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A BROOKHAVEN FAMILY EVOLVES THEIR HOUSE TO SERVE THEIR WORK NEEDS AND AESTHETIC DREAMS!
The Wightwick home perches on a hill in Brookhaven. A family Jeep, complete with rubber ducks, rests in the driveway, alongside their four-seater, custom Georgia Techthemed white and gold golf cart, which is the preferred mode of transportation, especially on weekends. Guests are greeted by bouncing black Labrador Rockie, so named for her owners’ second home in Colorado, as light streams through the glass front door into the foyer. Whether it’s the dog or the sunlight, the home instantly makes you feel warm; it’s the same vibe you get from Andrea and Andy Wightwick and their two preteen children. This is a place where you’re welcomed.
The Wightwicks have lived in this house since 2014. At the time, their daughter was 2.5 and their son 7 months old. “We really wanted a house that could grow with our evolving lifestyle. A wide street for biking and dog walking, in close proximity to Dresden’s hot spots, was important,” Andrea says. The house is more than just a place to rest; it is the family epicenter.
It is here that both Andrea and Andy dreamed-up their more than four businesses. Andy owns and operates a couple of IT services companies and has never met a gadget he didn’t immediately want to tinker with. Andrea, a self-proclaimed information sponge, heads Hapsy, a bubble-free, non-alcoholic canned cocktail line. Thanks to her no-nonsense, ’90s parenting style coupled with her eye for business trends and marketing, she has also become an Atlanta influencer, amassing more than 40,000-and-counting Instagram followers who tune in for her practical, implementable advice on both topics...
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📝Nicole Letts
📸Patrick Heagney
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