HGTV’s Love it or List it / Before & After: Mid Century Maternity

I worked as a set dresser for Season 12, Episode 2 of HGTV‘s Love it or List it. This home was definitely one of my favorite of all the renovations that I was apart of. Take a look at the before & after gallery here!

Repost: Busy professionals, Anne and Nathan traded in their high-end condominium for an open living mid century house. While Nathan loves the form and historic quality of the home, Anne only sees the many problems with its function. Now that they are expecting their first child, Anne is ready to move to a new house, or back to a condo that does not have a long to do list.  Will realtor David find them a family ready home? Or will designer Hilary make daily life immeasurably easier by reinventing many of the home’s hotly debated spaces?

Interior Room photo by
Natalia Weedy Photography

Cheat-Proof: Indie Film Set Design

“Cheat-Proof” is a short film written by Eryk Pruitt and directed by Meredith Sause, about a man and woman who strive to stave off an affair by telling each other their deepest, darkest secrets. I was the set stylist for the diner portion of this film. I had so much decorating the walls of this old empty diner and bringing life and color back into such a dull space. Can’t wait to see the finished product on the screen! Look for an updated post of this film, set to be released in 2016. How can this be work? I love my job!

Still frame from Diner shoot of Cheat-Proof. Actors Meredith Sause and Jim Moscater. Photo from cheatproof footage by Ismail Abdelkhalek.

Diner before.

Here I am putting the guitars up on some fabric that I attached over the existing black felt.

Table design along back wall.

Completely staged diner back wall.

Main actor’s booth and pick up counter.

Covered black panels with teal fabric and hung guitars. Front pick up counter ready to go!

Back table.

Arranging the silks in the windows.

Back wall details. I did the graphic design on the “Delicious Diner Food” sign.

Outside details.

Hung some records on the upper windows on shoot day.

Handwritten sign for diner exterior.

Lovely prop food.