As a graduate of Virginia Tech in Interior Design, I have always desired to find and create a space that people feel comfortable enough to call home. When our family decided to move back to the US after a few years abroad, the small, but bustling town of Blacksburg quickly rose to the top of our list.

Our wishes for our new "home":

• a place where our kids could get on their bikes and safely be gone for hours.
• an ability to walk to a farmers mar...