If you're looking for cheap digs there's always the part of Los Angeles County to the far east: Palmdale/Lancaster/Quartz Hill... Sort of like the asteroid belt, but my cousin just bought a five ...

For Carrie Too: The kitchen cabinets are cherry wood and were bought at Floorcraft on Bay Shore Blvd. in San Francisco. Ask for Hector. Great guy. I believe they were manufactured by Diamond. T...

For BrooklynBob who asked... the stainles steel shelves in the living room were purchased for about 200 dollars at the Design Within Reach warehouse sale in Union City, CA just before they relocate...

Thank you all for your kind words. BTW, there is only one dish washer. The other dishwasher-looking thing is an under-counter fridge. There is a full size fridge and a large freezer in the garag...

Great comments from everyone. I must agree that the cottage lacks the Wow Factor as one writer observed. So here's the deal. I've lived in New York, London, L.A., San Francisco... where you can ...

I rented for years and never understood why landlords were always such jerks when I asked to be reimbursed for paint (always white and beige) or for the cost of lasting improvements I couldn�...

Thanks for all the great comments. In response to some of your questions: 1) The wall paint is from True value Hardware and is called “Cityscape”. Depend...