Parking strip, hell strip, dry wasteland… no matter what you call that area between the sidewalk and the street, it’s a tough place to plant a garden. It’s exposed to traffic, fumes, wind, and often sun, and it’s hard to water consistently if you don’t already have sprinklers installed. I’m not even 100% sure it’s […]
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We did not have much of a plan for the closets, until I took down the paneling and saw what was once there – a window plus an outline of all the trim. Using this as my guide, I restored the closets to their original design, adding highly functional details that fit with the style
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We were one year into our Union Hill project when we shifted our focus to Vallejo. My husband’s mother passed away suddenly in 2016, and he inherited her two single-family homes in Vallejo, CA. It took us over a year to work our way through the probate process in California, but we were in no
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