A few weeks ago, I posted a photo on my IG stories of one of the cream-colored sofas in our den, covered in muddy paw prints after the doods ran in from outside and jumped onto their furniture (yes, their furniture). I must have received two dozen messages from friends exclaiming, "oh, no!" before ...
Coronado Update: Den Reveal
I've spoken before about the home I grew up in. My grandparents' house was small but well-appointed, with the "formal" living room acting as the space that we used when company came over, and where we often sat for holidays or quiet (read: tv-less) weekends and canasta nights. The den was where ...
Coronado Update: Exterior Reveal, Part 1
When we first stumbled upon our house, she wasn't exactly the ugliest house on the block, but you could tell she'd been through it. There was a Sycamore in the front yard 4 feet through the middle if it was an inch. It's roots had jacked up pieces of the concrete driveway. The front doors and ...
First Week of Spring: A Tabletop
I'm not one to moan and complain about cooler weather. Personally, I'm all for it. I love the cool breezes that make me bundle up in overcoats and enormous scarves. I like knowing it's cold out while I'm inside by a fire, with jammies on and Bourbon in hand. I love the snow. What we get of it, ...
On Windows: Custom Drapes, Shades, Blackouts, Sheers, and Hardware, Oh My!
I have failed in the past when it came to dressing windows.
My grandmother had draperies in her den, living room, and bedroom that had to have been custom- off white linen with pinch pleats and a stationary pulley to open and close. My parents were of the 80's and 90's school of sheer panels ...
Coronado Update: Living Room Reveal
I grew up spending most of my free time in my grandparents' home. It was a tiny little 1940's ranch home with two bedrooms. One of these was my grandma's room (my grandpa had an apartment to himself in the basement), while the other was called the "den." Here were their two recliners, a pull out ...
The Story of the Buddha
You may have noticed in the reveal of our entryway that there was a cute little Buddha hanging out by our family photos.
My dad was a child of the 50's and 60's, turning 18 slap in the middle of the Vietnam War. He was drafted after high school, and took off to Fort Benning, Georgia, then to ...
Coronado Update: Entry Reveal
Coming to a home like this one- a large center-hall Colonial, built in the mid-60's- from a chic and slender townhouse was not without a few head-scratching moments of "how do we make this work?" One of the biggest spaces that just didn't seem conducive to our lives was the entry. Dominated on one ...
A Little Bit of Curb Appeal
Once month, here at the office, my partner, Greg, and I teach classes on the Buyer and Seller processes that our new agents go through. Every time we get into the listing process, he hands the class over to me to talk about staging a property to make it feel universally welcoming. I always pull up ...
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