“Everyone needs a place to retreat, to rest, to recharge,” says homeowner Jim Edwards. “For me, that place is Old Town in South Dallas County, Alabama. When I unlock the gate, I immediately relax and enter my retreat.”
Jim and his wife, Beth, live and work in Montgomery, Alabama, but they both grew up just 50 miles away in Selma, Alabama. The couple owned land in the area in a community called Old Town for years before they decided to build their rustic retreat. And in 2006, they began building their modest country-style cabin in the woods, adding on to it in three different phases until it was completed in 2016.
Thursday through Tuesday each week, the Edwardses escape to the country, making a trip back into town only on…
