Home with 'beautiful bones'

Home with 'beautiful bones'

Lisa and Tim Radigan have lived in Georgia 51 years and have always called Dunwoody home.

Lisa and Tim Radigan's 4-bedroom, 5 -bath Dunwoody home consumes 5,000-square-feet. Their home is part of the Dunwoody Woman's Club 37th Annual Home Tour on Oct. 7th. Lisa says she enjoys participating in the event because of the ability "to give back to the community ... all proceeds go toward community projects and scholarships." She added, "It helps me get everything in order so for the rest of the year I can put my feet up."

The secretary in the living room was "made by my great-great grandfather Rayford Spencer, who was a doctor in Mississippi, and did woodworking on the side," shares Lisa.

Detailed view of an elegant chandelier that illuminates the living room.

"That was my dad's ukulele on the mantel (in living room, pictured)," says Lisa. "We came from a musical family, he was also a doctor, but played a lot of guitar and ukulele; we had a lot of family sing-alongs."

"We spend most of our time in this room," says Tim, "it's comfortable, we entertain in here, read the paper and watch the news." The den (pictured) opens to the kitchen.

The kitchen is a blend of French country crossed with English and American, according to Lisa. The inspiration for the kitchen came from a pattern on dishes that was translated onto wallpaper.

Visitor traffic from the Dunwoody Woman's Club 37th Annual Home Tour on Oct. 7th is a different type of entertaining for the Radigans who entertain regularly. Tim offers: "We host a family Christmas party. Since we're retired we have a lot of friends and family over, long dinners are an enjoyable part of our lives now."

"The melodeon (pictured in foyer) is a very old antique, it [pre-dates] the piano, that came from my family's home in New Jersey," notes Lisa.

"When we came to this house it had many different colors, nothing we could visualize living in, [but] the house has beautiful bones," admits Lisa. "I changed all the colors, updated cabinets by painting them white, adding granite, new knobs, wallpaper, and reupholstered things. The original shell of the house we just loved." Pictured is the warm comfort crafted for the home's terrace level.

Tim Radigan's fondest memory in their home: "Probably was when she finished decorating it and we could enjoy living in it." Pictured is the spacious master suite.

"Instead of ripping out cabinets we painted them a cream, changed knobs, put in stone surfaces, a new shower door and chandelier," explains Lisa of the updates to the master bath.

"The dome (in the master bath) is the eye-catcher, we painted it in metallic and glazed it, without spending too much money we gave it a modern look," shares Lisa.

Lisa and Tim Radigan's 4-bedroom, 5 -bath home consumes 5,000-square-feet. These sleeping quarters cater to the Radigan's growing clan of grandchildren.

The nursery for grandchildren has a crib for a 15-month-old grandson and plush beds for every stage of growth.

A pair of inlayed panels in the pool room was inherited but had a storybook depiction with castles. "I had a friend draw in the lake, looking out of windows as if we were on the lake, since we don't live on the lake," explains Lisa.

"I think collections should come to an end at some point. I did collect snow globes and canes," offers Lisa. Some of her cane collection is displayed in a guest suite.

"We've been in Georgia 51 years. We like cluster living, we were trying to find something that was less maintenance in the yard, we've always lived in Dunwoody and decided our last move would be this one," shares Lisa Radigan, pictured with her husband Tim.

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Lisa and Tim Radigan's 4-bedroom, 5 -bath Dunwoody home consumes 5,000-square-feet. Their home is part of the Dunwoody Woman's Club 37th Annual Home Tour on Oct. 7th. Lisa says she enjoys participating in the event because of the ability "to give back to the community ... all proceeds go toward community projects and scholarships." She added, "It helps me get everything in order so for the rest of the year I can put my feet up."

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