a fresh new look:
Renovations o f a H i s t o r i c M a r i e t t a Home
WRITTEN BY JON STYF / PHOTOS BY ROBIN RAYNE
Laing Heidt didn’t do the work on the nine-month
renovation of his family’s 1942 home himself. But he
did get to have a little fun.
During the de-construction process, he took a sledge
hammer and smashed an upstairs tub. Underneath, he
found a sketch of plans from the original bathroom. And,
while taking a crowbar to shelves in a closet on the main
level, he found a Queen of Hearts from a personalized deck
of playing cards from the home’s original owner affixed to
the wall.
That original owner of the house on 275 Freyer Drive
in Marietta happened to be the family of Marietta Mayor
Steve “Thunder” Tumlin, who grew up in the home and
even stopped by several times during its renovation to
check out the changes. Tumlin’s footprint as a child is still
in the walkway cement.
Laing and Melinda Heidt always knew they wanted
more of a functional experience in a home. But they also
loved the neighborhood along Freyer Drive that they
moved to on July 3, 1992 from a nearby townhome near the
corner of Powers Ferry and Delk roads.
It’s where they raised two children, where they walked
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