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I hate California – it’s cold and its damp! But this afternoon in an instant, the clouds cleared beyond my worn-out black laptop perched in front of an old single pane window. I stopped writing [...]

The couple found a home on an island whose layers hugged a lush green hillside by a brilliant blue sea. Perched on a narrow windy road near the island’s ridge, a curved stairway led down to the [...]

I was recently asked through my Instagram page how I make walls glow. Honestly, I can’t take credit for that. As found in nature only the magic of passing light through color or projecting light [...]

And so, the once faded and uninspired living room, dining room, kitchen and family room of a 1960’s Tiburon tract house now shimmered with color and light. But Jackie and Paul didn’t anticipate [...]

Dreams do come true! Just look - gone is the blah, dated wallpaper which converged with dirty, dingy bricks in a family room next to an equally outmoded has-been kitchen. The lead image shows an [...]

This quote is appropriate for many things in life. But I think it also lends itself to the process of remodeling homes. You may be at the stage you no longer want to live in your space as it is. [...]

On my morning walk today I saw a tiny brown shingled cottage laced with colorful strings of triangular shaped orange flags fluttering in the wind. They were strung between multiple gray metal [...]

I love homes that are soulful, but I also adore rooms that make you smile. With the world as crazy as it is these days, who couldn't use a little sense of humor or playfulness to greet you when [...]

The couple met in their thirties in Houston. He took her to a gem and mineral show on their first date. He had started collecting and wanted to impress her with his knowledge. But her father was [...]

I looked up the meaning of soulful after a friend recently asked me, “How do you make a home feel soulful?” Webster’s definition of soulful: full of or expressing feeling or emotion. In thinking [...]