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our eichler kitchen
The last few months have been busy here, and mostly with home renovation related planning. Our landscaping still hasn’t started and we really wanted to get it underway and done before the summer....
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eichler spotting: rummer homes in portland
On a recent weekend getaway to Portland (which we loved!), we made an afternoon trek to take a look at some mid-century modern homes. Now, they’re not Eichlers. Or are they? These are homes built by...
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landscape remodel
After living here for five years, the fences around our yard have started falling apart and with water restrictions becoming a very real thing here this summer, it was time for a change. Cue the Home...
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mid century home
Our house is featured on MidCenturyHome today! Head over for the full interview, and some never-before-seen shots of our interior (frantically shot by me while avoiding views of our backyard...
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front yard landscaping
It’s finally done! Our landscaping project construction wrapped up a number of weeks ago, and we’re down to a few final tweaks in the backyard. I thought I’d do this partial reveal to kick things...
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backyard landscaping
Where have I been, you ask? Well… taking photos of the new yard for one… then sifting through them and realizing I probably took too many for my own good. Now I’m back and hope you enjoy this, the...
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fence colour
As part of our landscape remodel, we were faced with a challenge: what to do with the weather-stained fence which spanned our entire back yard. Here’s the before shot: Replacing it was a non-starter...
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eichler inspiration in the desert
On our recent spring trip to Palm Springs, we decided to visit Kud Properties‘ Desert Eichlers. In case you hadn’t heard of them, these are entirely new homes based on Eichler floor plans, not exact...
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soft-close drawers in our eichler kitchen
We’ve been working on our kitchen, to make it more functional in small ways. Recently, we installed IKEA soft-close drawers while maintaining the original fronts. To back up a bit: our home includes...
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eichler kitchen refresh
We’re back to work after the break, and I’m back to a bit of blogging. 2016 was a busy year, and started with this refresh of our Eichler kitchen. After last year’s holiday visit to family in Canada,...
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ginkgo glen revisited
Given the sopping wet and gloomy January we’re having here in San Jose, I thought I’d share these pictures today. Just a block away from our tract of Fairglen is another small tract of older...
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eichler flooring: solid vinyl tile
It’s finally time to share about the big floor renovation of 2017. As with most projects, we had some ups and downs with this one. Here goes! First up, a look at the floor today. It’s made quite an...
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how it’s going: our backyard
Well, hello. It appears that it’s been seven years (!) since we completely tore out our backyard and had fresh landscaping done. Now that everything has matured, I thought I’d share how things have...
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