n home design. –Lynn Norusis
The Clifton/Fairfax Station Homes Tour
Hosted by the Clifton Community Woman’s Club, this tour will let patrons explore three extraordinary homes and an elegant garden in Clifton and Fairfax Station. On hand will be the residents of the home who will explain their vision and their work with the architects who brought it to life.
The Gottlieb House, a 10,000-square-foot wedge-shaped, glass-walled home designed by the current residents’ mother, an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright, is fit with sweeping views of the Occoquan from atop the wooded hillside. The interior showcases maple and walnut furniture handcrafted by the current owner of the home. The tour will also include a look into Mark Gottlieb’s workshop where he will be displaying his craft.
The Oliver House is a design of Georgian architecture with a fieldstone façade and decorative elements inspired by 18th-century Williamsburg, Annapolis and the Philadelphia Main Line. The property has become a familial compound for the Sheps with three families living on the 35 acres accompanied by 42 horses in the stables.
When designing their Fairfax Station home, the Townsends wanted to focus on what is most important to them, their family. Inside the Townsend Home, patrons will be delighted with the collection of Hummels, a carousel-inspired room and murals throughout the home. There is even a gingerbread structure outside.
Walk through The Nanto Garden in Clifton and you are transported to an English cottage garden with a Japanese twist. The 2-acre space is divided into six areas: a Japanese garden, a rose garden and four more gardens, each named for one of the owner’s grandchildren.
Thursday, May 21, from 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; silent auction from 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. $25 in advance, $30 the day of the tour, $10 for one home. Free admission to auction.
The Love Quilt Project’s Arlington, McLean and Falls Church Home Tour
Five homes throughout Arlington, McLean and Falls Church will be on display and will take patrons through some of the area’s renowned architectural firms—cox, fraee & spack architects, Randall Mars, David Ricks Architects and Moore Architects. A minimum of five homes, along with the gardens, are open to the public on this driving tour. Afterward, patrons can return to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, which was also designed by cox, fraee & spack, for tea, a local artisan boutique and live music.
Saturday, May 9, from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. $25 tickets include tour, tea and artisan boutique sale at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
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(May 2015)
