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Reader Profile Update: An Artists’ Paradise in Taos

You may remember the Real Savvy profile of Jessica Gormley a few months back. Jessica is a real estate maven, whose guiding principal is one of stewardship. She believes in honoring a home’s history, and this became perfectly clear to me when I visited her stunning Taos estate last month. I gush more fully about (more&hellip)

A TIC Joins My Real Estate Microcosm

My little rundown block in San Francisco is becoming quite the real estate market microcosm. So a new unit just came onto the market. That’s it to the right there–the lower left window in the blue building beside the rather putrid green apartment complex that I will neither confirm nor deny is the site of (more&hellip)

Wine Country Style – Heaven to be Had

This spring, some friends and I drove up north to Sonoma County for their annual wine barrel tasting event. The idea is that you get the chance to taste the wines while they’re still in the barrels, before they’re bottled 12-18 months hence. My friends and I weren’t in it for the barrel tasting (let (more&hellip)

Inside Your Home

Let’s talk about design. Because it’s not enough to overhaul your finances, join forces with a big scary bank, tromp in and out of open houses for months, endure nerve wracking negotiations, pass an inspection, and finally get the keys to your new house. Now you have to decorate it! And take it from me….just (more&hellip)

Using Space Wisely: Turn Your Closet into an Office

Could you work in a closet? Apparently many people do, including the guy in the photo above (from Unclutterer), who not only uses his closet as a workspace–he stores clothes in there, too! The lady below has it all under control. She’s totally chillaxing in her office-closet. If you think about it, having a closet (more&hellip)