Greener Thumbs

Greener Thumbs

Embracing one’s inner-gardener (or sourdough baker) might have become an institution during the ongoing pandemic, but realizing your herbivore inspirations have bloomed into a real passion and require a major yard-upgrade, is a much bigger thing. Luka had gone...
The Kitsch Factor

The Kitsch Factor

It takes a creative person, with a great eye for design and color to embrace a wild rumpus room like the one bestowed lovingly by the original owners of this home.  Slathered in orange shag carpet and ROYGBIV rainbow gameroom carpet, compleat with wet bar, pool table...
This is the ONE!

This is the ONE!

“I’m so excited to be out of the game!” She remarked as she twisted her new house key in the lock. And she had every reason to be. I started working with Jessie in the rainy season. We’d meet at condos on the weekend or in evenings, often in...
Testing out Period-Perfect Porches, with Matt!

Testing out Period-Perfect Porches, with Matt!

Matt had three criteria – a garage for his mopeds, a basement big enough to convert, and a porch for sitting and pondering life’s ins and outs. We started looking at properties, me always trying to gauge his face for likes or dislikes, searching for that...
Priorities change & voila the right house appears!

Priorities change & voila the right house appears!

We were having a rough go of it, months of writing supremely strong offers on popular homes in coveted neighborhoods. It was getting down-right depressing, but we carried on vying for pole-position, looking into that misty (and wholly absent) crystal ball of mine and...
Embracing the Milwaukie of the Future!

Embracing the Milwaukie of the Future!

Let’s face it, Portland has just gotten too hip and too expensive for some of us. There’s no shame in it, some of us have goals that don’t include blowing our hard earned nest egg to afford an attractive house, in a convenient area, with fantastic...