Living... Modern Family n Dave and Bonnie Hubbs renovate older home into modern masterpiece Bonnie Hubbs loves modern design and her newly-remodeled home on Walnut Street certainly shows it. “This house was built in 1955,” she said. “When it came on the market I really tried to talk my husband into purchasing it, but he was not interested at all.” Bonnie enlisted the help of her best friend, Michelle Baumann who lived across the street, but Bonnie’s husband, Dave was a hard sell. “I just really wanted a modern-style home and I knew it would turn out really well,” Bonnie said. “I did more research and found out the house came with 12 very small lots and that is what got him. He is a big land guy. He loves a big yard and gardening and we eventually purchased it in May 2011.” The first thing they did when they took possession in September 2011 was gut the entire house, Bonnie said. 12 v HERVOICE MAY/JUNE 2014 “We started destruction in September, my son asked some of his football buddies to come help and we tore out all the sheetrock and chicken wire and a brick chimney. We hauled it all out trailer load by trailer load to the landfill,” she said. “It took about a month.” Then the contractor came in and started constructing Bonnie’s dream home. “I wanted everything modern and open,” she said.