Welcome to Tucker Fireplace Makeover 2.0. I'm a firm believer that personal style evolves and changes over the years. When we moved into this house five years ago I wanted a white and gray farmhouse style home. We worked with a lot of neutrals, burlap, industrial pieces and chippy antiques with mostly whites and grays. Think Chip and Joanna Gaines- Fixer Upper style. Our first fireplace … [Read more...] about Black Fireplace Makeover
2016 Kitchen Makeovers- Our Top Before and Afters
Before and Afters- Don't you just love them?We've got some great ones to share with you from 2016. This has been our best most productive year yet!! We have had the privilege to work in some beautiful homes this year. Here are our favorites and some dramatic kitchen before and afters. 1 Our most dramatic kitchen makeover of 2016 goes to this stunner! After Kitchen … [Read more...] about 2016 Kitchen Makeovers- Our Top Before and Afters
Christmas House Tour- Tucker Style
The most wonderful time of the year.............that is... unless the head of the hauling and unpacking committee of your Christmas decorations is the Grinch and Scrooge morphed into a single person. Let's just say that Brooks reluctantly participates in the Christmas decorating each year. I think the reason he dreads it so much is because he has stacks and stacks of boxes and bins to weed … [Read more...] about Christmas House Tour- Tucker Style
Nashville Parade of Homes 5 Trending Designs
How lucky am I that I get to tour beautiful professionally decorated designer show houses and get to call it "work"? This week I toured the Nashville Parade of Homes. I'm always so excited to see the latest in building design and architecture. There were some beautiful homes on some even more beautiful lots at the Hideaway at Arrington. Here are some of my favorites and what I … [Read more...] about Nashville Parade of Homes 5 Trending Designs
Oak Cabinets- You Don’t Have to Live with the Grain
What if I told you that you didn't have to live with Oak cabinets AND you didn't have to replace them for that to happen? We recently worked with a client who was doing quite a bit of remodeling in her home. She made some great updates in her kitchen like replacing her island with one that is much more functional. She got new countertops, new lighting, and new appliances. She wanted to keep … [Read more...] about Oak Cabinets- You Don’t Have to Live with the Grain
My New Love- Photography
I started this blog over 9 years ago. That's a long time in the world of blogs. At the time, my only goal was to showcase our projects. Projects we were doing in our own home and projects people were hiring us to do. My expectations were reasonably low. I just wanted to be able to direct potential clients to our body of work online. And a crazy thing happened along the way. People started "pinning" our projects, sharing our makeovers and "liking" us on social media. And the website started getting some really good traffic. And that got me thinking.
Continue ReadingWhy we Paint- Part 2
The recession of 2007-2008 was a wake up call, a game changer. We went from a very comfortable living mostly from my radio advertising sales job to having to use credit cards to cover our monthly expenses. When a business is faced with budget cuts, unfortunately advertising is one of the first things to go. We were in for a major lifestyle adjustment. People across the country were cutting … [Read more...] about Why we Paint- Part 2
Why We Paint- The Tucker Story
It occurs to me that I've never REALLY shared our story with you. The part about how we started, how we created a sustainable home based business, how prayers were answered and how very thankful we are to be in this place in our lives. Part 1I was working in sales at a radio station in Louisville, KY. The station sponsored a local band contest. I watched this super cute and very talented … [Read more...] about Why We Paint- The Tucker Story