Last summer, we completed ‘phase one’ of our kitchen makeover. It was a BIG improvement (unless you love tiled countertops) but we were never 100% happy …
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kitchen refresh
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fireplace dilemma
We need your help…well, Ivy does –she and her husband, Kyle, own a beautiful 1962 atrium Eichler, in San Jose’s Fairhaven neighborhood. That’s not the problem, clearly …
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acrylic backsplash
After a false-start with flimsy Formica, we needed a more robust solution for our kitchen backsplash. We considered stacked white tile, but weren’t convinced …
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table turning
We’re usually pretty good at finding design solutions, but we’ve struggled to solve our living/dining room. It’s plenty big enough, but tricky to arrange everything in a functional way …
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white room
We’ve always wanted VCT throughout, but kept flip-flopping on color. We finally picked Armstrong’s Polar White –a pure white, with flecks of charcoal gray …
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back side
Last summer, we painted most of our exterior, leaving just the back, and a small adjoining side section. And that’s how it stayed, until this summer …
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chop chop
The tree that keeps on giving. At least, it was. We removed it several weeks back, and our two-year shower of leaves, twigs and tobacco is finally over …
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lounge chair swap
I recently shared this lounge chair on Instagram –a local Craigslist find, which has clearly seen better days. But for $30 (yeah, you heard right) I wasn’t turning it down …
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6465 fordham wy
I thought we’d go an entire year without an Eichler for sale in our neighborhood (after 3 in 2013 and 5 in 2014). I was wrong. The latest offering is a 1955 Jones & Emmons …
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