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By Helen Willlyms
Special tn the Rappahannock News
The House Tour, set for Oct. 18 and 19, offers three Rappahannock homes for viewing by the general public during the annual fall fundraiser sponsored by the Episcopal Church Women of Trinity Church in Washington.
One of the three homes on the tour, the Dickey house, is located off Hinson’s Ford Road in Amissville on Lost Acres Lane.
Every room of Lrary and Marlene Dickey’s home speaks of beauty and craftsmanship, some of it attributed to local professional talent and some of it to the talents of the Dickeys themselves, but all of it interesting, attractive and perfectly suited to the mood of the almost 30-year-old home.
Color, opulence, beauty and comfort are the watchwords, and each room showcases arresting and elegant furnishings and accessories.
One enters the house to a small foyer and immediately a large field stone fireplace, marble top tables and plaid draperies in the living room are visible. An old pine vitrine from Wisconsin holds family porcelain treasures, and Marlene’s art graces the walls, both as pictures, and also as wall decoration.
Across the foyer is the English library, with built in bookcases completely full of booka, tufted sofas and chairs, and a unique lighting system. Paisley wallpaper and fringed and tasseled draperies add to the serious atmosphere. A piano, played often by Gary, adorns one wall, and an old pine doughboy holds books and other printed matter.
The kitchen, recently redone, is filled with light and a fountain and plants bring the outdoors inside.
Rappahannock craftsmen Gene Lyman and Bob Haase built the original kitchen cabinets, and have refitted them as the room evolved. New peach-colored granite forms the countertops and Mrs. Dickey used the sink cutout as the top of a small kitchen island. Both the Dickeys .worked on the intricate tiling around the new stove.
Wonderful views of the large
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