It feels like every other time I go to repin a beautiful interior shot to one of my Pinterest boards, I get that “Pssst! Looks like you’ve already saved this Pin!” notification. Does that happen to you too? That was the signal to me that it was time to get off of Pinterest for a minute and…
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How to see the potential in a not-so-dreamy kitchen
Now that you’ve checked out my kitchen overhaul, I’d like to share some ideas of how to bring out the potential in kitchens that, at first glance, don’t seem all that inviting. The thing is, when you’re house-hunting, you have to have vision. You have to have the ability to look at a room and…
Jungalow Dreams: My 1st big flub as a 1st-time home-buyer
So here’s the thing about being a first-time home buyer. You make mistakes–or at least I did. Not huge irreparable mistakes–but mistakes. And so today, since my wounds are still raw, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of those mistakes with you all here so that you all don’t make…
Jungalow Dreams: A Jungalow by the river!!
When we began this house-hunting mission with Trulia, I had no clue what to expect. I didn’t know if we’d get approved for a loan, I didn’t know what neighborhood we’d end up in, if we’d buy a tiny house or a big house, if the whole process would take weeks, months or years. But after…
Jungalow Dreams: Big and Far or Small and Close?
Since our house-hunt with Trulia began, we have realized that, given our budget, we basically have two choices to make when it comes to bringing our jungalow dreams into a jungalow reality: 1.) Live in a spacious home (like around 1800 sq. ft.) about 20-30 minutes commute to our preferred area of L.A., like in, say, Alta dena. OR…
Jungalow Dreams: Getting Pre-Approved for a loan as a Freelancer
As a people-pleaser type, I spend a lot of time trying to convince myself that I don’t need anyone’s approval but my own. But alas, in this journey to find our dream jungalow, the word ‘approval’ keeps on surfacing again and again. And then a scary mutation of the word: PRE-approval also rears it’s ugly…
Jungalow Fixers and Jungalow Dreams
And the search to find the jungalow of our dreams continues!! In this home search, I’ve quickly learned that it’s all about seeing the potential in a home. Not all the homes in our price range look as inviting as this one ^. In fact, a lot of them look downright uninviting, more like this one : It’s…
Jungalow Dreams–let the house hunting begin!
It’s no secret that I have been dreaming of buying a home for a while. Remember this post about itchy feet from 2013? Well, I think that 2015 is gonna be the year I make it happen. Between my home and the studio I pay over $5000 per month in rent alone. Saying that out…