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Celebrity Remodel
Amanda Pays & Corbin Bernsen
Who are they?
Amanda Pays is an actress known for her role as Theora Jones in the Max
Headroom TV show. See her filmography
on the Internet Movie Database. She is also a talented designer who hosted
Breathing Room on the Fine Living Channel. Plus, she has designed a whole
line of contemporary furniture for Directions. And most importantly, she
is the mother of four boys and the wife of actor Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Bernsen is a very hard-working actor known for his starring role
in the L.A. Law television series. He plays John Durant on General Hospital,
was recently on Boston Legal, taped several episodes of Psyche, and directed
and starred in the Car Pool Guy movie. See Corbin’s filmography.
What were their remodeling
hopes?
Amanda and Corbin are what I would call “serial remodelers.”
They love to buy houses, fix them up and then move! They’ve done
this more than 10 times! With this house, the couple loved the large 1-acre
lot and the layout of the house. But it needed freshening up.
What happened?
In a period of a few weeks, the couple had the place totally painted and
carpeted with sisal carpeting throughout. Amanda believes in choosing
just a few colors and materials and then repeating them through the house.
She also put wood blinds throughout the house, as well as all new hardware
on doors and cabinets.
The galley kitchen needed the most work, but the couple thought they would
want to eventually add a large kitchen. So it wouldn’t make much
sense to put in a new maple and granite kitchen that would get torn out.
So they did something very clever, which was to totally gut the old kitchen,
and then build it up again with wood and stainless pieces from Ikea and
other stores. The resulting kitchen is so simple and fresh and elegant.
The other element that make the house special is the art collection. One
of the couple’s favorite treats when moving into a new house is to
send the kids off for the night, break open a bottle of wine, and decide
which painting or artwork should go where. They keep some artworks in
storage, so it’s refreshing to rotate them in and out, to see them
after a period of time and appreciate them anew. In fact, the couple used
some of their artwork in the movie Car Pool Guy, along with some furniture
pieces from Amanda’s line.
To see how the remodel turned
out, click here.