

Before & After: How One 'Great' Room Finally Went from Pretty Good to Truly Great
Ten years ago I spent a whirlwind weekend house hunting in San Diego with Anne, my cousin who I adore more than I love The Container...


Before&After: All The Glitters is Old
It's not easy to source furnishings for other people and not buy something that we also so DESPERATELY need.


Before & After: This 1950s California Bathroom Grows Up
We recently updated the bathroom in our house that is (supposed to be) shared by all four of our children. A reminder — we did not buy...


Want a free fully furnished house on the water? Same.
I SWEAR I meant to remind you all to enter to win the HGTV Dream Home but (that would have lessened my chances of winning) I was very...


Thanksgiving Table Settings and Other Very Important Information About Entertaining
The thought of spending all day in the kitchen 'tinkering with recipes' and 'trying out new flavors' is not my thing. l am tasked EVERY...


The Neighbor's House Site (And Yoga Pants With Pockets)
I just spent two days editing The Neighbor's House website - after I peeled off all my nail polish and re-organized the garage and ate...


What a Difference a Stage Makes
The Neighbor's House has been doing loads of staging over the past many months. People are moving in and moving out and movin’ on up as...


Refrigerator Rehab - how to maximize space and minimize mental breakdown so you don't get locked
Like the rest of you, I have a lot of people in my house lately. All day. Every day. And even if you have just one person in your house...


Our House
A peek inside The Neighbor's House


Claustrophobia and An Estate Sale - A Survivor's Story
As some of you may remember, I was a Marie Kondo groupie long before she became Netflix-famous. I read her books, I tidied with gusto,...