New Bathroom 2.0

Eight years ago, I added 300 square feet to my house of 1800 square feet. The best parts were the new back porch, the big laundry room (instead of a closet with hardwood floors), the added bathroom, and the extra door to the yard. I upgraded the shower, the shower floor, had a nice granite… Continue reading New Bathroom 2.0

Roughing It in Paradise

Every two weeks I head down to Monterey to water my plants and visit my little beach house.  With 60 mph winds last weekend that toppled a decades-old tree next to my yard, I figured I’d have a hundred or so pine cones to clean up in my other front yard under an 100-year-old pine… Continue reading Roughing It in Paradise