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Photo: Lisa Romerein (Styled by Elizabeth Demos).
From:
HGTV Magazine.
Junk Never Looked So Good
A gung-ho antiquer, Mary Kay Andrews has braved dust-choked attics, swampy cellars, and cobwebbed toolsheds in pursuit of secondhand steals. But even this champion rummager had her dollar-stretching skills tested when she and husband Tom Trocheck purchased a dingy 1932 cottage on Tybee Island, GA, in 2013. With more than 2,000 square feet to furnish and fix up—and a desire to stick to a budget—Mary Kay, a best-selling author of feel-good beach reads, used all her scavenging smarts to transform the dated home into a laid-back seaside retreat.