Acting Farr began her career in
Los Angeles, where she began purchasing and renovating homes, as well working as a film and television set designer. In the early 1980s, she had small parts in various television sitcoms while working as a personal assistant for
Ted Danson and
Arthur Cohn. In Broadway and Theatre, Farr played the role of Betty Rizzo and the singing role of Marty in the stage performance of
Grease in London with actor
Richard Gere who played Danny Zucko. In 2016, Farr appeared in
Ross Petty's stage version of
Sleeping Beauty at the
Elgin Theatre in Toronto, in the role of Malignicent. (Although the character is more commonly known as
Maleficent, she was renamed "Malignicent" for this production.)
Love It or List It Farr auditioned and was the first to be signed into the role of co-host and designer of
Love It or List It with Big Coat Productions (now Big Coat TV). The show was first broadcast on the
W Network in Canada in September, 2008. The series became a top performer along with the network's other realty home and design originals and was later picked up by
HGTV in 2011. Farr left
Love It or List It in 2023. In 2017, Farr co-founded Rules of Renovation, a real estate investment seminar series held at locations across North America for aspiring investors. ==Personal life==