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 ...
As an Aside… (a note on Side Tables)
I know it feels like I've said it so many times, but I feel like I have so many rooms in this house that are just *almost* done. In our den, we're some sort of artwork, a bowl, and two side tables away from finished. In the living room? Curtains and a side table. Entry? A table. Every room has ...
A Few Favorites: Lamps
I've mentioned before that I made a huge mistake in our Old Louisville home so many years ago when I relied only on overhead lighting. I was a young 20-something, on a budget, and had minimal experience dressing a house. Excuses aside, it just didn't look "finished" in there at all.
When we ...
Spring Cleaning
True story: When I received my second Covid vaccine, it felt like it almost killed me. I had had a pretty invasive surgery on June 10th, and my second dose was scheduled just a few days after on June 14th. I could barely walk, and looking back, shouldn't have taken the second dose in such a ...
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