OUR HOUSE
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Office Makeover Part 2 – Outdoors
Did you catch the First part of this office makeover last week? You can see the indoors HERE. The garage turned guest house originally had no opening to the view and just a dusty hill outside. We added a sliding door and built a deck that would capture the best view…
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Office Makeover – Part 1
This 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 to a guest house with an apartment on the second floor. You can see that TEEN SPACE here. The downstairs has been turned in to an…
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“California Dreaming” – our LA House in a Magazine
Our LA house is in a Swedish magazine and I thought I would share it with you. Journalist and photographer Stephanie Bjelkstam came to LA a while back to take pictures and to write a story about the makeover. She had read my Swedish blog for Sköna Hem and followed the…
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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 would share some pictures of our living room progress as he tropical vibe in our seems to fit right in…. Photo by Stephanie My favorite….my super…
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When 200 Guests Come to your House – Knock Out Abuse LA Launch
The 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 co-founded with a 25 years ago in DC Knock Out Abuse Against Women. After many 12 hour days we finally threw our first fundraiser for Knock…
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New Office, New Rooms & New Products
There 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 in progress), a music studio, a teen room, and a new sitting room next to the master bedroom. We’ve added outdoor spaces, painted, landscaped etc.etc. Our…
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Guest House Update – One Week to Move in
Happy 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 guest house renovations. We’re putting the finishing touches on it this week and I cannot wait to move into it. Everything is light and Swedish inspired…
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Creating a luxury look for less in the Guest house Bath
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving! We are finally down to tile, trim, faucet selections for our Guest house renovations. To make sure the project is a good real estate investment we can’t go over the planned budget, so the challenge has been how to create Luke’s desired Great Gatsby/Art Deco…
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The REVEAL!! One Room Challenge # week 7
Finally. 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 we could include the artwork from our charity which just arrived the night before and was the perfect missing piece for the room. If you are…