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Reston House Tour: 40 Years of Architecture, DesignAsk Bonnie Haukness what compelled her to open her North Point home to visitors for the Reston House Tour and she'll think for a moment before deadpanning, "A temporary loss of sanity."
Haukness and four other Reston homeowners have been scrambling to clean, fix-up and arrange everything inside their Reston homes just so, to prepare for this weekend's house tour.
On Saturday, Restonians will have a glimpse inside Haukness' home along the tour, seeing the extent of the renovations and improvements she and her husband have completed since they bought the house near Lake Newport a year and a half ago.
"This tour will show you how much you change a house," said Haukness, a Realtor. "Within those walls, you can make a lot of changes to enhance a property."
The Haukness house is one of the more modern properties along the tour, which this year will showcase Reston homes through each decade of Reston's history.
Starting with the 1960's modernist row houses overlooking Lake Anne and ending with towering condominiums of Stratford House at Reston Town Center, the tour is intended to convey the progression and changes of Reston architecture, development and values of its homeowners.
"It's going to really show you the diverse styles of homes in Reston," said Carol Nahorniak, who is helping to organize the tour. "We've got a
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