EcoChic

 When we first saw this home with the orange carpet and old wooden paneling, it seemed like we'd gone into a time machine.  Unfortunately I didn't look like I did in the 70's, only the room did.  With such dated décor, a price reduction couldn't be far behind.  The room was underutilized and depr...

 California dreaming - I am constantly amazed and overjoyed by this wonderful area we live in.  There are surprises around every corner - beautiful vistas, incredible hikes through redwood forests or coastal wetlands or around lakes hidden away - private and beautiful and often only 5-10 minutes...

  October 17, 1989 I am working a new job in the financial district of San Francisco (back then I was a recruiter, placing finance and accounting professionals)  and I leave a few minutes before five to go to an event in the East Bay with a friend.  We get in her car and join the mass of fellow ...

I was just working today with a redesign client in Castro Valley and, like most people in our current reality; she is trying to save money wherever possible.   Our current project is her master bath which is very dated, brown 70's tiles and linoleum combined with old, ugly wood cabinets that crea...

The comments to my last blog "Go Green in 2009" by Dallas Realtor® prompted me to write this second blog to clarify and tell you some fabulous facts about going green.  Green Factoids from the LGLS Certified Professional course: • The 40% of new homes Dallas Realtor® thought was too low actually ...

DID YOU KNOW in a recent survey...92% Of people surveyed said "Green" features are important when buying property74% of consumers surveyed buy environmentally friendly products60% are willing to pay more for such items55% say they make a special effort to patronize retailers with a green reputati...

We now have two newly minted certified Dewey Color Consultants in the San Francisco Bay Area: Cindy Lin of Staged4More in South San Francisco and Suzy Davis of Interiology in Campbell.  Both are trained and experienced Real Estate Stagers and Interior ReDesigners. Cindy is a Certified Staging Pro...

My friend, Chris Fisher, told me about the Beatles blog yesterday and so here I am... Just had to tell my story since it is one of my most vivid childhood memories. The Beatles came to the USA for the first time when I had just turned 13 years old and my very fabulous big sister took me to see th...

I just saw an ad on TV for the first time that immediately "spoke to" me, as they say... and I just had to blog about it!  www.changingthepresent.comis a site designed to allow you to simply and easily give the gift of charity for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, graduations,...