The Story
Whenever Nedra Davis has free time, she spends it decorating — and redecorating — her house. “I’m constantly swapping things out,” says the nonprofit marketing and communications director and mom of two. “We’re talking every few weeks I’ll change the art or the pillows or the rugs.”
She’s making up for lost time, because before she bought this 1,400-square-foot brick townhouse in Bowie, Maryland, she was a renter. “I was in my last rental for six years and didn’t even experiment with paint because in my head, it wasn’t mine,” she says. When this 1991 Colonial hit the market, she found the perfect place to embrace her obsession with color and DIY projects. The owner had kept the house in meticulous shape, but the style was “uninviting and very, very dark,” Nedra says. “All the brown had to go — blue and pink and green are my love language.” She transformed the kitchen with crafty paint hacks and moved through the house, brightening each space and layering in luxe fabrics and funky vintage finds. “My house is my playground,” she says. And she loves the results...at least for now!
