Houzz Tour: A Sweet Southern Makeover

When interior designer Julie Holloway and her husband Chris decided they wanted to purchase a home, they searched high and low for their version of the perfect home. Residents of Roswell, Georgia (a suburb just north of Atlanta), they looked at almost every available home in a 30-mile radius, but found nothing they loved. "We were going to build, but it was too expensive, says Holloway. "We decided the next best thing was to find an untouched relic from the past and make it our own." Finally they happened upon a 1978 ranch house in a large Roswell neighborhood. Decorated in '70s kitsch, the home boasted everything from original goldenrod Kitchenaid appliances, to a big basement with dark paneling. "What scared off would-be buyers made us smile," says Holloway. One half of the interior design duo Milk and Honey Home, Holloway enlisted the help of her partner Anisa Darnell to transform the house into her dream home.