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Photo: David A. Land (styled by Courtney De Wet).
From:
HGTV Magazine.
Practice What You Preach
On the show Elbow Room, designer and contractor Chip Wade encourages homeowners to pour their sweat equity into drastic renovations. So naturally when he and his wife, Pauli, bought a place in Atlanta, GA, three years ago, he jumped right into a massive redo. “I like to take my own DIY advice,” jokes Chip, who basically started from scratch—only the framing existed when he purchased the house—and did much of the work himself, from cutting beams for the 20-foot ceilings to designing light fixtures.