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Photo: Zach DeSart (Styled by Liz Strong).
From:
HGTV Magazine.
Making It Modern
Although Erin and Sheldon Bryan loved the sprawling layout of the ranch home they bought last year, they didn’t love its stuck-in-the-’60s decor. “It had awful wallpaper, and the floors were either heinous carpet or wood that felt hollow when you walked on it,” says Erin. With three kids (Crichton, 14; Hendley, 10; and Byrdie, 8), four dogs, and two cats, the Bryans knew a down-to-the-studs reno was out of the question, so they focused on what they could update fast. That meant fresh paint, new wide-plank hardwood floors, and a not-for-the-faint-of-heart mix of graphic prints devised by local designer Andrew Howard. “Everywhere you look there’s a pop of something fun,” says Erin.