The business of real estate is essential, albeit in this climate confusing, intimidating, and unknowing. Folks are still wanting to buy...

My Mom and Dad collected utilitarian houseware: metal irons, lanterns, creamers, copper, to name only a few. My Mother had a gallery wall...

My background is in the past (architecturally speaking), but lately my curiosity has pulled me to the present. I've become increasingly...

Last Sunday my BFF treated me to a wine tasting event at Septentrio Winery. They have a beautiful tasting room in Arcata that is rustic,...

Staging is a powerful tool. It creates a story about a home allowing a buyer the intellectual luxury of seeing, feeling, and...

The traditional listing season for real estate is spring. I always encourage clients who are wanting to sell, not to wait until "the...

Two years after our brilliant idea of turning a local Victorian into a short term furnished rental we are done. We separated the home...

I am embarrassed to say that I had not taken everything off my bookshelves and given them a good dusting and cleaning since I moved into...

My sister Polly's bar cart. The ubiquitous bar cart, a piece of furniture I've not thought a lot about until my sister acquired one. It...

A Chauffeur, a prince, canapés, and cocktails it was a party extraordinaire. On a stormy November evening, ten of our closest friends got...