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Ask a Realtor: Should parents create rental units in their home?
A condo remodel down Mexico way Where the money went for Mexico remodel Dispatch from New Orleans: Second guessing myself Pardon
Our Dust
Richard Gomez's avant-garde home in Long Beach
The new kitchen of Lori Petitti and Scott Sakamoto Home Buying Strategies Low on Cash, She Found a Good Place to Start The Price is Right on Vacant Home
The One Thing You Should Do READ: The One Thing You Should Do LISTEN: Download MP3 file, 7 MB, 6 min. Celebrity Remodels
HGTV's Kitty Bartholomew outside her remodeled Santa Monica cottage Podcasts Two big mistakes homeowners make Why competitive bidding is a disaster for
home remodeling The unspoken opposition to remodeling Why home remodeling so vital, so important,
so necessary
Pardon Our Dust
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Modest Kitchen Remodel Is Top Drawer
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About the Author
Kathy Price-Robinson is an award-winning journalist and book author who specializes in writing about the process of a remodel, as well as the product. Her 11-year series, Pardon Our Dust, runs monthly in the Sunday Real Estate section of the Los Angeles Times. Another series on coping during a remodel runs in Remodel, a bi-monthly magazine published by Better Homes & Gardens. Pardon Our Dust Archives Inspired dad really turns on the charm - Los Angeles Whatever you say, dear - Westchester Den of festivity - Hollywood Finding his inner chef - Mar Vista If you can stand the heat, totally redo the kitchen - Los Angeles Avant-garde housing in Long Beach's East Village - Long Beach A retake for '20s home - Los Angeles / Whitley Heights The right ingredients - Venice A Victorian victory - Pasadena A fixer becomes a keeper - Hollywood Hills A bright idea, it turns out - Lake Arrowhead A marriage of two styles - Newport Beach The second time around - Los Angeles A family's journey to inner space - Mar Vista Old charm anew - Hidden Hills Following in her blueprints - South Pasadena A clean break with the past - Westlake Village Mission statement - North Hollywood Making quick work of remodel - Corona Modest kitchen remodel is top drawer - North Hollywood Making the place sing - Silver Lake Architecture students consider all the angles - Los Angeles / West Adams They had a plan, then reality intruded - Palm Springs Projects on Homestore.com A Low-cost Cajun Kitchen, Shreveport, Louisiana An Avid Cook Gets Her Kitchen, Minneapolis, Minnesota Making Floor Plan Work for You, Charlotte, North Carolina From Gross to Graceful, Bethesda, Maryland Down to the Basement, Dayton, Ohio Mexican-style Makeover, Playa del Rey, California
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Green Remodeling
Quiz #1: How many "green building" features can you spot around this home remodeled by Allen Associates of Santa Barbara?
Quiz #2: What's "green" about these stairs?
Quiz #3: What's "green" about this molding? Quiz Answers Quiz #1 Quiz #2 What makes this stairway green? The boulders were dug up on-site during excavation and incorporated into the landscaping. Locally sourced materials(typically those made or quarried within 500 miles) is a major key to having a green project. And you can't get any more local than on-site! Quiz #3 This molding was salvaged from a house being torn down and installed in this house. Using recycled materials, rather than new, is a good way to help save the planet's resources. It's a little more work, but you get to use materials with experience and perhaps with stories to tell. Green Building Links: Energy
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