ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, May 14, 1994                   TAG: 9405160131
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: By JOANNE ANDERSON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium


TOUR SPOTLIGHTS FINE RADFORD HOMES

High on a knoll overlooking the New River and Plum Creek sits the French colonial home of Jeff and Harriet Price of Radford. The two-story residence is made of old Virginia brick and features an 1860 baby grand piano, an extensive doll collection and a Christmas and New England village collection handed down from Jeff Price's grandfather.

The home is one of six houses and a church on the Radford Woman's Club Home Tour on Sunday, 2-6 p.m.

Changing seasons in the woods below and at Radford University in the distance are framed by the paladium window in Lane and Rosemary Middleton's dining room. African artifacts, a silk rug from China and a Victorian platform rocker are tastefully displayed in their family room.

The Middletons' house, built by master craftsman Bill Hines, is in College Park, near two town houses also open for the tour.

Bob and Fran Felch spent months remodeling their town home to reflect personal taste, accommodate their love of cooking and make a safe play area for grandchildren in the finished attic. German and English art, as well as Bob Felch's own paintings, are on display.

The nearby town home of Tar Sevareid is decorated with furniture, a carving, sliding screens and wall hangings from Japan, Oriental rugs and collectibles from the Far East. Masks on a set of authentic Thai classical dancing dolls slip off, revealing tiny doll features underneath.

Up in Cumberlea, you enter the contemporary home of Wayne and Lois Wille through an entrance modeled after an Austrian door. The home is positioned to capture Blue Ridge mountain views, and sliding glass doors are situated at each corner of the ultra-modern square house.

Kris and Sudesh Tayal's secluded Cumberlea home is surrounded by 12 acres overlooking Radford. Art, wood carvings and rugs from their native India adorn the home, and the mountains unfold through a wall of glass in the back of the house.

The historic Grace Episcopal Church and its Memorial Gardens are also open to home tour participants. Refreshments will be served in the Parish Hall.

All proceeds from the tour benefit the woman's club's Babies Into Books project, which promotes reading to children with a book gift to each newborn at Radford Community Hospital.

Tickets for the home tour may be purchased at the homes on Sunday or in advance at the Radford Inn Best Western, Radford City Florist, Northside Florist, Valley Florist, Best Wishes and A Village Flower Shop.

Each of the florists has contributed potted plants and flower arrangements for the homes.

Tickets for Sunday's tour are $10, or $3 for an individual home. For more information, call Meredith Bowman at 639-0691.

\ Places on the tour

Home of Wayne and Lois Wille

120 Charmont Drive

Home of Kris and Sudesh Tayal

201 Wild Partridge Lane

Home of Bob and Fran Felch

129 Greenbrier Drive

Home of Tar Sevareid

133 Greenbrier Drive

Home of Lane and Rosemary Middleton

401 Ridgecrest

Home of Jeff and Harriet Price

111 Riverbend Drive

Grace Episcopal Church

ourth and Harvey streets



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