hen interior designer Ellie Christopher bought her historic home in 2017, she had her work cut out for her. Built in the 1940s, the home was originally developed as apartments that were turned into condos in the ’80s. The electrical wiring was not up to code, and everything was painted a sad shade of brown; the home desperately needed Ellie’s whimsical design touch to elevate the rooms with a vintage cottage style, so the renovation process quickly began. “It was super ugly when I moved in—builder beige and horrible looking,” Ellie recalls, adding that her design approach has been slow
