I’ve been snooping around remodeled houses since 1989 (first for the Santa Barbara News-Press when it was owned by the New York Times, and now for the L.A. Times) and I guess I’ve got one of the best jobs on earth — visiting homes and writing about them. Here you see me snapping photos during…
If you’re interested in feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of placement, Amy Hubbard, a Los Angeles Times staff writer, reviews two of them, as seen in the Real Estate section. Hubbard writes: It wasn’t until I read two new books on feng shui that I realized the mirror facing my living-room window was bouncing…
JANUARY 8-March 11: Residential Remodeling, class, 10 Tuesdays, 3:45 to 6:45 p.m., $420, UCLA Extension 11-13: Pomona Home Improvement & Remodeling Show, Fairplex L.A. County Fairgrounds, Pomona 12: Creating Warmth and Drama in the Home With Light, class, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., $95, UCLA Extension 13: Rose Bowl Flea Market, Rose Bowl, Pasadena 17:…
It’s been a robust year on the Pardon Our Dust Blog. Here’s a taste of what we’ve shared: Some excellent kitchen remodels . . . A Westwood kitchen in a New York state of mind Downey kitchen and dining room for $27,642 Where the money went: DIY luxury kitchen See more kitchens Some bath remodeling…
Well, yes, as a matter of fact, you can become a Pardon Our Dust Guest Blogger. And we’ve seen some amazing Guest Blogs lately, including: • Peggy’s impressive efforts to restore her vintage Burbank cottage • Brent’s plans for his Hawthorne kitchen remodel • How Jeannie got new floors for her Cambria cottage • The…
Today’s Guest Blogger is Jeannie Matulis, an attorney and a friend of mine who achieved her dream of owning a cottage by the sea. Her carpeted floors, though, were not dreamy, and I asked her to blog about how she found a solution: When I bought my house in Cambria six years ago, I was…
Part 2 of Peggy Olearczuk’s remodel story: Another disaster area in our 1920s Spanish bungalow was our green-and-lavender Art Deco bathroom. The dark, creepy shower had been patched through the years with the wrong color tile, and it leaked so badly we worried we’d fall through the floor. The 1970s-era wallpaper was peeling, and the…
Happy Thanksgiving from me and Seva (a.k.a. Seva Bean), age 4, who is visiting this holiday with her family. And remember . . . home is everything.
Do you have a project or remodel you’d like to share with the Pardon Our Dust community? In preparation for my vacation from Nov. 30 to Dec. 9, I’m looking for a few home improvement enthusiasts who would like to be a guest blogger for a day or so. All you’d have to do is…
Speaking of the striking writers’ union, are you pro-union, anti-union or somewhere in the center? I’ve got my own pro-union bias because my dad was a union lather in the San Fernando Valley when I was growing up. I had a stay-at-home mom for me and my two siblings, and we lived in a house…