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A BLEND OF MODERN AND TRADITIONAL TOUCHES BRINGS NEW LIFE TO A HIGHLAND CIRCLE HOME. WRIT TEN BY DAVID PANNELL PHOTOGRAPHED BY JOE WORTHEM
W
hen Catherine Thoms and her husband, Kirk, were house hunting in Tupelo back in 2012, they both knew there was really only one neighborhood where they wanted to live. “We had our minds set on Highland Circle,” said the 36-year-old Catherine Thoms. “We just love that neighborhood, and my husband has family friends who live there.” One of Tupelo’s most sought-after addresses, “The Circle” is a tasteful and well-coiffed sampling of older homes in mostly traditional architectural styles. But the house that caught Thoms’ eye was something of an outlier. “It was a little funky,” Thoms said. “The front is traditional, and the back is super-modern.” The “back” to which Thoms referred is the soaring, contemporary, two-story wing added in the 1990s to the rear of the original 1940s structure. Its sloping metal roof, severe angles and row of clerestory windows along the top of a wall are in decided juxtaposition to the ivy-clad vibe of Highland Circle. Continued on page 28
