In a post that seems like forever ago, I shared that our family was planning to put a modular home on 4 acres of land about an hour away from Nashville. Well it is finally here! Week before last, our lake house travelled from near Knoxville, TN to near Carthage, TN where my father has purchased a couple of acres on Cordell Hull lake.

Seeing a house come down the highway is quite spectacular. But even more spectacular is seeing one come down the narrow, winding country roads near the property. The final road that our property is on is in fact so narrow that everyone that lives in front of the house was completely pinned in for the 4 hours it took the house to traverse that short stint. In this part of the world, it’s not unusual for a double-wide to create a traffic jam so luckily no one was upset. The iHouse is much larger than a trailer, however, and has a striking aesthetic. There were lawn chairs lined up for miles to see our house travel the miles. And a few folks even took a vacation day so they wouldn’t miss the sight. Does this sound like a lovely place to vacation or what?

After a few brushes with boulders and more than a few branches that had to be trimmed, the iHouse came to rest at the foot of our property.

From then, it took a couple of days and a variety of heavy machineries to see that iHouse make it’s way up the hill to her final resting place. But she made it!

Now we’re just waiting for the decks to be built before we can really get busy decorating and enjoying. In the meantime, we couldn’t pass up this excellent sofa from Costco. We bought the floor model for just $700 and we think it will seat a crowd.

(Not my photo but stolen with gratitude from windsorpeak.com)

Now Mom and I are hunting rugs and planning lots of thrifting, crafting, and DIYing to make our lake house stylish and special. We’ll be posting lots more in the weeks to come!