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Mary Leidig is a former newspaper journalist, now a marketing and branding strategist who loves telling the stories of Knoxville and East Tennessee as a freelance writer. She also loves anything outdoors with her husband and family—biking and hiking on Knoxville’s greenways and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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A Breath of Fresh Air

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A family home on Fort Loudoun Lake provides functional beauty and exceptional hosting potential When Mark Pancratz reflects on building a home with his wife Brooke during a global pandemic, he talks about the feeling of coming home. Now…
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From the Tree Tops

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A new sanctuary where couples and families can stay and play For Amanda and Brian Jensen and their four children, building a treehouse in 2014 was a family thing. It still is—only today the number of their treehouses is seven going on…
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Modern Magic

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A contemporary dream comes to life through clean lines and colorful accents Sondra and Tory Wimbs talked for years about a “dream home.” They lived 33 years in a house in Memphis they bought after seeing it in a “Best of Home Show”…
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Vintage Vibe

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Retro rental in Knoxville transports visitors to the Frank Lloyd Wright heyday For years, Michelle Flanigan-Hill has taken leisurely drives by the Vista Road houses in Louisville, Tennessee. These 1950s-60s mid-century modern homes…
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Finding Their Way Home

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An all-Knoxville team creates a couple’s sanctuary on Cherokee Boulevard Thousands of people make their way year-round to the zen-like curve of Cherokee Boulevard to run, walk, bike, picnic, boat or play catch. Stately, old trees line…
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Real Estate

Fix & Flip

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Buying and Selling in a Changing Real Estate Market Suppose you are the handy sort and have done a little remodeling. You have a friend who flipped a house and made $50,000 in profit. Sounds like easy money. So you start searching for a…
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House Spotlight

The Palomino House

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Tennessee and California connect to create a dream home with a mid-century modern feel It was 2013 when award-winning California architect Robert Nebolon placed one of his mid-century home designs on houseplans.com. The plans lived…
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