12 | March /April 2019
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Eclectic charmer in Haymount
BY CATHERINE PRITCHARD | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW WONDERLY
N
ot everyone would think to decorate their
dining room with an arrangement of
antique fans, a rack of colorful patchwork
quilts and a huge Lego model of the Death
Star as a table centerpiece.
Not everyone is Torie Quismundo.
e Fayetteville resident has a taste for the eclectic, a flair
for design, a talent with hammer and saw, and a fearless
confidence when it comes to trying out ideas. e result is
a charming, welcoming home where Quismundo lives with
her son and their dog and where friends and neighbors love
to gather.
e Haymount home looks very different today both
inside and out than it did four years ago when Quismundo
bought it.
At that time, it was unremarkable to look at from the
street and had nothing but some grass and an old shed out
back.
Inside, there was good flow through most of the interior,
though the den at the back of the house was dark, with only
three small high windows providing outside light. e only
access from the house to the back yard was through the
laundry room.
Quismundo, a computer professor at Fayetteville
Technical Community College, knew she could find ways to
make the house better. A native of West Virginia, she grew
up on a farm where she and her family routinely did home
and property maintenance, repairs and small construction
projects.
"It was always, if you're going to make something, you
