smart style m a

small package

A young designer’s first home offers ideas

for supersizing a small space for little cash.

by SHARON O VERTO N photos BRIE W ILLIAM S produced by SANDRA L. M OHLM ANN

ALL IN THE FAMILY

Making hand-me-

down pieces work

is part of Amy

McKinney’s strategy

for furnishing her

home on a budget.

Her childhood

mahogany bed is a

little formal for her

adult taste, but she

relaxes it with a hot-

pink love seat and a

painted writing desk

that belonged to her

mother. To give the

love seat a girly

makeover, a

coworker painted

the cherry trim ivory

with gilded accents.

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS

JUNE 2010

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