I fully realize most of you perusing my historic renovation blog are eager to get to the fun part: light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, cabinetry, hardware, flooring, ceiling beams, lintels, wall [...]
Thank God the rain finally stopped this weekend. The sun gracefully crept out Saturday morning below ominous cloud cover to cheers of gratitude and relief. Our City by the Bay at last emerged [...]
December’s heavy wind and rain pounded Northern California recently, delaying progress on our tattered Golden Gate hillside property. But we are grateful to our crackerjack team who is nimbly [...]
I found this image of Golden Gate from the fall of 2019. I miss seeing our treasured little homestead that is woefully fractured and unrecognizable at this point. But fortunately, our diligent [...]
I found this image of Golden Gate from the fall of 2019. I miss seeing our treasured little homestead that is woefully fractured and unrecognizable at this point. But fortunately, our diligent [...]
My fossilized century-old home I fondly refer to as Golden Gate has wet feet. Apparently, no one knew how to address drainage in the 1920’s on a steep and rangy, oak-dotted hillside at the top of [...]
It’s chrysalis time at Golden Gate – a metaphor for the sheltered state when caterpillars transform into butterflies. It’s a transitional phase when structures are undefined and un-presentable. [...]
It was late afternoon on the first day of July when Marshall and I pulled into a tucked away cul-de-sac at the top of this tiny humpback island. As is typical this time of year, there was a [...]
The timing could not have been more formidable to move out of our cherished home of 20 years when the Coronavirus pandemic briskly erupted in spring of 2020. But our decrepit 100-year-old home on [...]