Text By Charlotte Safavi | Photography By Helen Norman
Judy and Dusty Rhodes never met an old cottage they didn’t like. With Judy’s background as a senior designer at Whittington Design Studio and Dusty’s as a contractor, the couple has bought many homes to fix up and resell over the years. “This is the one we never flipped,” Judy says. “We just fell in love with it. It’s perfect for us.”
The couple purchased the three-bedroom, 1,800-square-foot Dutch Colonial Revival cottage in Arlington, Virginia, in 1970. The house sat on a double wooded lot, and though neglected, it had lots of great features, including French doors, a wood-burning fireplace, and potential for pretty outdoors areas. “Our friends thought we were crazy,” Judy recalls. “But it had good bones and real possibilities, and there was no job too big for us, so we bought it!”
