Holiday Home Tour Just Around The Corner

The Tech Terrace/UNIT Holiday Home Tour got a really nice write up in the AJ. The article is shared below: Neighborhood plans annual home tour By Ray Westbrook AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Sunday, November 29, 2009Story last updated at 11/29/2009 - 2:38 am Members of the Tech Terrace/UNIT Neighborhood have organized a Christmastime home tour from 2-5 p.m. Saturday to raise money for spring flowers. "This is our only fundraiser for our neighborhood, and with the money that we raise, we do special projects," said Ami Hill-Rendon, vice president of the neighborhood's association. "We have two flowerbed parks in the neighborhood that aren't maintained by Parks and Recreation," she explained. One of the homes on the tour, owned by Zac and Brooke Garth, has an atmosphere of history. The house entered the Lubbock County tax roll in 1941, but the home may actually have been built 100 years ago and moved to Lubbock, the Garths think. "One of the things we love most about it is that any changes that have been made have maintained the historical integrity of the house," Brooke Garth said. "We thought it would be neat to let other people see that." Six homes have been included in the tour. Tickets for the tour, which are $15, will be available at Alternative Food Co., Hodgepodge Design, Ice Cream Shoppe, J&B Coffee, Miss Social Butterfly and Sharp's Flowers. The tour homes are the following: • 2910 20th St., the home of Matt and Nathalie Geddie, is a 1940 rock house with an arched entrance and chimney. The home has restored hardwood floors, a living area that has been opened into an updated kitchen, and a master suite that opens onto a private courtyard. • 3015 21st St., the home of Gary and Janet Schwantz, adapted wooden flooring from a racquetball court in a remodel of the kitchen. It has red Italian tiles for the hearth, framed blueprints of the house along the walls in the stairwell to the basement, and a remodeled home theater in the basement. • 3309 24th St., the home of Bryan and Elaine Wilson, features themed Christmas trees in every room, a dining room and a playroom fashioned from one big living/dining room, and a master bedroom and bath that were originally a garage. Children's artwork abounds in the home. • 2621 25th St., the home of Zac and Brooke Garth, emphasizes character and personality with history. Decorations include framed needlepoint pieces made by Brooke's great-grandmother, and decorator items from Zac's grandparents' retirement to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. • 2815 27th St., the home of Stacy Jacob and Jason Price, features art elements with a style characterized by horizontal lines, rounded edges, corner windows, glass blocks and stainless finishes. Details and plans for the future will be displayed as a feature of the home tour. • 3210 27th St., the home of Gail Apte and Tom Vignos, was built in 1950 with white stone. It was purchased with a view toward revision in 2005. Work has involved the installation of new windows and doors, adding a vaulted living room ceiling, and the moving and removing of walls.