Presidio Heights Style

I have been SOOOO excited all day to show you this house I just found in the Presidio Heights neighborhood in San Francisco.






What's the deal with San Francisco? I am beginning to think they have the corner on style.



Can you believe these pendants?



After going back to look again at the other house from San Francisco that I posted here, I began to think that where there was one, there might be others.........



And boy was I right! How cool is that butcher block in the island?






The listing is courtesy of Richard Teed, Sotheby's International Realty, found here.



This appears to be the more formal dining area.



And I would assume this is the formal living. I really like the artwork over the sofa.



The price is a cool 10 mill, which I'm sure has a lot to do with this view.









This home has some killer baths,



and I would really love to blog from that desk.






A little out of my price range I guess, but if I had the money I may be tempted!

Saturday Snip-its

If you have been following the blog at all, you know that my dad and I buy dated, ugly, or broken down houses, renovate them, and then re-sell them.

We closed on this little beauty earlier this week. (Look here for a sneak-peek inside). Some people call it "flipping", but that is a term I don't use. Flipping would mean buying a house at a distressed price (which we do try to do), and then slapping a coat of paint on it, and then try to make a profit.
Sort of like slapping a coat of lipstick on a pig.


(This image is from our last renovation project).

Making a profit is truly only half the reason we do these projects. My dad and I simply love taking an old ugly house and making it something beautiful again. The money at the end is the icing on the cake. I'm not saying we would do it for free, but we truly don't do it just for the money.

Since we will soon be spending TONS of time on our new project, I thought I should get any blogging issues out of the way this week, before the craziness really starts. And I promise to document the whole thing much better than I did last time.

Anyway, as a result of messing with the blog, I caused a whole bunch more problems (like losing dozens of pictures).....

and I wasted a bunch of time (like changing my blog header three or four times, only to change it back to nearly what it was before).






The point is, over the next several weeks I will pretty much abandon the progress at my own home, so I thought I would snap a few pictures around the house.

Sometimes you have to look at things through different eyes.

Looking around the house for images of things I liked, ended up being a really healthy exercise. While seeking out the good, it made me stop seeing only the "bad" (at least for a few minutes).

I ended up feeling really grateful.

And gratitude is a good thing people!

Happy Happy Birthday

Happy Happy Birthday Heather Dear! Happy Days will come to you all year!

Happy Birthday to a super-sassy, much older than me, really great pal. We've been through a lot together, as these puffy hairdo's and neon swimsuits will attest to.

I hope you have a really great birthday. And yes, I did airbrush our wrinkles :)