Renovations

This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of my links, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Most of us are not brave enough to paint the front door of our home pink. Even if you loved Barbie back in the day, there is a…

This website uses affiliate links which may earn a commission for purchases at no additional cost to you. Casa Rosa is a 1988 custom built pool home with two bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms on a quarter acre. This post walks through the full remodel story of the back porch and backyard, stage…

I have always wondered about the person bold enough to paint their front door red. What are they like? Confident, certainly. Probably a little extroverted. Someone who wants their home to make a statement before you even knock. There is something genuinely admirable about that kind of commitment to color. Red is one of the…

This website uses affiliate links which may earn a commission for purchases at no additional cost to you. Love Your Privacy? Turning a backyard into a peaceful hideaway where the neighbors cannot peek in on an outdoor gathering does not require a huge budget or major landscaping. In this post, I am sharing the simple,…

Quick Facts General Interest The Mast Tree is native to India and Sri Lanka. It became popular because its tall, straight trunk and lightweight, flexible wood made it ideal for a ship’s mast. The wood is a yellowish to grey white color with a medium weight and low natural resistance to rot and decay. It…

Much ado about mulch? My daughter andI did not expect to spend this much time thinking about ground cover, but once we started planning the Casa Rosa landscape, mulch turned out to matter more than we expected. Landscapers define mulch as any material placed over the surface of the soil as a covering. The right…

I have loved orchids for as long as I can remember. My fascination began decades ago while helping my mom care for hers, and I am still captivated by the different varieties and colors today. For years, I struggled to find a creative way to display my orchids. A standard potting table is easy and…

This website uses affiliate links which may earn a commission for purchases at no additional cost to you. Before: A Time Capsule From 1988 Just inside the garage door at Casa Rosa sits a 6 foot by 6 foot powder bathroom that doubles as a pool bath. Until this renovation, it had sat untouched since…

Tucked away in a 1988 eat-in kitchen area is now, simply stated, Bar Bliss.  A respectable 5′ 8″ X 4′ 8″ rectangular nook flanked the backside of the kitchen, a textbook location in which to design an unadulterated bar. The only demo needed was the removal of dated wallpaper, hence we “skip to the good…

This website uses affiliate links which may earn a commission for purchases at no additional cost to you. The design for the primary closet at Casa Rosa began before closing. Actually, it began during the open house tour. That is how obvious the potential was from the very first walk-through. The primary suite provided two…