The main house at Blue Ridge Farm, looking towards Afton Mountain.
We repositioned the drive court well away from the house, as it was
originally, with a long, gracious ceremonial walk to a Blue Ridge blue
door. The balustrade mansard roof added by Bottomley raises the stature of it all dramatically.
process Chuck and Kim came across an article featuring Ralph
Harvard, a Virginia born antiquarian and designer��� basically a
jack of all trades, and thought him a good addition to our Bottomley counsel. Ralph has through these many years maintained
the perfect Virginia drawl even though he has been in New York
for over twenty-five years. He leapt right into the mix and we
all adopted the catchphrase: ���WWBD?��� as our code. ���What
would Bottomley DO?��� guided us throughout.
Bottomley was not averse to mixing it up. High fashion and low
fashion detailing. The library for instance incorporates highly
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