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Interior: One-of-a-kind family home
A stylish white living room decked out with DIY pieces.
House Tours
Interior: One-of-a-kind family home
How one handy couple created a family home that’s cool, calm and collected.
"Bright and light with touches of fun." That's how marketing executive-turned-blogger Holly Baker describes her style-driven website, In the Fun Lane. Fittingly, the feel-good ethos that characterizes Holly's blog is also what gives her home its unabashedly happy and welcoming appeal. "I wanted a space my whole family could grow into: a blank canvas of white walls and dark flooring with pops of colour and layers of coziness." The fruition of Holly's vision is evident throughout the airy 2,400-square-foot West Edmonton house she shares with her husband, Sean, a managerial executive, and their five-year-old daughter, Wren."Our home is now very much a reflection of us," says Holly. But when they bought the house six years ago, it was definitely something (or rather, someone) else. "It was a loved house, for sure, lived in only by the original owners. There was lots of carpet, ceramic flooring and wallpaper - even the light-switch covers had been papered over," says Holly. Undaunted, five months pregnant and furniture challenged (they moved in with just a sideboard, sofa, dining table, armchair and bed), Holly tackled the space with the same gusto she applies to her blog.
Six years later, with a staircase and two bathrooms still on the to-do list, Holly can be forgiven for reno angst, but clearly it's not her style: "We have a lot of fun renovating - we're passionate about it because of this house."
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