Hello friends! My apologies for the delay in sharing the latest blog post from our Los Altos home remodel with you! I've been too busy organizing client closets to find time write about my own! When it comes to living in a small space and downsizing, my organizing philosophy is to compartmentalize the home into zones and carve out a home for items related to each zone. For example, our bedroom closet is the only closet that ... Keep Reading >>
Our Home: Master Bedroom
Next up on our home tour is our master bedroom. It's just off the bathroom (well, everything is just off the bathroom when you live in 900 square feet) and with the changes we made during the remodel it feels like a retreat. Originally this space was two separate bedrooms but we opted to remove a wall to create a livable room and carve out space for a walk-in closet. In many parts of the country it would be silly to remove a ... Keep Reading >>
Our Home: Bathroom Transformation
Next up on our home tour is our bathroom which is tiny so it will be a quick tour! We have a single bathroom and while it was an adjustment from our three bathroom rental, we have survived. We weighed the options of adding on a second bathroom but it wasn't worth it with our timeline and budget. After all of the numbers weighed in (carrying costs, additional rental costs, and construction costs) it would've only made sense to ... Keep Reading >>
Our Home: Living Room Transformation
Thank you all for the wonderful comments and questions on my last post featuring our kitchen remodel! You all seem to be loving the accent tile wall, banquette, and dutch door just as much as I do! Today's blog post features the changes we made to our living room, which is now open to the kitchen with the previous kitchen walls removed. Just to give you a frame of reference, here is the architectural plan we submitted for ... Keep Reading >>
Our Home: Kitchen Transformation
Our remodel was officially completed just over two months ago giving us the opportunity to move in just a few days before Christmas. I've shared updates of the process on the blog and through Instagram along the way. Thank you all for following along and cheering us on! Buying a home in this marketplace can be frustrating so having the opportunity to buy a home and remodel it from head to toe within a 6 month timeframe is still ... Keep Reading >>
House Update: Cabinets, Flooring, and Tile
We are making progress folks! Our new house is transforming everyday and this week I have updates on our tile, cabinets, and flooring... I have found that the secret to managing a remodel is to check in on the project EVERY.SINGLE. DAY! If no one sees you at the project be sure to send a photo and a question to your contractor. Trust me,when he/she hears from you daily they will want to wrap up your project that much ... Keep Reading >>
House Update: Paint Colors, Drywall, Fences, and Fabric
Our new house is starting to shape up and transform into a home as of this week. The sheetrock went up so it's becoming easier to picture how the new layout and flow is going to feel. This remodeling business really can be stressful with all of the decisions and timelines. It would have been great to work with a designer to help manage everything but with our timeline and budget and my experience with so many of my client's ... Keep Reading >>
House Update: Closet and Kitchen Design
Thank you so much for all of your kind words of celebration and encouragement after my blog post announcing that we finally bought a house. Since that post we've continued to make a ton of progress! The house seems to look the same because everything we've been working on is behind the scenes, electrical, HVAC, and termites. The pesky termites are hard workers! They were able to remove and replace all of the termite damaged ... Keep Reading >>
We Bought a House!
My husband Chris and I are so excited that we FINALLY had the opportunity to buy a house in Silicon Valley. The housing market in the Bay Area is insane. I'm sure you'd had a chance to read the articles in the paper this week about the track home in Sunnyvale fetching $800,000 OVER the asking price and the little house in Mountain View asking $1.6 million with a free 7 year rent back. It makes me sick but it's a game, this market ... Keep Reading >>