Dissed NYC Bachelor Gets Studio Makeover
N E W Y O R K, Jan. 31 -- Everything might have turned out differently for Greg Todtman and Bachelorette's Trista Rehn if the bachelor had met interior decorator Katie Brown before taking Rehn back to his New York City pad.
When Todtman took the bachelorette to his small downtown studio, Rehn, who has never lived in New York City, scrunched up her face and asked "Is this considered a studio?"
Rehn, the star of ABC's The Bachelorette, admitted on camera later that she couldn't see herself living there, but now that it's been given a complete makeover there are probably plenty of other bachelorettes who would consider such a proposal.
Todtman was pleasantly surprised when he heard he would be getting an apartment makeover on ABCNEWS' Good Morning America Thursday.
As he described being dumped, he was interrupted by Brown and his own mother who were hiding out in his studio apartment.
Brown spent the entire day fixing up Todtman's apartment, and the result was truly amazing.
When Todtman was finally allowed back in his apartment this morning, he had to check the number on the door to make sure he was in the right place.
Brown separated Todtman's bedroom from his living area with a beautiful gray curtain that she purchased and had measured and cut in a curtain supply store.
First Brown measured the distance between the walls where she would insert the curtain. Then she measured the distance from floor to ceiling.
Then she purchased metal curtain track which she screwed into the ceiling with an electric screwdriver ($15). Next she attached the gray curtain to the track for a clean look that takes almost no time and little cash to achieve.
For very small, yet very unattractive kitchen floor, Brown bought peel-and-stick linoleum. She applied it over the clean floor, square by square, cutting any extra off with an Xacto knife.
For the kitchen cabinets, she chose blackboard paint that can be written on with chalk. Brown said the paint, which can be purchased at any paint shop, will probably help Totdam cut down on the number of tiny paper messages he tends to leave around.
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