Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts

Monday, May 14, 2018

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Trash Out of New Home

We moved up to Cambria April 29th and found trash and all sorts of debris left my the previous owner. It was stored in every location imaginable under the house as well as in the garage, garden and around the the outside of the house. But the good news is that the inside of the house was very clean. 



Monday, November 4, 2013

The Guest House

The guest house at our home. 

Private entrance

Sitting room adjacent to the kitchen with plenty of natural light.


Full kitchen with stacked washer and dryer in the far corner (added after this picture was taken)

Large bedroom with a full size bed


Full bath

Private Patio
The guest house also has it's own HVAC and washer/dryer. 
Also
- Full bed and dresser in the bedroom and a dinette set in the kitchen.
- Television and basic cable.
- Wifi

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Craftsman Staircase

The staircase and railing dominates the central area of our home. The original railing and stairs was cheap track home chic with carpet rolled over the side of the stair treads. The first day we moved in back in '98' Byron got his head stuck in between the rails. Not up to code. 
I designed the layout but I hired others to do the construction (a rare occurrence). A staircase requires a high degree of specialized skill that is beyond my humble ability. Sometimes you just gotta make the investment to protect your kids heads and keep up the value of the homestead.



Thursday, September 12, 2013

About Our Home and Garden

In 1998 we (my beautiful wife Carrie, son Byron and daughter Leili) moved into a typical suburban track home in Agoura Hills, CA. At the time the price was right. We bought it well before the bankster fueled housing bubble shot homes prices up through the sky. But it seriously lacked, as most track homes do, any character. But it suited our needs as it had some space on the side of the house to build out a guest house for Carrie's mom who passed on in 2013. 
If I could choose to live in any style home it would be a bungalow style affair with a natural garden. Such was not the situation, so I began work on trying to create a bungalow like home within a  California track home.
So so good.



Me and ma doggie Betzi.
















Byron and Leili

My beautiful wife and best bud Carrie