It’s hard to put a personal stamp on a house when every house in the development looks exactly the same — same facade, same builder-white paint, same kitchen cabinets, same room layout.

But Heidi Johnston, co-owner of the Secret Garden Salon in Warrenton, Va., embraced the features of her new home in the Whites Mill development and expertly added her own touches to lift it out of builder grade and into designer territory.

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