Habitat
The latest Habitat coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Chatter section.
More in Habitat, page 9
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Spiritual Retreat
Marcie Burton's home is folded into Signal Mountain's quiet Conner Creek subdivision where thoughtfully planted trees and shrubs screen the house from the road. "This whole house is a sanctuary," says Marcie. "We feel really blessed to be here."
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Mountain Makeover
Between the Incline Railway and Point Park, the home of Scott and Lisa Maclellan is a gem of the Beaux Arts style with Corinthian columns and balustrades that accent its graceful porches and stately walls of square-cut sandstone.
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Urban Landscape
"I was looking for a place in the downtown area, and I fell in love with this house," says Tracie Calfee-Dalton, at ease on the first floor of her Battery Place pied-à-terre, a brick carriage house built less than a decade ago by TG Edwards Construction.
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Old World Fusion
On the edge of Dalton's Haig Mill Lake, distinctive French Normandy architecture and a majestic circular drive immerse Dr. Azid and Mona Ahmads' nine-yearold home in Old World elegance. Guillotine limestone and fieldstone blend for a precise yet aged façade that complements the style's hallmark cylindrical tower with a conical roof and porte cochere of a bygone era.
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Form follows Function
Watching as the sun sets behind the French-inspired facade of Jan and Weejun Robinson's Lookout Mountain home, finely crafted gables and a rich stone exterior come into focus. A flagstone path shows the way to the elegant timber beams of the covered entrance, but the double doors open to an unlikely interior, decidedly modern with bright, open rooms and assertive, straight lines.
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Vintage Stock
An old saying maintains that "Good wine needs no bush," but a wine collection of significant size does need a place to be stored, and the home wine cellar is a poetic and generous place to do so.
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Add warmth to the outdoors
Just like any indoor room, an outdoor living space needs an anchor that gives the family a reason to gather. From the simplest fire pit to the most elaborate custom fireplace, a fire feature warms chilly trick-or-treaters and gives a relaxing glow to any party. When fall nights turn cool, a backyard fire is a must-have element. But what kind of structure will ignite your space?
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Man Caves
"It's an oftentimes primal metaphor for a gentleman's specialty retreat which can serve multiple purposes. Most of us have a certain pastime or collection that deserves to be indulged in a retreat of one's own," says Amy Christie, designer at Yessick's Design Center.
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Lake Life: Home, home on the water
There's one word you have to embrace if you're going to live a lake lifestyle: slow. After all, that's the only way you can guide an almost 90-foot boat into a slip. It's also the best way to enjoy the luxury cruisers that dot the Tennessee River and Chickamauga Lake.
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Chattanooga Living Al Fresco
Raymond Edler and his wife, Sondra, once dreamed of surrounding their East Brainerd home with lively, organic outdoor living spaces - serene settings for dining al fresco, sipping wine underneath a million twinkling Tennessee stars, and cozy, open-air entertaining by a crackling fire pit. In 2008, working closely with Craig Design Group, the Edler's transformed their once-blah backyard into an outdoor retreat reflecting their passion for nature and their penchant for entertaining friends and family.
