A moving experience South of the Border
A picture-perfect house
Awaiting a special someone
Bathroom floor dilemma finally solved
Breaking every single rule for a very special house
Grateful seller makes fresh start in life
Helping Marge clear the basement
Isabel and friends: a moving experience
Is selling worth all this?
Is your house a real mess? You have plenty of company
Like beauty, ‘clean’ is often in the eyes of the beholder
Making a trio of sad houses happy
Milk and cookies at Grandma’s house
Myrna’s clean house gave us a real head start
One client’s tale
Parting is such sweet sorrow
Seller gives eager young couple break
Seller's unsolicited kindness astounds both buyer & agents
Touching up a house: Is it love or war?
Trust, friendship go a long way in Realty
When bad houses happen to good people

Adding the ‘Wild West’ to an open home
Airing a home’s ‘dirty laundry’ and best-kept secrets
Apartment an alternative to senior home move
Appreciating a master of decoration
A well-presented home is key to sale
Beauty espied here, there, everywhere
Behind the scenes: preparing a listing for the public
Cleaning out my mom's house
Dress up a dingy home? Why not fix it up?
Facing alternatives as we age
Getting an old-timer ready for the market
Get ready, get set, then sell
Growing older: move or stay?
Have fun ‘staging’ home for sale
Helping sell that home: an ever-growing to-do list
Here’s one for Eichler cult members
Inspections help seller, buyer prioritize repairs
It’s wise to tell all when selling your house
Lessons from another’s mistakes: How not to present a home for sale
Letting go, moving on
Long-term relationships make for smoother sailing
Making some lists, checking them twice
New owners for my mom's house
Pat takes a ‘Magic Carpet Ride
Prettying up home costs pretty penny
Sahdu, the consummate stager
Sahdu works her magic
Searching for magic in a quiet garden spot
Selling in this seller's market often personal
Selling my mom's house
Selling without agent risky business at best
Small, sensible improvements can sell a house
The art (and craft) of pricing a house
The cosmetics of staging
The ideal real estate sale: a walk through
To sell or not to sell? That is the question
Treating your house as a product
Value is what a buyer will pay
What kind of improvements make home more saleable?
What's a seller to do?
When it's time to get ready
When preparing home for sale, how much is too much?
Your biggest investment deserves expert attention

A clean-as-a-dream machine
A refrigerator keeps things cold, but at a cost
April is the time to celebrate your garden
A termite saga: from sandy brown tubes to 'good riddance'
Bees, bees everywhere
Bestowing tender, loving care on a home, a bit at a time
Bringing an old home back to life
Change in the weather a harbinger for making those winter-time adjustments
Colors and fancies of the spring season
Columnists sound the alarm
Everything in my life is clean, clean, clean
February’s the time to think ‘spring’
Gardener rewarded with summer bounty
Garden puts on its best face in early spring
Give new glow to old light fixtures
Grass seeds cling to life – and clothes
Gretchen gardens with gusto, talks in tongues to plants
Here’s the ticket to some great gifts
Household hints: useful ways of making life easier
How does my garden grow?
How my garden grows
Installing new shower worth the effort
It’s true: There are places that stringy things just don’t belong
Just what the (window) doctor ordered: A quick, clean, accurate ‘Angel’
Keep a tree or fell it?
Linens provide trip down memory lane
Little spit and polish perks up ‘60s home
Martha’s new house: Renewing an outdated kitchen
Mastering significant art of window washing
Mundane task yields forgotten, edible loot
Napa home is more than just another rental property
Nick cleans out (or I lose my security deposit)
Oh, deer, here they come again
Oh, those earthly attachments
Paint: A fresh coat can add fresh life, color
Rain drives my garden wild
Rain, rain, please stay away
Regrouting the tile in Pat’s shower
Remodel is fraught with unpredictables
Sandblasting does the job; gorgeous fireplace revealed
The art of befriending a house
There goes Gretchen again!
The true confessions of a bulb-o-maniac
Things that go bump in the night
This old house, if it were mine...
Troublesome termite tubes torment tenacious homeowner
You measured the space, so why doesn't it fit?
Water, water everywhere.
What has eight legs and hangs out in the tub?
What’s in store for all that extra stuff?
When a fire can be so inviting
Winter: time for fireplace fun

Adjusting beautifully
A project, a dream, and then fulfillment
Click: the new sound of house hunting
Compulsive buyer snaps up new home
Couple gets lucky at first open home tour
Couple's compromise lets them plan for long term
Couple's commitment makes life easy for dedicated team
Fairytales can come true
Knowing what you want (and when you want it) goes a long way
Moving in: a celebration
Shaping the dream
Weighing the pros and cons of home purchase
When not even the buyer knows for sure

A guide through the buying process
A most important project
Buyers often search long and hard for that perfect house
Buying a home takes on life of its own
Couple on the fence about buying or renting in Berkeley
Doing the numbers
Eight steps to follow when buying a house
Even thinking about owning rental property is daunting
Expounding on your priorities helps your agent's quest for 'perfect' home
First-time buyers more educated, but passion same
Helping buyers help themselves
Homes cheaper elsewhere but there’s no place like Golden State
It's not a deal till it's signed and sealed
Learning to look beyond a home’s surface
Locating buyer's 'perfect' home puts matchmaking skills to the test
Ofttimes buyers and sellers neglect inter-agent protocol
Pat recalls thrill of owning her first home
Possibilities in eye of beholder
Search for dream often futile
Sometimes it's baby steps; sometimes leaps and bounds
Staying on top of those flat-roof problems
Striking the right kind of relationship is key
The care and feeding of your new home
The fine art of making decisions
There may be more to home than meets the eye
These are the times that try buyer's (and seller's) souls
Time must be on the buyer's side
Welcome to the big time
When there's never a right time to buy
When you happen upon the house, be ready

Appreciating a very special home
Are you waiting for that elusive ‘best’ moment?
A train, a treasure, uncovered
Attractive homes still get snapped up
Berkeley: long ago and far away, yet so close
Best for buyer and seller to have own Realtor
Bubbly or solemn, everyone worries
Building that elusive quality called magic
Clients’ trust allows ‘amazing’ transformation
Don't get attached to agent until you know they're good
Frenzied seller's market continues to set buyers on edge
Great house! But will it sell?
How not to do real estate
How serendipity could make a dream come true
In home market lurks the unknown
In search of the right agent
Inspector digs up dirt on 'perfect' home
Is the market really going south?
Just looking, thanks: An $8 million Piedmont adventure
Measure EE: taking things a bit too far
Moving house is not for the fainthearted
Readers become our friends: Myrna and Bethany
Realtors need to know their turf
Sandy closes chapter on beloved house
Sharing our happiness
Shipping costs a moving experience
So you think one agent is as good as any other! Read on!
The good, the bad, and the truly awful
There’s no place like home, Toto
Think about selling your home when buying it
Thinking of kids when moving
This old house has character, hidden charm
Treading into the unknown
You just never know when something might come in handy
When it comes to an agent: Choose wisely
When things go wrong as they sometimes will...
Why count sheep? Take a mind tour instead
Why we never represent both sides in a sale

Age slows down the process
A love affair with Mr. Clean: He erases like magic
A parent’s eternal lament: What will become of our kids?
Are you part of Pat’s era? Well, that depends...
A surprise from the IRS
Bebe’s listing has it all
Big tree or no big tree; that is the question
Can you insure against the unspeakable, the unimaginable?
Comparing notes: Gardening with Gretchen
Doctor’s visit prelude to near-perfect day
Down on the farm: Perusing the Encyclopedia of Country Living
Enjoy the holidays, but don’t forget those in need
Experience the amazing amaryllis
Exploring something new (to us): Laptop computers
Feeding our fine-feathered friends
Fun at the county fair
Going Digital with best house details
Happy 2004 or how we spent New Year’s Day in the dark
Holding one massive garage sale
Holiday gifts that keep on giving
How long does it take to find a house?
Into the jaws of the beast: ‘Bulky trash pickup day’
In your ‘golden years’? Let time and tide take care of your children
Life in the Valley of the Quails
Modern communication – pluses and pitfalls
New stuff for the new year
Nick flies the coop
Put another nickel in...Just what could a nickel buy just before World War II?
Rag (and round) rug rescue and repair
Readers share their memories (re: Are you part of Pat's era?)
Real estate through the eyes of an ‘observer nonpareil’
Research yields the 'truth' of MacGregor homes
Scaring up something for the garden
Snowbound tale buries apartment dweller in suspense
Speaking engagement uncovers the history of Tarpoff & Talbert
Spooky: Pat and Anet’s annual Halloween story
Team Gretchen: what a difference clean makes
Television ‘staging’ show is entertaining, often misguided
That's no mortgage; it's a savings plan
The best-laid plans: A day not spent in the garden
The Joy of Flowers
The Kessler Family Singers: real estate for a song
Things that make me happsy
‘Tis the season for handy home-improvement gifts
Toys come in handy
Unpeeling an apple on the Internet
Up a tree? Don’t worry, Shaun has it all worked out
Venetian blinds: a love-hate relationship
Washing your clothes without all that agitation
We're each in a different world
You just never know when it might come in handy

A closer look at the team of Tarpoff & Talbert
Amaryllis bulbs make our Olga ogle
Anet: 'Born to Be Wild'
Anet learns chicken sounds...in vain
Anet looks on the bright side, even when the lights are off
Anet's a real live wire
As technology overwhelms Pat, she finds comfort in a pressure cooker
Coolidge Avenue exotica: Growing up with Barbara
Cowboys, Bengal tigers, divers – you’ll find it all at county fair
Dyeing eggs red – Anet’s Easter tradition
Each house tells its own story
Fluffy helps bring back childhood memories
Friendly trade; happy ending
Friends come through in pinch
Friends, food and fins make a home
Getting those words just right
In the garden - away from it all; well away from the kids (sort of)
Let’s do it for the kids...well, maybe not
Making wishes come full circle: a look at who we are
New listings can be sweetly satisfying
Parting is such sweet sorrow
Pat and Anet ruminate on ways of real estate world
Silver lining: loss of car allows Anet to replenish supplies
Sometimes we think too much; it’s time to get moving and doing
That was then...a look back at our beginnings
Valentine to a perfect partner
Water, water everywhere, and...
What exactly do we do?
Why we never represent both sides in a sale
Working with crafts brings fond childhood memories

A magic carpet ride
Does 'John' hold the key?
Fierce pet hampers showing
Plumber utters the magic words
Simply getting organized isn't what it used to be
'Twas right around Christmas when Pip got the mouse
Underneath, it is the same land