Burch Builders offers college students real-world design experience
Student designers got a chance to see how what they're learning in the classroom applies in the field last week through the American Society of Interior Designers' RealWorld DesignWeek. The national program was implemented locally by project designer Allie Mann of Warrenton's Burch Builder Group, who worked with six interior design students from Northern Virginia Community College and the Art Institute of Washington to provide hands-on experience in the profession. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
'Big Brown' is really an Upperville cow
Most of us will celebrate when the Washington Redskins win the season's final game in February, but our celebration will be filtered by the television screen that stands between us and Jason and Clinton and London and the rest of the Super Bowl champions. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Electric wholesaler opens in Warrenton
Florescent light bulbs are getting all the press these days, but they may not be the be-all and end-all of lighting developments that will make us all 'green' home and business owners.General Electric, according to Jackie Miller, an outside sales specialist with Electric Wholesalers Inc., which opened on Industrial Road in Warrenton on Oct. 6, is hard at work on an HEI, or high-efficiency incandescent. GE researchers think that is the next big thing in lighting, Miller said. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Oak Hill enters capitalization homestretch
With all the bad news associated with banks these days — failed, on bailout life-support, headed by CEOs who have never met a risk they wouldn't take or a salary they couldn't hike — it's a little bit of a shame, Al Henry said last week, that Oak Hill National Bank couldn't have opened its doors three or four weeks ago. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
Fresh, simple, top new chef's philosophy
The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree, they say. In the case of Tommy Adrian, the adage is more figurative than literal.Adrian donned the toque and chef's jacket at Napoleon's in Warrenton about seven weeks ago, and while 67 Waterloo St., is a long way from any of Gordon Ramsey's restaurants in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the tart-tongued Brit's influence exerts a strong pull here. | 0 comments - ›› more ...
In on the ground floor
Sometimes in business, you just have to grab the bull by the horns.Widespread recognition that leaking water fosters mold which, in turn, fosters health problems, has led many a homeowner and home builder to eschew ceramic tile in kitchens and bathrooms. | 0 comments - ›› more ...