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Garden
Hills Community 2 Miles off State of Franklin on West Walnut  No. 1 Garden Way: CourtYard Home a 'Mission Style' inspired southwestern home with 19 handcrafted arches.  No. 2 Garden Way: Peaches & Cream Turret Home This home's design focus was to be centrally located (kitchen) and view to & through multiple intriguing spaces. The stair turret also offered a chance to provide excitement & focus to the exterior expression.  No. 5 Garden Way: Barn Home This home is the inital focal point of the Garden Hills community in that it was created from an outstanding 90+ year old livestock barn orginally built by its owner/carpenter/farmer. The home features a grand open living space on the upper level (alias "hay loft") with some of the orginal beam & column exposed. The lower level (horse/cattle stalls) was converted into bedroom level with the main tractor drive under/through as the master bedroom suite. The home has Brazillian cherry floors, 80" theater, sauna and a great view of Buffalo Mountain.  No. 6 Garden Way: Timber-frame Frog Pond Home The architect imported a 'wood magician - craftsman' from Sevierville area to erect a wood/stone/glass 'lodge style' home to hover over an adjacent frog pond. The open beam-work and attention to details is inspiring. This home also incorporates the use of SIP (sturctural insulated panels) as a roof medium. As with many other home in Garden Hills, a large stain glass piece overlooks a master bedroom courtyard setting.  No. 9 Garden Way: The Solar Home This 3600 heated square foot/400sf unfinished, nic garage home is an ultra energy efficient 'solar' home. Architect, Mozen has combined an open floor plan with multiple energy saving concepts, ie south facing large glass area to the rear, passive/active solar panels to heat specific aras of the home, radient heated main floor areas, hot water solar heated, R-foil 95% florescent lighting & more. With all these innovations the architect has been able to incorporate a high degree of architecturally exciting spaces.  No. 10 Garden Way: Southwest Spanish Colonial Home This home was inspired by the architect's wife who came from New Mexico. This home has many energy saving features as well as true Spanish craftsman interiors, carved beams and custom stained wood trim. The structure of this home is poured in place concrete with 2.5 inches of Styrofoam insulation on both the interior (drywall) & exterior walls (stucco).Besides the well landscaped courtyard that the home focuses through, the rear of the home has a two story landscaped greenhouse that is nestled into the hillside and has a great waterfall. Architectural design only---  |
