Debra and Dan Barrett love to flip houses. They’re passionate about getting into a new place and giving it new life and new direction. Debra, a real estate agent and a home stager, calls it an occupational hazard. They’ve made eight moves in the last ten years, and are always excited to see where they […]

Debra and Dan Barrett love to flip houses. They’re passionate about getting into a new place and giving it new life and new direction. Debra, a real estate agent and a home stager, calls it an occupational hazard. They’ve made eight moves in the last ten years, and are always excited to see where they will end up next. When the couple moved into their current home in Fort Worth, TX, they decided to recycle the moving boxes and stay awhile. “Our M.O. has been to buy, renovate, then sell. We decided that this time we were going to stay for a while (our friends are taking bets), so we were looking for a home with plenty of space for us, Effie Mae (the dog), and visits from our grandboys. This one had the square footage, plenty of outdoor play space, and needed a ton of work. Perfect,” Debra shares. Flooring was the first of many repairs that the Barretts made to the home. With broken parquet, aging carpets, and some dark grey tile, the home needed those repairs done before they could move into the rest of the space. “I fell in love with oil-finished, engineered wood by Bausen, but installation meant that we had to really think ...