Text by Bethany Adams
Kelly Colby knew that her 1925 English Tudor-style house in Indiana would require a lot more love when she bought it with her husband. As a team member at Tiffany Skilling Interiors, however, she had the confidence—and the resources—to pull it off. “I dragged [Tiffany] through the house and said, ‘What are we going to do to this?’” she says.
In order to answer this question, they needed to find a balance between preserving history and bringing their home into the modern age. “It’s always our intention in a whole-house renovation—especially with an older historic home—to keep all the integrity of the architecture and special details of the home, but make it function better for a modern family,” Tiffany says.
In the case of the Colbys’ home, this was made more difficult by several prior renovations that affected the flow of the layout. “It kind of created a lot of disconnect in the home . . . So, we were truly trying to bring it back to its original beauty,” Tiffany adds.
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