A small Pace’s Bluff cabin served Greg and Renee Kelley’s part time Lake Martin lifestyle perfectly when their sons were in college at Auburn. But when the boys married and had children, it was time to rethink the lake space. The couple found a point lot in The Ridge that accommodated all their must-haves. Then, they called David Smelcer to design a fulltime lake house that meets their dreams as well as their needs.
“He had drawn three other houses for us before this one, so he knew us and knew what we would want,” Greg Kelley said. “Renee has a design notebook of things we like, so we pulled that out. David looked at the lot, and it was a very smooth, easy process.”
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Outdoor gardening spaces are as important to the couple as any indoor living space
- Kenneth Boone
The Kelleys often look out their windows to find deer wandering through the yard
- Kenneth Boone
