Winter is the perfect time to enjoy your favorite comfort foods, like this delicious recipe for baked mac & cheese. Tell us what some of your favorite dishes are!
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Lovely Places to Live
Our tour of neighborhoods in the Roanoke Valley begins to the north, in Botetourt County, and then swings south and west into Roanoke City, Salem and beyond. Plus, meet some people who live there.
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The 16 Trees of Christmas
At the Roanoke County home of Mark and Elizabeth Bower, Christmas is more than a special occasion; it is an abiding passion so strong that they’ll decorate the entire home twice this year.
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Holiday Treats: Peanut Butter Pinwheels & Divinity Candy
The holidays are my favorite time to cook. Not only does the food fill the house with comforting aromas, but it also conjures up memories of childhood Christmases. I recently had the pleasure of experimenting with divinity candy for our sister publication Blue Ridge Country’s food column. According to the article, students of Ada Earnest’s [...]
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Inspired by a Five-Cent Coca-Cola Ad
Robert and Angela Natt’s downtown-Roanoke condo combines convenience for both their jobs with whimsy and fun generated by both the condo and the pieces they’ve put in it.
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An Amateur Designer’s Dream Condo
Michelle Anderson has used her 1,100 square-foot space to put the bounty of magazine clips, show ideas and advice into motion to create a perfect living space.
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Going Green & Multi-gen at the Lake
Wayne and Joan Peppers wanted a home to accommodate their 17-member family; they got that and then some, with a LEED-certified home built even sooner than they’d planned.
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September/October Advertiser Quick Links
Here are links to some of the wonderful businesses that supported our September/October “Homes” issue. We encourage you to visit their websites soon – and tell them you saw them in The Roanoker!
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Landscape Secrets
Start with a simple rule of (green) thumb: In the front yard, your plantings should play a secondary role to the front of the home; in the back yard, landscaping rules.
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At Home With Two Architects
A re-done kitchen-dining-study area brings a family close to each other and to the outdoors.
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Garden Week Goes to Salem
The blend of great architecture, beautiful gardens and a backdrop theme of Roanoke College history and culture creates a compelling cluster for the April 23 event.
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Mountain View Named a 2011 “Best Old House Neighborhood”
This Old House, one of the most respected home improvement authorities in America, has named Mountain View one of 2011’s “Best Old House Neighborhoods.”
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Neighborhood Classics
Roanoke’s many fine neighborhoods are home to a variety of home styles. Here’s an overview.
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Chocolate Truffles Recipe
Boy was I dreading the predicted snowfall of last December. I was sure to go stir crazy cooped up in the house all weekend.
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Unfound Treasures
A quarter century and $52 million later, Roanoke is still looking eastward for economic salvation, to 1,100-acre, scenic, river-cut, parkway-bordering Explore Park. The vision has changed, but the lack of realization has not. Today, with Larry Vander Maten out of the picture and “The Waltons’” Earl Hamner perhaps stepping in, the future is as rich with possibility and as totally uncertain as ever.
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