05/23/2026
I don't usually post listing photos, but I'm putting this one out there. First of all, the agent, Karigan Weaver of Keller Williams Advantage Realty, is a truly amazing human, and I'm grateful that she chose me as her listing photographer. When she called me about doing her grandmother's home, I was honored, because I know what this home means to her.
When I showed up, many family members were there. What would have been a typical run-of-the-mill day of shooting for me, turned into something much more. Having the photographer show up to do photos to help sell this house suddenly made everything very real for them. It was a time full of emotions - sadness, happiness, relief, and anxiety all wrapped into one. Bittersweet. This house was so meaningful to all of them. It was the house where they spent holidays, where they played in the fenced-in yard, or on the front porch, or on the patio, or on the street out front. It wasn't hard to recognize how important this was to them, so I started asking questions, such as what room did everyone gather in at Christmastime? Where did the grand piano sit? Whose bedroom was this? Is this the same stove that Mrs. Kendrick cooked dinner on? They opened up, started telling me stories, laughing, reminiscing, and remembering a happy time when this home held so much fun and love in it. Stories like this help me capture the warmth and beauty of a home, the little details that are sometimes overlooked - the sun coming through the kitchen window, sending a warm glow across the room, the rhododendron bushes outside the bedroom window, that porch swing that has had many hours of use- these things mattered then, and they matter now. Although the home is no longer furnished, there is still a warmth to it that is unmistakable.
I hope whoever buys this home will continue to laugh, work, play, and pray in it, cook on that magnificent stove, build fires in those fireplaces, and cook in the outside chimney stove, because these are the types of memories that every family deserves. And after spending time with the family, I am 100% sure that Mr. and Mrs. Kendrick would want the exact same thing - for this exceptional home to be loved dearly.
