See How the Property Brothers Modernize A Tired Nashville Home

Couple Tom and TJ were looking for a modern sanctuary with historical charm in their new East Nashville home – and Jonathan and Drew delivered.

While most of the original kitchen and dining room was stripped back to the studs, the brothers kept the ornate coffered ceiling for texture, deciding to paint it out with a unifying white.

The waterfall countertop colour was a point of contention between owners Tom and TJ, undulating between all-white quartz or marbled grey-veined quartz. They settled on white – and the results are sparkling.

A coffee and tea nook complete with a built-in pot filler is just one of the many custom features that really make this comfortable Nashville home sing.

The generous width of this 100-plus-year-old home is one of the pluses that convinced the Property Brothers that they could turn this tired property into a palatial retreat.

With a renovation budget of US $230,000, shiny new appliances were always going to be a part of the Property Brothers house-wide revamp package.

The new, lower pine cabinets hold a special custom-made surprise for the owners’ dogs Dudley and Luna – their own pull-out feeding station.

A sleek apron sink fitted into the white-quartz waterfall island suits the owners’ mandate for sparse, modern lines throughout the whole house.

Industrial-inspired chrome light fixtures emanate warm light throughout the white-on-white-on-white kitchen design, which helps to soften the monochromatic palette.

Tom and TJ made it clear from the start that they wanted a bright, open-concept home perfect for entertaining – this spectacular, spacious dining/cooking space proves their goals were reached.

Without a room to spare, the Property Brothers created a built-in wall unit as Tom and TJ’s “bill-paying station”. To the left is a new powder room with a blue-grey geometric tiled floor, which adds some subtle colour to the white walls throughout.

An ash-blue built-in bench acts as an entryway landing pad for coats and shoes at the front of this now-fully-renovated arts-and-crafts home.

A neutral palette of soft silvers, greys and black for the living room furnishings allows the colours of Tom’s artwork – he’s an artist and a psychotherapist – to stand out.

The double-sided fireplace didn’t function when the couple first bought their home for US $550K, but Jonathan got it working again and managed to keep the original brick and woodwork (but painted them white, of course).

Nods to the Arts are seen in every room in this Nashville home as the owners are artists in their own right – TJ’s a filmmaker and a writer and Tom is an exhibiting painter.

The Property Brothers pulled together the opposing tastes of the clients – one likes modern, the other lots of character – with a masterful mix of classic and quirky hard and soft furnishings.

The original master bathroom was far from spa-like – and since that was one of Tom and TJ’s must-haves, the Property Brothers redid the room from top to bottom.

The glass-enclosed bathtub is the biggest they could fit in the space, while the shower features a rain-shower head, multiple wall jets, state of the art controls and a steamer.

When it comes to creating a spa-inspired sanctuary, it’s the details – such as build-in toiletry shelves and a flip-down steaming seat – that take it from ordinary to out of this world.

Refinishing the original pinewood floors is just one of the many ways the Property Brothers kept this century-old character home’s charm. But don’t be fooled – this Nashville property has all the modern conveniences, which were built to last for another 100 plus years.