Who it’s for
Want to design it yourself?
Very cool.
If you’re here, you already know it’s POSSIBLE to make a magazine-worthy room from preloved pieces, and you’ve probably found some great secondhand things.
If you’re totally happy with your room, that’s awesome.
But if your project is feeling more amateurish than you would like, keep reading.
Our workbook, Secondhand-First, teaches design-minded DIYers my exact studio process with prompts, step-by-step instructions, and photo examples.
How you’ll use it
Picture a Saturday
You’re in the room you want to change, laptop open, headphones on, something good playing. The workbook asks you about a room you loved as a kid, and you find yourself writing about your grandmother’s floral sofa.
A week on, you’re deep in Marketplace with the rug chapter open, searching “wool 10 x 14.” You drive out for a leather chair, get its entire life story from the seller, then carry it in, set it where your plan said it would live, and stand back.
The Workbook
Secondhand‑First
It’s sixty-one pages that take you through one room, start to finish: eleven chapters across two parts, plus the mindsets and timeline up front and a sizing and scale appendix.
$197 · instant PDF download
Click any page to read the sample large: the cover, the contents, two prompts, the rug guide, and the bonus gallery wall chapter.
The bonus chapter
The gallery wall, in a real room
Gallery walls are our most requested how-to, so the workbook includes a bonus chapter: step-by-step instructions for a signature KKI gallery wall out of pieces you already have and love. It’s low-waste, because it uses what you own, and high design, because few things make a stronger statement.
The Green Bedroom’s was drafted on the floor and hung in a couple of afternoons. Everything in the workbook works like this. Nothing in here is theory.
Questions
What exactly do I get?
An interactive 61-page PDF with fillable fields, so you can type your notes and save links right in the document, or print it and work by hand.
Is this a course?
No. There’s nothing to log into and no videos to watch. It’s a book you work through at your own pace, in your own room.
Does it work outside Nashville?
Yes. The method runs on Facebook Marketplace, estate sales, and thrift stores, which exist everywhere. There’s also a bonus Nashville Hit List of our favorite local spots, for locals and visitors alike.
What’s the refund policy?
Because it’s an instant digital download, all sales are final. If you’re unsure, take a real look at the sample pages first.
The Workbook
Ready to make your room?
Secondhand-First is $197, yours the minute you buy it. Your first room is a few Saturdays away.
Get the workbook — $197