Over the course of the past 9 months I have spent nearly everyday at The House On Cottage Grove. Those days were filled with dreaming up how I would renovate each room, shopping for the building materials, searching for inspiration, and sometimes getting down and dirty in the process. But now, after what truly was […]
Greetings and welcome to Sundays With Celia Vol 43. I know it has been a while since I did a Sundays With Celia post. The House On Cottage Grove has simply gotten in the way. But now that it has been completed and is on the market, I’ll have a bit more time to devote to […]
Well, I don’t know about you but as much as I love fall, I’m not quite ready for summer to be over. Yet here in Lake Arrowhead there is a chill in the air and the leaves are beginning to turn, so I might as well face it, fall has arrived. To help me get […]
Greetings! It was earlier this summer that Brad & I took a trip to Europe that included a wonderful voyage down the Danube River. I have been meaning to share this trip with you for sometime, which began with our visit to beautiful Budapest that I blogged about here. So, at long last, today I […]
It has been an eventful week in the Becker household. Our middle son Taylor, who is currently on vacation from law school, asked his girlfriend of 6 years to marry him! And…SHE SAID YES! Taylor called us about 2 months ago to share the news that he had purchased a ring and planned to propose […]
Greetings from Lake Arrowhead, California. Today I bring you The House On Cottage Grove Master Bathroom renovation. Let me start by showing you what it looked like the day we closed escrow on our latest fixer upper. There was a vintage clawfoot tub on one side and a very funky shower adjacent to it. The […]
Hello. In my ongoing series featuring my now complete fixer-upper, today I bring you The House On Cottage Grove Master Bedroom. The Master Bedroom is located on the lower level of the house, and is accessed via a hallway just off the Bonus Room. This is what that hallway looked like when we purchased the […]
Hi there! Thanks so much for following along as I share with you my newly finished fixer upper. And thanks also for all of your positive and encouraging comments which are very much appreciated. So today I want to share with you the Basement Bonus Room in The House On Cottage Grove. To get there we […]
After Orange County is a publication dedicated to living life in the slow lane. I escaped The OC for life at a higher elevation. Leaving suburbia behind, I now live in the beautiful mountain resort of Lake Arrowhead. Join me at 5,000 feet above and beyond as I cook, garden, renovate, entertain, travel and live life After Orange County.
