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We set up our bed today. After sleeping on the foldout couch in the living room for 6 months, this was a huge milestone. We both slept without dreams, neither tossing nor turning. For me, it was like an upgrade to a four star hotel. And it was so pleasant to wake in a room dedicated to one functi...

At last . . . . we begin moving in! The cleaners came in over the weekend to wash the windows and vacuum the dust off of the walls, molding, floors, crevices and cracks. Now we begin the process of moving back into our home. Yippee! Because we have dark floors now, my first concern is to hang dra...

Our house is beginning to look like a house instead of a project, and it seems that EVERYBODY is here today for the final finish ups. We have the painter, the cabinet installer, and the electrician. The finish carpenters also returned to hang the doors, add doorknobs, and complete a few follow-up...

Earth Day, Egg Hunts and Sea Shenanigans! April is here, and there are so many springtime events for the whole family on the Mid Peninsula. Celebrate Easter and Earth Day, or take a tour of a pirate ship. Shiver me timbers!     Celebrate Earth Day at the Marine Science Institute! This event takes...

SOLD to this incredibly happy family of four. Congratulations to my buyers who won the home of their dreams after writing only their second offer in this vibrant market. We successfully negotiated the winning offer over five others. The first day that the family visited, the neighbor's dog, Rikk...

We just dealt with a week of sanding, staining and sealing the floors. I thought that we would have to be out of the house for that, but we were able to avoid most of the dust and the odor by long office days.We are not supposed to walk on the floor, but we soon discovered that if we waited until...

Our backsplash tiles arrived! I chose handmade ceramic tiles. If I had known that it would take six weeks to make these, I probably wouldn’t have ordered them. Nevertheless, the tile setters began today. They cut and lay the tile to fit, gluing it on. Then they will return in two days to grout it...

We chose our under-cabinet lighting today. Our contractor had factored in the cost with fluorescent lights. I don’t like the color of that light, and even in my ancient kitchen I had installed halogen lights under the cabinets. I like LOTS of light in my kitchen.Our experience in educating oursel...

The painters were here ALL DAY, en masse. Five painters with drop cloths and ladders, all scrambling around. It was a circus.Once everyone left, Jimmy and I went into the den and opened the newly installed exterior doors to the side yard. The deep grey is sophisticated and cozy, but not bright en...

Thankfully, my husband and I have very similar taste in our preferred color palettes. However, as I have mentioned previously, my husband has opinions on every aspect of our interior and exterior home design. So…I will explain. Our home is a sweet, stucco, Mediterranean Bungalow. When we first pu...