Hillsborough resident Mark Obenshain calls himself a cheapskate.
But that’s just one reason his family installed a geothermal heating and cooling system in their home.
The system, which extracts or rejects heat for the house by circulating water through pipes in the ground, takes advantage of a steady temperature of about 58 degrees 2 to 3 feet below the Earth’s surface.
Published: May. 21, 2012 10:03 AM | Full story
Author Anna Hayes has, in many ways, led a lucky-girl life. Trained as an attorney, she has been an avid traveler. After college, the North Carolina native lived in many places, including San Francisco, Mexico, Guatemala and France.
Published: May. 14, 2012 3:49 PM | Full story
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Hillsborough couple’s home pulls together elements from myriad sources.
Published: May. 5, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
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A dramatic glass and aluminum corner and the rich warm tones of natural wood siding on this modern home belie its considerable salvage content. single speed design.
Published: Apr. 21, 2012 5:00 PM | Full story
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Trish and William “Bill” Hussey make a busy couple. He’s executive director of Exceptional and Gifted Children for the Alamance Burlington School System. She’s director of Freedom House Recovery Center in Chapel Hill and Durham. Their daughter is spending some time at home completing graduate work at a local university. And the couple loves to entertain extended family and friends.
Published: Apr. 9, 2012 9:30 AM | Full story
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Couple enjoys historic district living in a non-historic home
Published: Apr. 1, 2012 8:00 AM | Full story
Gail Crabtree and Rama Mills have more than 25 years experience building homes in the Triangle as G. Crabtree Home Building. Just a few places you can find their work in the Triangle: Winmore in Carrboro, Downing Creek in Chapel Hill, Ridge Springs and Valley Meadow in northern Chatham County, and Northgate Park and Trinity Park of Durham.
Published: Mar. 20, 2012 5:20 PM | Full story
When Staci and Rich Green moved to Chapel Hill from New York in 2004, they wanted an area that was convenient to town but also gave the couple and their twins some privacy.
Staci is a runner and bicycle rider, so she wanted a low-traffic neighborhood.
Published: Mar. 18, 2012 7:05 AM | Full story
Affordable apartment complex for seniors 55 and older. Two two-bedroom and 13 one-bedroom apartments open. Call 919-245-0700. Complex has laundry rooms on both ends of each floor, additional storage for each apartment, wide hallways with handrails, fitness room and common areas for sitting, playing cards, using computers. The Lyons’ apartment opens to open dining and living area with galley kitchen to left off hallway. Full bathroom, two bedrooms off hallway.
Published: Feb. 6, 2012 1:35 PM | Full story
Designer infuses modern townhomes with Craftsman Style
Published: Jan. 24, 2012 4:36 PM | Full story
Looking to update your kitchen or bathroom on a small budget? You might consider resurfacing.
Published: Jan. 14, 2012 8:00 PM | Full story
Jim Senter is a renaissance man who lives on Potluck Farm in Person County near Red Mountain, just about 35 miles north of Chapel Hill. He is a writer and photographer whose fields of interest range from the historical ecology of North Carolina’s Outer Banks to the economic history of our country’s utility industry.
Published: Jan. 8, 2012 5:00 AM | Full story
Names: Chris and Allan Green
Ages: 68 and 67
Occupations: organic farmers of small family farm, Woodcrest Farm, www.woodcrestfarmNC.com
Published: Jan. 1, 2012 8:00 AM | Full story
There is a new, small house in Mebane on a half-acre of wooded habitat with a stream running across the property. The land is certified as a wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. Yet the place is just two blocks from Mebane’s bustling downtown, which includes a Food Lion grocery, hardware store, restaurants, shops and hair salons.
Published: Dec. 25, 2011 10:39 AM | Full story
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The Westwood neighborhood across South Columbia Street from UNC’s medical center has some of the most diverse residential architecture in town. Building began there in the 1930’s and, thanks to a few infill lots, continued through the late 1980s.
Published: Dec. 9, 2011 9:16 AM | Full story
Carrboro couple brings out the historic charm in their 1919 home
Published: Dec. 2, 2011 4:35 PM | Full story
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Architect’s last house embodies his dedication to sustainability and nature
Published: Nov. 21, 2011 3:59 PM | Full story
From a pre-Civil War log cabin to a romantic, brick Georgian/Greek revival, the doors are open to seven historic homes today in Mebane,which straddles the Orange and Alamance county lines.
Published: Nov. 14, 2011 10:03 AM | Full story
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Chapel Hill native and local builder Kurt Mueller built his family’s craftsman-style wooden porch with exposed rafters and no railings to be a welcoming feature in his home on Overland Drive in Colony Woods.
Published: Oct. 21, 2011 11:36 AM | Full story
Governors Club offers a natural setting within easy reach of city life.
Published: Oct. 14, 2011 10:19 AM | Full story
Couple finds everything they need in Meadowmont condo.
Published: Oct. 14, 2011 10:11 AM | Full story
The Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties will hold its annual Parade of Homes the first three weekends in October. This year 24 builders will showcase the newest technologies and a wide variety of architectural styles in 42 homes spread throughout 31 neighborhoods in the participating counties.
Published: Oct. 14, 2011 10:01 AM | Full story
There is a Williamsburg-style house sitting in the middle of 10 acres of white oaks and pines just south of Hillsborough where a historic stage coach trail once connected the colonies.
Published: Sep. 12, 2011 5:13 PM | Full story
An active family finds lots to do in Cosgrove Hill
Published: Sep. 4, 2011 12:00 AM | Full story
If you are looking for a contemporary home in an established neighborhood in Chapel Hill, look at the homes available in Highland Woods.
Published: Aug. 26, 2011 4:25 PM | Full story
While the window views described here hold nothing in suspense to Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window,” they do offer an idea of the wide variety of vistas available to home buyers in Chapel Hill.
Published: Aug. 12, 2011 5:14 PM | Full story
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