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Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: March, 2014

In March 2014, 58 homes sold between $975,000-$160,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: March, 2014

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: February, 2014

In February 2014, 46 homes sold between $1,425,000-$182,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: February, 2014

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: January, 2014

In January 2014, 35 homes sold between $827,575-$140,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: January, 2014

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: December, 2013

In December 2013, 57 homes sold between $1,365,433-$125,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: December, 2013

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: November, 2013

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: November, 2013

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Holiday Homes Tour Set for Dec. 7

Annual tour features five homes, will be walkable for the first time.

The Town of Herndon will host its annual Holiday Homes Tour Saturday, Dec. 7, giving visitors a chance to explore five residences and the visions of their owners.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: October, 2013

In October 2013, 78 homes sold between $925,000-$177,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: October, 2013

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Creating a Feast for the Eye

Local designers share ideas for a striking Thanksgiving table.

While a menu of turkey and gravy will satisfy the belly this Thanksgiving, a well-designed centerpiece that reflects the warm hues of fall will be a feast for the eyes.

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Choosing Art

Local designers offer tips on how to banish blank walls.

When Anne McCloud and her fiance, Mark Graham, moved into their Herndon home two years ago, with the exception of a large, deep red Chesterfield sofa, a present from Anne’s parents, the furniture they had was left over from graduate school: a tattered antique chair in need of reupholstering and two side tables.

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Home for the Holidays

Amateur chef Dave Mulligan gets the kitchen of his dreams ... just in time for Thanksgiving.

As Dave Mulligan tells it, he owes the long-coveted "blue eyes" granite countertops now in his kitchen to events that started with a leaking shower one floor above.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: September, 2013

In September 2013, 81 homes sold between $1,365,000-$147,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: September, 2013

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Decorating for Fall

Local designers offer suggestions for bringing the harvest into your home.

The colors of autumn are all around as pumpkins and squash fill produce stands and leaves change from green to orange, red and yellow before falling from their branches. Local designers and tastemakers are unveiling home accents that bring the warm hues of the season into the home. Whether using pillows, throws or flowers, adding the colors and textures of fall requires less effort than one might expect. “Emerald green, orange and turquoise are three of the biggest color trends we’re seeing,” said Marcus Browning of European Country Living in Old Town Alexandria. “Throws and pillows are a given, but you can also tie in traditional and modern accessories with rugs, stained glass lamps with modern or intricate designs.” Small trays provide a canvas for highlighting color and adding functionality to a room, says Marika Meyer of Marika Meyer Interiors in Bethesda, Md. “Color and pattern are in right now,” she said. “I just purchased the C. Wonder (http://www.cwonder.com) navy and white chevron tray for my home. It adds a punch of color and freshness to a room. Preppy is back in a big way, too, offering lots of patterns.”

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: August, 2013

In August 2013, 93 homes sold between $1,399,990-$170,000 in the Herndon and Oak Hill area.

Oak Hill, Herndon Home Sales: August, 2013

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Big Ideas for Small Spaces

Local designers offer ideas for decorating small rooms.

Whether one is sprucing up a small powder room or decorating a studio apartment, space limitations often pose a design challenge. However, local designers say that no matter how a small space’s square footage or how awkward the layout, there are plenty of decorative cures for small spaces. Whether one is sprucing up a small powder room or decorating a studio apartment, space limitations often pose a design challenge. However, local designers say that no matter how a small space’s square footage or how awkward the layout, there are plenty of decorative cures for small spaces.

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Like Magic

New plan in built-out 1940s colonial gains vital square footage as young family looks ahead.

In the end, a skillful spatial reconfiguration is like a deft magician's trick — you've seen it with your own eyes, but you still can't figure out how they did it. “Really, I don't know how this plan created so much more usable space,” Alexandria resident Alice Goulet said, discussing a recent reconfiguration to several rooms in the family's 1,800-square-foot center-hall Colonial.