Asheville: Few clouds, 84.2 °F
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Family Bond “Hey, mom,” says hans doellgast, as he strides into the master bedroom of his mother’s home in Haw Creek. |
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Folk Story Only a few people have made my list of possible compatriots for future road trips. There’s the predictable crew: family, best friends. |
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Custom Framing If you were lucky, and happened to be driving along a winding country road just outside Franklin last year, you might have witnessed a bizarre display of antiquing unfold in David Pickartz’s front yard. |
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Restorative Powers When the couple first saw the 1961 modernist-style house perched on the side of a mountain deep in the woods near Asheville, its good bones, affordability, lush surroundings, and location, excited them. |
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Modern Marvel Maria Rusafova and Jakub Markulis’ home seems to float in the woods. From one angle, the towering red oaks and maples thriving just inches from the structure appear to lift the cube into the canopy with their trunks and elbowy limbs. Steel, rich with a mottled patina of rust, wraps the exterior and frames soaring windows that reach 35 feet into the sky. |
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Family Reunion Stepping inside Anna’s house is like walking into a scene from Alice in Wonderland. |
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Halls of History When Edward N. Washburn III slipped on his gray herringbone fedora, grabbed his keys, and offered to show me his community, I couldn’t resist. |
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Green Revival Anyone who’s been in the market for a house in the last few years has seen the spectrum of renovation possibilities, from new paint jobs to sleek kitchen remodels. |
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The Long Road Home Christine Mack stands at her kitchen counter snipping glossy-leaved boxwood branches and placing them in small glass vases that she’ll use to decorate tabletops and shelves throughout the house. |
