About
2011
Mint Springs Farm
1687 Mint Springs Road
Crozet, Virginia 22932
2010
533 Rookwood Place
Charlottesville, VA 22903
About Shelter for Help in Emergency
The Shelter for Help in Emergency's mission is to end domestic violence in our community. For over thirty years, the Shelter has committed to providing a safe, confidential, and respectful environment in which survivors of domestic violence are empowered with the knowledge of personal and community resources as well as the skills needed to make informed decisions for themselves and for their families.
The Shelter for Help in Emergency is the only agency in Planning District Ten (City of Charlottesville and the five surrounding counties of Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson) providing comprehensive services to women and children who are victims of violence within their home or relationship. Offering services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Shelter utilizes professional staff and trained volunteers to carry out program goals. Shelter services include a 24-hour crisis hotline, supportive counseling, case management services, court advocacy and accompaniment, services and support to the Spanish-speaking community, educational groups, allied professional training and consultation. The 24-hour hotline is available for crisis intervention and referral assistance. Women and children needing a safe place to escape the violence in their home may seek temporary, emergency housing through the residential facility. Abused men are offered support services and temporary emergency shelter in a safe alternative location.
About Design House
In 2009, the Shelter's 30th anniversary year, a vision for establishing a major fundraising event to help sustain the Shelter's residential facilities operations and outreach in the greater Charlottesville community was established in the Design House event.
The idea for a Design House to benefit SHE had its roots in the new emergency residential shelter opened in 2008. As the first facility designed from the ground up specifically for victims of domestic violence in our community, it was important that the shelter should be bright, airy and welcoming - an inspiring, nurturing environment to foster physical and emotional healing.
We realized that, for most of us, that ideal is the essence of our concept of "home." While a house may provide merely shelter from the physical elements, a home should offer a respite from all the buffeting pressures and conflicts of the outside world. At home, we all seek to be comforted and nurtured. At home, we open our hearts. And each year, a Charlottesville-area homeowner opens their heart and generously extends the use of his or her residence for the Design House event. Designers and their vendors assigned to individual rooms and spaces showcase their talents and the latest in interior design styles and techniques. The result is a unique tour for visitors, where each room reflects a designer's creative vision and provides endless and inspiring ideas for the home"
About the Kaul Home, Design House 2012
The Ivy Farms home of Sanjiv and Cindy Kaul, located at 2020 Wingfield Road, is a transitional style house with an incredible separate 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom cottage. Both overlook a lovely private pond and have been extensively renovated and expanded in the 1990's. The dramatic windows , the 2-story quartz fireplace, as well as the family rooms on each of the three levels, are among some of the features that will certainly present an exciting opportunity for designers and a fantastic house tour for visitors.
Open living spaces, large rooms filled with light, skylights, a sauna, a private yard and many other custom luxuries will showcase this haven.
This year's home, remodeled by Haven Construction in 1994, promises the ideal venue for such an undertaking. Nestled on a quiet lane, this visionary residence, with stone work by Toru Oba, and interior finishes contributed by Terry Herndon of UpStream Construction, embodies quality and timeless design with a blend of fine materials and impeccable details. All will be further enhanced by the generous contributions of designers and other participants.