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03.08.2024 - 13:11 / bhg.com / Claire Hoppe
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As one of BHG’s most avid Magnolia fans (hey, it takes passion to try seven cupcakes in one sitting!), I was the first to raise my hand when the call went out for a volunteer to watch Chip and Joanna’s latest show, Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse.
The six-episode series is the latest installment in Chip and Joanna’s Fixer Upper franchise on the Magnolia Network, and it documents the couple’s newest reno: a 1965, 5,100-square-foot house on the shore of Lake Waco. The house, which has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, was renovated in the 1980s, but was originally built to fuse midcentury modern and Spanish revival design styles. Throughout the show, Chip and Joanna work space-by-space to restore the lakehouse (plus its pool and patio) to its original layout and style.
After I watched (and re-watched) the show, I compiled a list of seven design lessons you can use in your own home. From the planning process to staging, these design lessons apply to any location, reno-ability, and style of home—and they might just inspire your own next Fixer-Upper–style project.
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Tile is used as not only a flooring or backsplash, but as a design component in multiple rooms throughout the lakehouse. While intricate slabs of marble are used in the kitchen and bathroom, Joanna features tile in more unexpected places throughout the home. Different styles, colors, and shapes of tile are used to define spaces and serve as unique design elements. For example, in the home’s foyer, a wall of floor-to-ceiling green tile not only adds texture and color to the space, but it also defines the foyer as its own individual space to enjoy, not just a place to quickly take off your shoes and drop your coat.
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