Video transcript: House to Home: Artist and baker Christine McConnell finds inspiration at home

On screen:

A big house.

Christine:

The difference to me, between living in a house and actually making it your home, is really all of those personal touches that you put into it, and making it your own paradise.

On screen:

She paints.

Text, Chase and Chase Logo; House to Home.

Christine:

My name's Christine McConnell, and I'm an artist, photographer, and baker.

On screen:

A miniature building.

Christine:

So I wrote a book, it's called Deceptive Desserts, A Lady's Guide To Baking Bad. And the second the book deal happened, I knew the house I was renting wouldn't work anymore. I realized I needed a house that I could create a set out of, basically, and craft to look exactly how I wanted to be for my images. I've always wanted to purchase a home. It just seemed incredibly unattainable. But yeah, I think once I pushed past that, and you feel confident about what you're going to do, and what you're going to be able to achieve with any specific home that you're looking for, it was just nothing but excitement, like looking for something, or finding something. So this basically is just candy canes and chocolate. It's called peppermint bark.

On screen:

A candy tree.

Christine:

What I'm doing right now pretty much sums up my very perfect day.

On screen:

She paints a branch.

Christine:

From an outsider's perspective, what I do seems really complicated and hard, but it is actually very attainable if you have the patience. Having my own house has really improved the quality of my photography, just because the backgrounds are so much more in line with what I would want them to look like. I think the baking and the photography all sort of goes into that, where you're trying to create a life for yourself that is sort of the thing you've dreamed of since childhood.

On screen:

She paints branches on the ceiling.

Text, Chase and Chase Logo; House to Home.