Spirit of the islands comes to Cobb
Even outside, the Garretts' 3,000-square-footer stands apart from other neighborhood homes with its "weeping mortar" construction. Indeed, the home presents another world, the "don't-worry-be-happy" look of the Caribbean mixed with plenty of family heirlooms. It's what Echo calls "blending our world with that of the people who we love and have gone before us." College sweethearts at Auburn, Echo, who is from Nashville, and Kevin, who is from Blakely, Ga., have two teenage sons. SEAN DRAKES/Special