through the Fan and look at a single architectural element on a variety of houses. I will pick one small thing and notice all the millions of ways it can be executed on different buildings. Sometimes I look at only front doors, sometimes transom windows, columns on front porches, window decoration, […]
Richmond, Virginia is an open-air museum of architectural history. The city is filled with neighborhoods echoing the voices, tumultuous political history and culture of Virginia’s past. I like to think our job as residents of these historic homes is to act as stewards of the artistic expression of our shared history. There are so many […]
Landscaping can make or break a home sale. It’s cliché, but curb appeal is crucial when it comes to selling your home. Many of my buyer clients will do an initial ‘Drive-By’ to determine whether or not they even want to go inside a house that’s on the market. Even if the rest of […]
Sometimes moments of clarity strike with little notice. I was listening to an interview that discussed how we are most comfortable when a decision comes down to one or the other. Yes or no, black or white, good or bad. These are the decisions we prefer as opposed to the much more common gray, subtle, […]