When Russell Dickerson and his wife, Kailey, first set eyes on their Nashville-area home last year, they fell for it hard and fast.
With its five wooded acres that featured a tree house, rope swing and zip line, it was just waiting for the kids they planned to have. The home’s 4,800 square feet, spread over three levels, would easily accommodate the entertaining they love to do. And perhaps best of all, the living room’s dramatic vaulted ceiling was ready for Kailey’s kind of Christmas.
“I can have a huge Christmas tree in here,” she told her country star husband on that first visit. “Let’s buy this house!”
Now, her wish has come true as a 10-foot tree graces the space for the Dickersons’ first holiday season in the five-bedroom home.
Finding the house nestled on a suburban hillside was just the first step: The 1980 build was also in need of an update. With the couple’s budget stretched tight, Kailey stepped in to tackle the interior design herself, turning the home into a “modern farmhouse.”
The most ambitious project of the six-month build was turning four rooms — the kitchen, a combination bath/laundry, a guest bedroom and the dining room — into an expansive kitchen and dining space. The result is an entertainment paradise with wine refrigerators, an exposed butler’s pantry, twin dishwashers, a 10-seat table and a massive island made out of “the biggest slab of quartz you can get,” says Russell.
Elsewhere in the home there’s a workout room and music studio, where Russell spent endless hours working on his new album, Southern Symphony. Both are in the home’s full walk-out basement that also features a home theater, pool table, bar and wine cellar. Russell calls the entertainment area the “bro-zone lair,” but he’s quick to say his wife has full visitation privileges. “I have five older brothers,” Kailey says, “so I was always in the ‘bro area’ growing up.”
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