Danielle Lazier

Nest It, Locavore Style! Focus on local extends to home design for San Francisco Bay Area Homes

Provenance, purity. Sustainable, eco-friendly. San Francisco residential architecture and interior design brings it home. Personally, I think this is great. We have so many wonderful local artisans and designers. Why not make use of them when creating your dream whether that is building a new home or redecorating your living room?

For more on the local San Francisco home design movement and some helpful resources check out the recent SFGate article: Focus on local extends to home design.   Now, if only one of these fabulous designers would come decorate my little Victorian! Doesn’t everyone want to design the SFHotlist dream home?

Tags: architecture, home design, interior design, locavore, sfgate

Real Estate Market Outlook – The Devil’s in the Details but Good News for the San Francisco Real Estate Market

Last week, I heard Robert Kleinhenz, Deputy Chief Economist from the California Association of Realtors (CAR) give an Economic Forecast Update. He talked about how the media continues to cover “the California real estate market” when there is really no such thing. What is happening in the major cities and coastal regions is not the same as what is happening inland. As the 5th largest world economy, California is large and diverse. We have many economies and many real estate markets.

If you want to understand what is going on in your neighborhood, keep it local – very local. Become an extreme real estate locavore, if you will. And remember that the devil is in the details.

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Tags: case shiller, home prices, locavore, nytimes, sfgate