'70s Home Update

Kitchen

Moving on to the kitchen, she assesses that while it is spacious, the blue paint needs to be updated. She thinks the dining room is more of a storage locker, and there is wasted space in the home office.

Cabinets

Lisa decided that this kitchen cabinet blocked off the kitchen and dining rooms, so she plans to remove it to make a more open space and allow natural light inside.

Master Bedroom

Upstairs, she decides that the bed in the master bedroom could use a more contemporary look, and clearing out clutter is a must. The two other bedrooms are being used as a storage facility for garage-sale items and Rick's workshop, respectively. She recommends transforming these rooms back into bedrooms before potential homeowners visit.

Family Room

The family room felt heavy and dark from all the wood and the deep blue carpeting.

Living Room

The living room is nice and large, but the furniture placement was a bit awkward, according to Donna.

Home Office

The home office was bland and suffered from a poor use of space.

Spare Room

This bedroom was being used as a workshop.

The next step is getting to work. Interior designer Lisa LaPorta steps in to help navigate how to make changes specified by Donna to get it ready to sell. A team of family friends and contractor Jim Collins, have just a few days and a $2,000 budget to make it all happen.

Lisa first establishes a design plan for making all these changes happen in time for the first open house in just one week. The first step is to have a yard sale. This part should be easy, since the Gearys already have items ready to go in one of those bedrooms. They plan to use the money from the sale to replace the carpeting. The next moves are to let the sun shine in and open up the floor plan — the main living areas need to feel spacious. A couple days and hard work later, and the mission is accomplished. Let's take a look at the results: