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“We were living on Broad Street and had done renovations on that house,” Tina said. “We would always ride around and look at houses. This house looked vacant.”
They stopped to check it out, and Ken Griner saw them looking. The Oakbrook house was in foreclosure and scheduled to be auctioned on the courthouse steps in Appling. To buy the home, the couple would need the money to cover the auction price.
A few days later, Griner called the Carters and asked if they were going to buy the house. They said they didn’t have the money. That’s when Griner offered to loan them enough to make up the difference.
While the home is modern, it has a few classical features, such as the arches that remind them of their home in Olde Town. Her décor ties these architectural features together.
The living room and dining room have muted tones, and there is faux marble wallpaper and columns in the dining room.
