now she's cooking!

A reno got this Washington, D.C., exec into her kitchen again.

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Pamela Gibbs admits she wasn't much of a cook-until she overhauled her Washington, D.C., kitchen. "It's amazing how much more you want to make things when you have a nice place to do it!" says the homeowner, who went from eating Chinese takeout nightly to searing her own halibut and hosting dinner parties. She bought the house in 2013