4175 Oak Crest Drive, Tucker, GA 30084

What makes a house a home? Is it the 3,860 square feet, the two-car garage, or the colonial porch framed by bossy summer hydrangeas? Perhaps it’s the family room, where morning sunlight performs its daily show. Maybe, but those details alone can’t explain why, at 4175 Oak Crest Dr, there’s a bittersweet ache in leaving, and a quiet thrill in coming back. The family moved in during the winter of ’88. Five kids, one grand plan, zero furniture that matched. Laughter bouncing off empty walls, the excitement of new beginnings. Over the years, the space filled up. Pencil marks crept up the kitchen doorframe. The dining room hosted Thanksgiving feasts where 30+ people packed in elbow to elbow, everyone talking over everyone else. Christmas mornings exploded with wrapping paper and relatives crammed into the den, kids racing to find their gifts and grown-ups racing for the coffee. The family room turned into command central. Shoes kicked off in the hallway, board games half-finished on the … read more …