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Office Makeover Part 2 – Outdoors

Did you catch the First part of this office makeover last week? You can see the indoors HERE. The garage turned guest house originally had no opening to the view and just a dusty hill outside. We added a sliding door and built a deck that would capture the best view and sunset on theREAD MORE Office Makeover Part 2 – Outdoors →

August 16, 2019July 27, 2020

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Office Makeover – Part 1

This is the first in a two step indoor/outdoor office makeover that’s long overdue. To increase value on the home we turned the garage in to a guest house with an apartment on the second floor. You can see that TEEN SPACE here.  The downstairs has been turned in to an office space with anREAD MORE Office Makeover – Part 1 →

August 7, 2019July 29, 2020

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“California Dreaming” – our LA House in a Magazine

Our LA house is in a Swedish magazine and I thought I would share it with you. Journalist and photographer Stephanie Bjelkstam came to LA a while back to take pictures and to write a story about the makeover.  She had read my Swedish blog for Sköna Hem and followed the story on my homeREAD MORE “California Dreaming” – our LA House in a Magazine →

October 22, 2018July 29, 2020

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Some Pics of our Living room…

How are you holding up during this heatwave? With temperatures soaring close to 115 degrees we’ve been stuck inside trying to stay cool. Thought I would share some pictures of our living room progress as he tropical vibe in our seems to fit right in…. Photo by Stephanie My favorite….my super soft GEO shag fromREAD MORE Some Pics of our Living room… →

July 12, 2018July 29, 2020

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When 200 Guests Come to your House – Knock Out Abuse LA Launch

The last couple of months we’ve been going full steam ahead to launch a west coast branch to the charity my friend Cheryl and I co-founded with a 25 years ago in DC Knock Out Abuse Against Women.  After many 12 hour days we finally threw our first fundraiser for Knock Out Abuse West inREAD MORE When 200 Guests Come to your House – Knock Out Abuse LA Launch →

June 25, 2018July 29, 2020

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New Office, New Rooms & New Products

There has been a lot of changes going on around here.  The renovations are done, I’ve got a new big office (a garden and deck in progress), a music studio, a teen room, and a new sitting room next to the master bedroom.  We’ve added outdoor spaces, painted, landscaped etc.etc. Our home went from aREAD MORE New Office, New Rooms & New Products →

April 5, 2018July 29, 2020

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Top 10 Lion Hardware list & Lion Decor

Yesterday the the great vintage lions that have been sitting in the living room just waiting to move in to Lukeland were finally installed.  We scooped them up at Sunbeam vintage in LA together with some mid century bars tools to add some wild jungle character to the room. Luke wants lots of lions inREAD MORE Top 10 Lion Hardware list & Lion Decor →

January 9, 2018July 29, 2020

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Guest House Update – One Week to Move in

Happy New Year! We’re excited to finally have a move in date. 2 1/2 years after moving in. Permits, termites, you name it delayed the guest house renovations. We’re putting the finishing touches on it this week and I cannot wait to move into it. Everything is light and Swedish inspired with some art decoREAD MORE Guest House Update – One Week to Move in →

January 4, 2018July 29, 2020

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Creating a luxury look for less in the Guest house Bath

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving! We are finally down to tile, trim, faucet selections for our Guest house renovations.  To make sure the project is a good real estate investment we can’t go over the planned budget, so the challenge has been how to create Luke’s desired Great Gatsby/Art Deco luxury vibe using basicREAD MORE Creating a luxury look for less in the Guest house Bath →

November 29, 2017April 8, 2021

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The REVEAL!! One Room Challenge # week 7

Finally. The library is done. Down to the wire like always! Swedish photographer Anna Maria (Instagram @annamariafotograf) came here at the last minute to shoot so we could include the artwork from our charity which just arrived the night before and was the perfect missing piece for the room. If you are new to this blog…READ MORE The REVEAL!! One Room Challenge # week 7 →

November 15, 2017July 29, 2020

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