Showcase: A Client’s Renovated Rental Property with Amazing Style

by Tracey Moore

My friend and client Jill Dupré is a multi-talented designer and artist, putting her creativity to work doing everything from interiors and renovations to collages, handmade pillows, stools, and even doll making. Says Jill of her visual approach, “My interior design style is quite mixed up. But somehow simple. I love modern, vintage, antique, Asian and hand-me-downs. All put together to create depth and soul.” Eclectic and appealing, her design work has been highlighted in Metropolitan Home, New Orleans Homes & Lifestyle, Food and Wine, Apartment Therapy, and Vie Magazine, just to name a few.

I’ve helped Jill and her husband Josh Mayer buy several investment properties over the years, as she loves the process of taking old homes with interesting potential, transforming them with her contemporary vision, and turning them into rentals.

The Fairgrounds Triangle “Scandicamp” home featured here is one of her recent projects. I found this off-market property, which is an L-shaped lot, and immediately knew that Jill and Josh would adore its unique qualities — like the fact that it was owned by a widely acclaimed artist who used it to store her artwork and featured a large, lush backyard. The price was outside of their budget, but we successfully negotiated with the seller and closed the deal. Jill lovingly gave the home a total makeover and then added a special touch to the backyard – a retro-cool 1960 renovated Airstream Tradewind that she restored with the same vintage, yet modern vibe of the house.

I love working with Jill and am grateful that she has this to say about working with me:

“We’re always looking for opportunities, and when Tracey saw this property, she thought of us — knowing that we’d see its amazing potential. We trust her implicitly and appreciate her ideas and her constant availability. She’s seasoned in a way that makes all the difference. On top of all that, we’re old friends – which means the world to me.” Jill Dupré

Check out a few photos of “Scandicamp” below, and read more about the renovation on Jill’s blog.