Class Notes
Tiger BNB
The TU-themed home of Tim and Gretchen Gallagher
For a couple of Ducks, Tim and Gretchen Gallagher sure do love Tigers. The couple are graduates of the University of Oregon, but when their son, Chop ’24, came east to play lacrosse, they fell in love with TU.
Chop, who’s playing his final season for TU as a grad student, was a freshman in 2020—right at the start of the pandemic. When the Gallaghers visited their son (who acquired his nickname due to his size at birth), they found that they couldn’t socialize with other players’ parents or even go out to eat. So they decided to buy a house in the area where they could relax when they were in town. When they went home, they’d rent it out on AirBNB.
Tiger touches are everywhere in the Gallaghers' Towson rental home.
“Once we got to Towson, we were really impressed with the school itself,” Gretchen says. “The size of it, the sports teams, how people are into it, the little downtown area. We are really into the college.”
The Gallaghers own a design company, so they decided to have some fun with their new house. They decorated it entirely with a tiger theme and called it “The Easy Tiger Home.” (They have since bought another house, redecorated and dubbed it “Eye of the Tiger.”)
Black and gold abound inside the home.
The houses feature black and gold color schemes, jungle wallpaper, tiger rugs and tiger-themed artwork. A highlight is a mirror that hangs over a bed with “Hey there, tiger” written on it. Tiger print robes are available for guests.
You get the idea.
“We want it to be a place that people enjoy not only because of how it looks but also because it’s comfortable,” Gretchen says. “We just think it’s a fantastic community.”
The Gallaghers designed the home to be both visually interesting and comfortable.
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