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California, Home & Garden

Gazebo and Outer Side Yard Fence Builds

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The cemented side yard is now ready for some major upgrades, including the fence and the amazing gazebo that will cover the forthcoming hot tub and more! My friend Hugh Harrell is a great handyman. He assembled the entire gazebo with very little assistance from us. You rock Hugh!

We also had the makeshift privacy fence that we put up with fake grass as soon as we moved in converted into a wood fence that matches our perimeter fence. We kept the full functionality of the gate too. It looks so great with the gazebo and so the entire side yard feels much more functional, private, and consistent.

California, Home & Garden

Virtual Tour – The After

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Since we couldn’t have a traditional housewarming, this is what Covid will allow us to do for now.

  • Corner unit with fewer adjacent neighbors!
  • No grass yard is eco-friendly.
  • Fake grass fence!
  • Welcome!
  • Three car driveway/garage.
  • Looking out from foyer
  • It was not an easy task getting this mounted!
  • Parents bought this in Spain in the 1970’s
  • Hand-carved Spanish cabinet 1970’s
  • Main family gallery
  • Hallway to family room.
  • Sitting room.
  • Corner units from Spain, 1970’s
  • Piano from 1910
  • Sliding chair for free on Nextdoor.com
  • Dining room
  • My childhood desk
  • Combined into a grand room
  • Kitchen access to side yard
  • Cook and socialize
  • Island living
  • Gas stove with six burners
  • Cozy cathedral ceiling area
  • The outdoors is never far
  • Barbra in every room
  • Gas fireplace
  • Cutting board says Hayden Est. 2020
  • Dog bath area
  • Main hallway
  • Streisand shrine
  • A Francophile’s rêver
  • Ma petite salle de bain
  • Decor francais
  • I didn’t even notice the French flag colors!
  • The Bridge
  • Dog area while I work
  • Back wall for Zoom calls
  • Home projects to be done in my office
  • The hallway corner
  • Faux bullfighting poster with my name
  • Guest room
  • Shando’s office area
  • Bear den approaches
  • The primary bedroom
  • Storage galore
  • We love natural light
  • We added storage
  • Double sink is a step up
  • Need to install bidet my daughter bought us
  • Step in shower is heavenly
  • Large tub with private view
  • Private green backyard view
  • Backyard view from bedroom porch
  • Water feature
  • This is a smart fountain
  • Backyard lookout
  • Across from lookout
  • Down from lookout
  • Bedroom porch
  • Primary bedroom patio
  • Common area of backyard
  • Hillside
  • Outdoor living room
  • Watch TV from outside
  • Primary entertaining
  • My favorite spot to sit outside
  • We got this old fountain to work again so now we have two smart fountains!
  • Music courtesy of Apple Music via Alexa
  • Morning coffee outside
  • Private view to uphill neighbor
  • View up the incline
  • Retaining wall area
  • Path from backyard to side yard
  • French window
  • Tibeten spinner
  • An old CRAB lives here
  • Former RV area beyond porch

Home & Garden

Virtual Tour Vallejo House

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Some of the pictures are from the real estate listing so the interior does not reflect how we will be setting this house up. After we move in we’ll take another virtual tour, of course, but the seller’s exquisite taste was definitely a selling point for this 1987 house that is in excellent condition.

It’s a corner unit and is one floor, although there are steps in the backyard that lead up to a lookout area. Just down the hill is the Glen Cove Waterfront Park with multiple bridge, mountain and water views that make for incredible sunsets.