When Alice Hubbard moved her daughter to college, she quickly found herself an empty nester eager for a change. With her mind made up, Alice called for a construction dumpster to be delivered to her home, and soon, she had either donated or disposed of all her furnishings—saving only her home office setup and her bed. To further the fresh start, Alice had the entire interior painted white, drowning out the existing jewel tones of her 1998 Jacksonville Beach, Florida, home.
For six months, Alice lived in an empty
