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What sold Mark and Lisa Cruise on their property near Marker R47 was the view—a lush and inviting vista that stretches eastward across the main channel of Smith Mountain Lake, ...

Kitchen islands have become so popular in new builds and kitchen remodels that you can hardly find a new kitchen without one. Why are islands on the “must have” list ...

For hundreds of years, landscape architecture focused on highly structured, formal spaces and was confined to the highest echelons, like palaces and museums. But as homeowners throughout the world have ...

For over twenty-five years, Susan Mitchell Ober dreamed of owning a historic home, preserving it, and operating it as a bed and breakfast in her native Franklin County. An independent ...

When Dario and Wendy Marquez bought their home in The Water’s Edge community, the house was as much about potential as it was about reality. Where there were heavy, dark ...

It’s no surprise that the white carpet in Floyd Merryman’s Smith Mountain Lake home was the first thing the dog owner replaced when he bought the property. “We closed on ...

Meg Head has a little advice for house hunters at Smith Mountain Lake: Don’t rule out a property just because the online listing lacks “wow factor.” Meg and her husband, ...

When Carol Noesner wakes up in the morning, the first thing she sees is water. It’s perfection—the beauty of Smith Mountain Lake pouring through the bedroom windows. That view, created ...