House Spotlight

A Tennessee entrepreneurial couple find serenity and nostalgia on Douglas Lake I knew I was going to see a brand new lake house, but I wasn’t prepared to be so blown away. It was probably the thoughtful egret sitting on the shore at the…
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Three weekends in October will bring the community together to showcase and celebrate the building industry in East Tennessee What do you get when an aerospace engineer marries the sales and marketing director of a large regional…
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Julie DuPree designs homes with showstopping detail, proving that every space matters I’m here to see a house, but it’s the roofline that grabs my attention. Before I can even stop the car, my eyes follow the brick detailing of tall,…
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A young family builds their “forever” home Michelle and Jon Amelse had the perfect set of talents to build a house. Michelle is a CPA with her own firm, Amelse & Edmonds CPA, and Jon is a reliability engineer, focusing on…
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A mid-mod home in Knoxville’s Westmoreland neighborhood brings the outdoors in through a clean design and an abundance of windows William Powell began designing houses when he was four—Lego houses that he would build, tear apart, and…
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An open floor plan home in Grande Vista Bay makes every day a vacation for its homeowners Looking out over the clear blue waters of Watts Bar from Grande Vista Bay, you could be forgiven for losing yourself in the tranquility for a…
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Country and suburban styles blend together to create a family sanctuary, nestled in the hills of East Tennessee Up on the patio of Benny and Carol’s bright hilltop home, surrounded by a plush couch and warmed by a stone fireplace,…
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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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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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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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