Steffy's Notes

This past week I missed a great class on recent trends in kitchen, living room and bathroom design. The organizer sent me her notes - it was interesting to read that the greys are going away. I walked yesterday into the lobby of a Phoenix hotel and came across those summaries of colors, materials...

 What a treat I came across today, while shopping for my favorite geraniums at the Berridge Nurseries in Phoenix. The Orchid Show was such a display of beauty, color, elegance, joy.It seems there was some kind of competition as some of the orchids had a tag "First Place", "Second Place" ...All we...

Twice a month Real Estate Brokers who are active in the Tempe AZ market get together and tour homes that are for sale in this city. It is a good way to see within less than 2 hours homes in different subdivision, connect with other realtors, mortgage lenders, home inspectors, title and escrow com...

This is my participation for Endre Barath, Jr. 's contest about Art and Books on Active Rain. The inspiration for the contest was Paul Freed's painting above.  I saw this painting first some time ago when Endre wrote about the private exhibition where he had seen it. And because it was in the Sou...

 10321 E Caballero Street Mesa AZ 85207Just Sold for $ 262,000 Beds/Baths: 3 / 2Approx SqFt: 1,606 Price/SqFt: $163.13 Year Built: 2002 This lovely home was recently built, yet it was updated in the last year or so with the modern preferences for kitchen and bathroom. The countertops are quartz a...

March is  a lovely month in Tempe Arizona - the weather is warm, no need for heating, and no need for A/C to be turned on.Flowers and trees are starting to bloom. Yellow and orange seem to be the predominant colors for the month.The creosote bush has tiny yellow blooms, some of the acacia trees, ...

 This is a lovely 4 bedroom , 2.5 bathrooms home in the park-like Brentwood-Cavalier neighborhood, a central Tempe AZ location, which is a biking distance to down town and Arizona State University, grocery shopping and many restaurants.The home has been meticulously updated for a year - every inc...

What a collection of colors those clouds produced in the East Sky in the evening hours. The first photo was taken at 5:38 pm. In about half an hour I noticed how dramatically the colors were changing, every minute.  The second, third and fourth photos were taken minutes apart. There is something ...

Single Family - Detached - $210,000Beds/Baths: 3 / 2.5Approx SqFt: 1,401 / County AssessorPrice/SqFt: $149.89 Year Built: 2007Pool: Community OnlyRecent contruction, attractive finishes,  fresh paint.   This hidden gem in the lovely Town Square at Desert Village is now under contract with multipl...

 I love taking twilight photos - it's a short window of time during which those photos can be taken as the natural light changes so quickly at this time of the day.   This is a coming soon listing - 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home which the Sellers are still metuculously renovating. The easy-to-maintain...