PLA N ILLU STRA TIO N : C H R IS GLOW ACKI

b rick g arag e— re su lte d in o n e o f th e b ig g e st

su rp rise s. S h o re d u p a n d o u tfitte d w ith a n ew

p a ir o f slid in g d o o rs th a t o p e n o n e sid e to th e

p a tio , it h a s b e e n re p u rp o se d as a m u c h -u se d

e n te rta in in g h u b . “W e call it th e p av ilio n ,”

M ichael says. H e sim p ly p u lls h is grill th ro u g h

th e drivew ay-side sw in g -o u t d o o rs to cook, w hile

Ju s tin e s e ts th e lo n g b a m w o o d ta b le fo r m eals

in sid e th e pav ilio n o r o n th e p atio .

C lea n ed u p , lan d scap ed , fu rn ish e d , a n d

e q u ip p e d fo r e n te rta in in g , th e b ack y ard is now

th e place ev ery o n e w a n ts to be. ■

The one-car garage w as

so unstable th a t it had

to be propped up w ith

tim bers, b u t the

Tidwells saved it for its

historical tie to the

house. W ith sw ing-out

doors on th e driveway

side, th e revam ped

garage (now an

entertaining pavilion)

looks like a classic

carriage house.