CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For years, the home that Cleveland native and television actress Monica Potter grew up in was silent and decrepit. But this week, it was alive with glowing lights and the hum of happy conversation.

This was a dream come true for Potter, who purchased her family home and spent this summer renovating it with her sisters. Potter filmed the renovations for the new HGTV show "Welcome Back Potter." The final two episodes will air at 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25. The show produced six episodes.

The family sold the 1,800-square-foot Collinwood home in 1987, but it sat abandoned and in disrepair after the last owner died. Potter, 45, bought it in 2012.

She wanted the renovated 1924 Collinwood home to be the focal point for family gatherings, just like the small housewarming party she hosted on Tuesday, Oct. 18 so that friends and family members could see the completed work. Every room of the house had been gutted and updated.

"This is our first time together, and it's crazy," Potter said about the informal gathering. She doesn't live there full time - there is a caretaker on the site - but will visit frequently.

The home is a reflection of Potter's style - relaxed, comfortable and country, with lots of cream colors and cozy touches. Many of the decor items come from the Monica Potter Home stores, with locations in Garrettsville and downtown Cleveland.

Click through the accompanying photo gallery to get a look at the home's interior.

Shag area rugs delight the toes in the living and dining rooms, the rugs' cream colors set off by the honey hue of the refinished wood floors. Potter said that the wood floors throughout the first floor were rescued from being underneath multiple layers of linoleum.

Family memories are very important. The wall behind the living room sofa is filled with framed family photographs resting on three rows of chair railings. Comfy pillows on a rocking chair and on the sofa are ready for evenings spent nesting, and built-in bookcases flanking the fireplace are filled with old volumes.

A construction crew removed a wall between the kitchen and dining room to create one large space. A long wall in the dining room is filled with framed sections of the vintage wallpaper that was removed from the dining room. Potter's sister, Jessica Brokaw of Cleveland, had the idea to fill several frames with wallpaper and hang the frames in the dining room, now painted cream.

A white, distressed farmhouse dining room table, topped with a vintage lace tablecloth, was in keeping with the built-in lead glass cabinets, situated on either side of the dining room window. In the kitchen, white cabinets and countertops look fresh. A square island gives extra workspace without taking up too much space in the moderate-sized kitchen.

Potter pointed to a spice rack that was made from slats salvaged from the home's back porch.

"Everything in the house we recycled and reused, because of the memories," she said.