My Home Makeovers
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Office Makeover Part 2 – Outdoors
Read more: Office Makeover Part 2 – OutdoorsDid you catch the First part of this office makeover last week? You can see the indoors HERE. The garage turned guest house originally had…
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Office Makeover – Part 1
Read more: Office Makeover – Part 1This is the first in a two step indoor/outdoor office makeover that’s long overdue. To increase value on the home we turned the garage in…
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From Garage to Dream Teen room – the full reveal
Read more: From Garage to Dream Teen room – the full revealYou might recall we turned the garage in to a guest house to make space for a teen room for Luke, and a downstairs and…
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“California Dreaming” – our LA House in a Magazine
Read more: “California Dreaming” – our LA House in a MagazineOur LA house is in a Swedish magazine and I thought I would share it with you. Journalist and photographer Stephanie Bjelkstam came to LA…
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Some Pics of our Living room…
Read more: Some Pics of our Living room…How are you holding up during this heatwave? With temperatures soaring close to 115 degrees we’ve been stuck inside trying to stay cool. Thought I…
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When 200 Guests Come to your House – Knock Out Abuse LA Launch
Read more: When 200 Guests Come to your House – Knock Out Abuse LA LaunchThe last couple of months we’ve been going full steam ahead to launch a west coast branch to the charity my friend Cheryl and I…
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New Office, New Rooms & New Products
Read more: New Office, New Rooms & New ProductsThere has been a lot of changes going on around here. The renovations are done, I’ve got a new big office (a garden and deck…
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BEFORE/AFTER – Our Powder Room
Read more: BEFORE/AFTER – Our Powder RoomWhen we bought our Spanish ranch rambler in the hills above LA it had not been renovated since it was built in 1967. The house…
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Guest House Update – One Week to Move in
Read more: Guest House Update – One Week to Move inHappy New Year! We’re excited to finally have a move in date. 2 1/2 years after moving in. Permits, termites, you name it delayed the…
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Creating a luxury look for less in the Guest house Bath
Read more: Creating a luxury look for less in the Guest house BathHope you had a good Thanksgiving! We are finally down to tile, trim, faucet selections for our Guest house renovations. To make sure the project…
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The REVEAL!! One Room Challenge # week 7
Read more: The REVEAL!! One Room Challenge # week 7Finally. The library is done. Down to the wire like always! Swedish photographer Anna Maria (Instagram @annamariafotograf) came here at the last minute to shoot so…
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ORC Week # 6 – An Intense Emotional Week
Read more: ORC Week # 6 – An Intense Emotional WeekIt’s been an intense week since the last One Room Challenge update. I was in NYC to visit the 911 memorial, something I’ve been wanting…
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Guest house renovation update – Picking a color scheme
Read more: Guest house renovation update – Picking a color schemeHave you ever felt like your home renovation takes forever? It’s been a long very windy road but we’re finally getting close to the finishing…
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Week # 5 – Going all out
Read more: Week # 5 – Going all outThere were some hick ups this week… The black Platner chairs we had purchased that were going to be the main accent pieces in the…
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Week # 4 ORC – Adding value to the house
Read more: Week # 4 ORC – Adding value to the houseI was so happy to get the e-mail from Linda at The One Room Challenge today that let us know that for the first time…