Setting The Table

We left Maryland on Thursday evening and drove down to Gatlinburg, arriving around 3:00 am.  After catching up on some sleep, we loaded up Brent's Grandmother's dining room table and chairs and headed off to Zelda around 10:00 am.  The weather cooperated and the Duncan Phyfe dining room set looks great in the dining room at Zelda.  We were able to lower the chandelier and we also put a few other items we collected in the kitchen.  After a couple of hours cleaning and putting things in order at Zelda, we headed back over the the mountain to Blackbearry Ridge.  We have selected our new real estate agent and as soon as the contract is signed, we will link the address of the new list.  Below are the kitchen photos first followed by the dining room.

We had some period canisters in storage that were added to the counter top.  The hot pot rack to the right of the stove was purchased at IKEA outside Washington, DC.




An aerial view of part of the kitchen.





Looking over the eating bar into the kitchen.





The eating bar.




An aerial view of the kitchen.





The dining room.



Aerial view of the dining room.





Who would not want to celebrate family gatherings in this dining room?




I wish Maw Maw Conley could see this setting for her dining room table and chairs.




The table is ready to be set.




The chandelier with the stair case in the background.

 


It is funny but the dining room table is back home in North Carolina.  It was made at Drexel Furniture Co in Marion, NC and shipped to Montgomery Ward in Baton Rouge, LA.  Then it was shipped to their home in Melville, LA.



The window to the left is the front of Zelda.




A photo of  how Cookie views the dining room.  She did not make the day trip to Zelda from Gatlinburg.

 

New Listing Agent

We will be heading over to Zelda around noon on Friday.  We expect to leave Maryland early Thursday evening and drive straight to Gatlinburg.  After a few hours rest, we are loading up Brent's grandmother's duncan phyfe dining room set and bringing to Zelda.  It is a period piece and will make a nice display of the dining room (sorry folks, but it will not be staying at Zelda), especially since we can lower the chandelier over the table.  We also picked up a few other items at the thrift store in Maryland to stage Zelda and will bring those with us.

Brent has notified our former agent about not extending the listing and we will put the new agents information on the blog as soon as we sign the contract.

The Interview Process

We made the trip down from Maryland on a cold and wet Friday morning.  We left around 2:00 am and arrived at Zelda shortly after 9:00am.  We met with three (3) different agents and were excited about the upcoming change.  We will review all the data but expect to make a decision this week.

The house was in great shape and it did not take much to clean.  It was a surprise but there was not much dust throughout the house.  We did turn on the gas and light the fireplaces in the keeping room and dining room.

Chip (the cat) was no where to be found.  We hope that Sarah has convinced him to stay at their house.