Home Improvement

Mar
05

Inexpensive Ways to Spruce Up Your Kitchen

Posted In: For the Home, Home Improvement
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Huffington Post recently posted a sa-weet article entitled “19 inexpensive ways to spruce up your kitchen.”  It caught my eye because some of these tips were super easy, such as adding colorful floor mats and using nice jars for organizing. If you aren’t able to get rid of those 70’s cabinets perhaps you can put on new knobs and pulls [...]
Jan
27

Ingenious Water Heater Covers

Posted In: Creative Reuse Ideas, For the Home, Home Improvement
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Living in a house with an exposed water heater?  Don’t know how to cover it up?  Check out these amazing solutions to covering that water heater while maintaing a cute and functional kitchen space.  Krista and I were on tour last week in Berkeley and saw these ingenious solutions to exposed water heaters!  I loved both these ideas because they [...]
Jun
14

Awesome Kitchen Ideas

Posted In: For the Home, Home Improvement
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What I love about my job are all of the cool things I see while out visiting homes.  Many of those ideas I post here.  I was recently in a kitchen in the Berkeley hills and stumbled upon a sweet kitchen with some sweet ideas.  Check it out. Not enough counter space?  Need a better range of motion?  Need a [...]
Aug
08

Hiring A Contractor? Read This.

Posted In: For Buyers, For Sellers, Home Improvement, Home Maintenance
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Have you ever been put into that awkward situation where your clients have hired someone who is an expert in their field, and the information they are providing is just plain wrong?  I was recently showing property to some buyers who brought their contractor along to look at the kitchen.  We were looking at the stove, and the contractor made [...]
Aug
03

El Cerrito Recycling Center

Posted In: Community, El Cerrito, Green Living, Home Improvement
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Ok, I know I posted about this before, but I just went again and I have to give a shout-out to how COOL the El Cerrito Recycling Center is. RECYCLE IT: Bricks, exercise equipment, batteries, oil, medicine, e-waste, aluminum windows…and on and on and on… DONATE IT: Goodwill truck hangs out just outside of the gates EXCHANGE IT: There is [...]
Apr
21

Vetrazzo Recycled Glass

Posted In: Green Living, Home Improvement
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Looking to redo your kitchen?  Consider using Vetrazzo Recycled Glass.  I haven’t used their product, and I don’t actually know anyone who has, but this sure looks cool. This was taken directly from their website: www.vetrazzo.com Exquisitely repurposed glass With Vetrazzo Surfaces you can express both your styles and your respect for the earth without compromise. Vetrazzo is 85% glass, [...]
Aug
03

Your Meter Just Got Smarter

Posted In: For Buyers, Home Improvement, Home Maintenance
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PG&E just got a little smarter.  By now your gas and/or electric meter has been upgraded.  It is designed to improve the service the PG&E provides.  Some of the features include: Remote energy usage reading by PG&E Allows you to view hourly and daily energy usage Faster problem resolution Faster power restoration Energy alerts via text, email or phone A [...]