Community Spotlight - San Juan Bread maker extraordinaire, Karlo Evaristo
I have been anxiously awaiting the opening of Mayfield, a new restaurant in downtown San Juan (more on that in a future post). One day...
Jennifer Bolaños - Owner of Via Raiz
Jennifer Bolanos is a Latina business owner who has her own brick and mortar shop in Portland, Oregon which sells home decor items and...
My quest for the perfect Spanish style fireplace
For about five years now I’ve been at a standstill with my fireplace. The home came with a basic brick fireplace (not the chic and modern...
The power of curb appeal
A couple months after moving into our new home my husband started convincing me that we needed to re-do our landscaping. It was a hard...
An Interview with Interior Designer, Raili Clasen
Raili Clasen is an Interior Designer who I first learned about on a #newportharborhometour many years ago. Since then I have followed her...
What I learned from my first "client"
So when you're first starting out you take on any "clients" that come your way right? Isn't that the idea? Just say yes and learn. In the...
The inspiration to start
For years I've thought about homes. Years. I frequented open houses, scoured them on Redfin, paid to go see them on local home tours,...








