Picture
Caption: _______ 983 N HIGHLAND Atlanta
Caption: Willa Williams, my great aunt, was born in 1914 in Adairsville, Georgia. She worked for Sears & Roebuck for 47 years in the catalog department managing over 100 people and transitioned to the computer during her tenure, which as you can imagine was a huge deal.
Picture
Caption: est. 1942
Picture
Caption: Simple living no dishwasher, no air conditioning, no washer and dryer but a whole lot of love
Picture
Picture
Caption: IRONING BOARD
Caption: She and her husband, Herbert, married in 1942 and bought their house in 1949 for under $10,000. He died soon after that from cancer. Willa never remarried, but she enjoyed a full life traveling with friends and celebrating the arts.
Overall, she lived a simple life enjoying doing what she loved. She never added a washer and dryer or air-conditioning to the house but had a window unit in her dining room and her bedroom. I lived with her one summer while I had an internship at Rutt Custom Cabinetry at the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center, and it amazes me that she lived like this for so long.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Caption: MAIL SLOT
Picture
Caption: Willa Williams The home was vacant for five years after she broke her hip at 92 and was never well enough to go home. My mom and her sisters, Frances and Lisa, sold the house two years ago. These are shots of the home right before it sold.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Caption: one bathroom SIMPLICITY
Picture
Picture
Caption: unfinished basement Perhaps the world's scariest...
Caption: The house was sold and renovated, but we haven't seen the progress. It's located in an adorable Atlanta neighborhood, the highlands.
Caption: @jennniferlittle | Instagram