Wednesday, April 13, 2011
You Can Recycle That?
When Sandy Jones of Orinda first heard about the Recycle Bank it seemed the perfect opportunity to augment her recycling habit. But she had questions; she already recycled quite a bit and was not clear on what else she could do. She contacted the Central Contra Costa ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, April 13, 2011
2011 Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Alma Raymond wanted to see more Orinda homes featured on the annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, so she approached Tour organizer Kathy Kramer about her new front yard; Raymond's will be one of three new gardens among the five Lamorinda sites on the 2011 ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian
Monet's Masterpiece Makeover
"My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece." Claude Monet, 1840-1926, Impressionist painter and life-long gardener
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| Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Compost Fence or Gabion Art?
When Fred Strauss moved from Austin to Orinda last year, he arrived with years of landscaping experience and an adventurous spirit. Driving past his residence on Glorietta Boulevard, it's hard to miss the metal structure full of mulch and leaves that shields portions ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Staging-First Impressions Count
Staging is akin to putting on pearls with a little black dress, says Nikolene Isely who owns Staging by Design based in Moraga. "The idea is to make the house, not the contents, the star," says Isely. Barbara Winters, the owner of Staging & Design in Lafayette, employs ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, March 02, 2011
A Trio of Spanish Revival Jewels
It may not be obvious to today's readers, but the enormous popular success of the 1884 novel "Ramona," by Helen Hunt Jackson, is credited for the emergence of the Mission and Spanish colonial revival style in American architecture. Most of those homes were built in ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian Seeds of Change
The first blush of spring surprised me with the warm sunny days in the first two weeks of February. I hadn't even completed the final dormant spray of horticultural oil to kill the overwintering insects on my fruit trees when the branches burst into bud, followed by ...
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| Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A Tale of Two House Flips
There used to be shows on cable television highlighting the process of flipping a house: buy a fixer-upper at a low price, do some improvements and sell quickly - making a profit on the deal. That was back in the day when it seemed like real estate prices in ...By Cathy Tyson
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| Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Solar Ovens - From Lafayette to Kabul
Scharline Howell set the quesadilla on the solar stovetop 15 minutes before I arrived. When I was directed to the Howells' backyard, the cheese had melted and the tortilla was browning in the pan, ready to eat. On a nearby table, Jack Howell set up a solar oven he ...By Sophie Braccini
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian-Prickly, Pretty, and Practical
Aside from celebrating Valentine's Day, February may be the least favorite month of the year for gardeners who live in the continental United States. It is wet, dark, dreary, and not very conducive to digging in the dirt. For me, February is the time to dream of ...
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| Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Moving the Carefree Way
Tracy loves interior design, and she likes unpacking. Kate owned her own gift basket company, so she hit the ground running. Florence had a long career in academia, and she now has extra time and energy. What do these three women have in common? They all have the ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The Real Estate Year in Review
2010 was quite a year for residential real ...By Conrad Bassett
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| Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Modern and Connected Orinda's Award Winning Homes
Contemporary or modern architecture makes up a small percentage of the residential building projects in Orinda according to the City's Planning Director, Emmanuel Ursu. The angles, massing, and large amounts of glass found in modern designs can present challenges, says ...By Andrea A. Firth
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| Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Village Associates Celebrates Ten Years in Lamorinda
Village Associates is celebrating its 10th anniversary, but for founder Ignacio Vega, there's no looking back.
"The reason we came about is that a group of agents didn't want to become a ...By Lou Fancher
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| Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Digging Deep with Cynthia Brian-Goals for the Garden
"The doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines." - Frank Lloyd Wright
Every year at this time I spend hours of coaching sessions helping ...
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA