See an Atlanta Home Go From Small to Sprawling to Make Room for a Growing Family

Chip and Joni Lay live in Atlanta with their four daughters. Joni runs Lay Baby Lay, a lifestyle blog full of inspiration for decorating nurseries and kids' bedrooms. Their home is a spacious, custom-designed space with carefully curated rooms and Joni's vintage eclectic syle, but there was a time when the Lays were dealing with a growing family and a seemingly shrinking house.

... and then came their house. This is an undated photo of the house provided by the previous owners when Chip and Joni bought it in 2008, just a year after they got married.

It had vintage charm with a great yard, and the neighborhood was walkable. The home was going to be a temporary stop; they always assumed they would eventually move to a bigger house, but they just couldn't bear to leave. There was only one solution: a massive renovation that would make the home work for them.

Prior to the renovation, their two-bedroom, two-bathroom house came in at 1,700 square feet, which was doable when they only had two children, but they knew it couldn't work forever.

Joni and Chip's bedroom felt more enclosed with dark paint and a small window.

Now, their bedroom features a large window, new bed, funky oval bench and forest-themed wallpaper.