Sunday, March 05, 2006

Found another article....

... from the Mobile (AL) Register. Holly did a great job on this one too.

..."The house that we lost on the beach was an older home that we had
bought and renovated," said Holly Batchelder. "That is something my husband and
I enjoy."
...
"Our house that we lived in prior to Katrina was completely destroyed on
the beach in Gulfport," Batchelder said. "The house that we bought after Katrina
had about 6 feet of water in it. It's on the the Biloxi Back Bay. It's not
waterfront. It's across the street from the water."
...
"It is a different situation for them," Holly Batchelder said. "They don't
usually start with as little as they started with this time."

She said she and her husband and the Raths have been friends since their
days together in college at Mississippi State. She won't reveal details about
how each couple made over the other's living room; that's a surprise for the end
ofthe show, she said.

But she did let on that each couple wound up with a living room in which
they can live -- something many displaced homeowners in the area have not had
for months.

Now it's a matter of addressing some electrical and plumbing issues so they
can move in and continue working on the rest of their new-to-them house,
Batchelder said.

She and and her husband and their friends are grateful for
the helping hand extended by TLC and "Trading Spaces."

"I never imagined them being down here," she said. "We are extremely
thankful that they did, and we think they enjoyed it as much as we did."


The full text of the article here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Batch - we cried when y'all saw your room! It was awesome - with the salvaged granite, clock & mirror! It was great to see you on television, too! Hope you can get in there for real soon. lacey