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Local Flavor

What’s Going Down in K-Town – January 27th and 28th, 2012

January 27, 2012

Friday, January 27th Loretta Lynn at the Tennessee Theatre at 8pm – http://www.TennesseeTheatre.com “After the Fall” at the Knoxville Museum of Art – http://www.metropulse.com/events/2012/jan/26/37240/ Knox News Auto Show at the Knoxville Convention Center – http://knoxnews.com Dom Irrera and Bobby Jewell at Sidesplitters Comedy Club – http://sidesplitterscomedy.com/ 60’s Soul Dance Party at Sassy Ann’s – http://www.sassyanns.com/ [...]

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Backyard Garden – Beginning of June

June 1, 2011

Here are our veggies as of June 1, 2011: Onions: Lettuce: New lettuce coming up: Deer Tongue lettuce: Lettuce Mix: Peas: Peas and beans behind them: Bush peas: Beans finally coming up for the summertime: Taters and their awesome homemade wall:   Baby tomato plants: Buran Pepper Plant: Cucumbers: Cucs with their pretty tendrils: And [...]

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Backyard Garden – Mid-May

May 20, 2011

Last time you saw our garden, it was thriving in it’s springtime glory.  Then a giant hail storm hit Knoxville and most of the vegetables were smashed to the ground.  Our peas had grown about knee-high pre-storm and post-storm, they were pancaked to the ground.  To try and revitalize them, we mounded tons of dirt [...]

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Before-and-After Photos – Coker Renovation

May 10, 2011

  8 weeks later and…… we’re FINISHED!!!!  This home went much quicker and smoother since we had a little experience under our belt.  Check out the before-and-after photos: This is what the front of the home looked like before: Aftera a lot of cleaning, power-washing, bleaching, sanding, and painting, this is what it looks like [...]

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Levenson Organic Backyard Garden

April 25, 2011

Every year, Ryan and I plant a backyard vegetable garden.  This will be our fourth year garden and we chose to use raised beds for all of our veggies.  That way, the plants can drain well and we have natural walkways.  So far, we’ve been able to go chemical-free in our garden, but we do always [...]

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Flipping Out – All Done!!!

January 10, 2011

FINALLY!!!  Four full months later, we are ALL DONE with our first historic renovation!!!! Here are some before and after photos: Whew!!!  So it took us a little over 4 months from start to finish, but we are more than please with the outcome and ready to rent it!  If you know of anyone looking, [...]

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Flipping Out – Week 7

November 5, 2010

Week 7 was pretty exciting! We saw the paint color on the exterior of the house because our contractors matched the primer exactly to the color and went ahead and primed.  We LOVE the blue color of the house but were pretty off on the red (orange) door! Luckily, that’s an easy fix! We were [...]

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Flipping Out – Week 6

November 1, 2010

So sorry for the delay!!  Weeks 5 and 6 were spent on updating the electrical and plumbing systems in the house, which didn’t translate well into pictures!  That being said, here are a few of some visible changes in those weeks: We got both the electrical and plumbing systems completely updated and they both passed [...]

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The Official Insider’s Guide to Knoxville, Volume 1

September 14, 2010

I just stumbled upon this article in Metro Pulse and had to share it with you.  It is GREAT for newcomers to Knoxville – explaining little quirks about the city including backroads and shortcuts, crazy state laws, best places to park downtown, et cetera. It was far too long to copy so check it out [...]

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On a Side Note: The Carolina Chocolate Drops

July 13, 2010

We would like to introduce everyone to a band that has just started to take off. Although totally unrelated to real estate we want to make mention of this band as music is a large part of our lives. I actually got this album for my birthday from my father-in-law in June and it has [...]

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