After an evacuation from Florida to Tennessee during Hurricane Irma, my husband, Nolan and I, fell in love with Franklin and the serene, country lifestyle that this charming town offered our seven children. Within months, our supersized family traded the beach for farm living and settled into a home with a heartwarming history.

Nolan had recently retired from Major League Baseball, and a move to the country represented the next phase of our lives. Little did we know that opportunity would come knocking just a few short weeks later when we were approached to shoot an episode of Property Brothers.

What we thought would just be an exciting day filming led to an explosion of possibilities for interior design with new neighbors offering to hire me for my family friendly and functional approach to design.