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
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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