After tackling a fixer upper roughly two hours outside of her home in Los Angeles, designing interiors for clients, and serving as Target's go-to stylist, Emily Henderson has recently tacked another project onto her neverending to-do list: Partnering with her brother to renovate a house he and his wife bought in Portland, Oregon. Though, if you asked her, she might say her bro's the one out of it. "I mean, who buys an $850k flip?? (Ken and Katie, not me)," she wrote on her blog when she first announced the project in January.

But that's the thing—this house is far from a flip. Emily and the team have spent the past nine months totally gut-renovating the property, expanding it by 1,300 square feet (transforming the floor plan and adding a third floor!), and infusing every square inch with character and soul. And doing so in a way that complements the stately homes that surround it. While appealing to a potential buyer, because hey, part of the objective is to eventually sell the house.

So, how do you do all that without creating a cookie-cutter McMansion...and going nuts in the process?! In this exclusive reveal, Emily breaks down what she's done (Spoiler: She's got some hot tips to steal!). And if you just can't get enough, hit up StyleByEmilyHenderson.com for a room-by-room account of how she's transformed the Portland house, starting with an in-depth look at the living room. Then contemplate a move to the Pacific Northwest, naturally.



