casacaudill
Blog URL:
http://casacaudill.blogspot.com
Our blog chronicles the lives of two thirty-somethings living and loving in Oakland. We talk a lot about food, wine, travel and our house - a 1916 Craftsman in a part of town that was once described as "up and coming."
DECOMPRESSING FROM REAL ESTATE SHENANIGANS
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- Published on Tuesday, 02 April 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
We took offers on the house on Wednesday. By Thursday morning we were in contract for a price that we are very happy with. (Once the sale becomes public record, I can talk more about the various offers we got and what we ultimately went with.) Because we're fancy, we celebrated the deal with bar food & beer at Cato's in...NEW KILIM HAS ARRIVED
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- Published on Thursday, 21 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
As I've mentioned like 100 times, I've been kind of obsessed with rugs for the condo since we moved in. I know what our upstairs neighbors sound like and I'd like to do everything in my power to make sure our downstairs neighbors have some protection against our clod hopping. Ever since staying at Middle Beach Lodge I've...I MISS MY PANTRY
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- Published on Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
The one thing I think I miss most about the house is our huge, walk-in pantry. I never wondered where I was going to put our small kitchen appliances, pots & pans, or various sundries because IT ALL FIT. Now? Yeah, not so much.We really have to figure out where everything goes.
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CASACAUDILL: BEFORE AFTERS
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- Published on Monday, 18 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
With the house on the market, I thought it would be fun to look back at what the house looked like when we bought it, versus now that we're selling. I can't even believe it's the same place!Obviously you have to take into consideration the fact that both times the house was staged for selling, and that the decor &...
ANYONE WANNA BUY A HOUSE?
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
We're officially on the MLS, but aren't yet showing up on the website. The photographer did a really good job, and switching the living room furniture last night was the absolute right decision. And hooray - my camellias showed up in time for the pics!So there it is - the final product of weeks (months!) of work....
WORKIVERSARY
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- Published on Friday, 15 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you know I had a rough day today.On the happy news front, however, today was my two year workiversary at my job. I complain a lot, I know, about a lot of things ... but I really do love my job. It's pretty darn awesome and I feel very fortunate to have found it and that they like me...
HALLWAY RUNNER
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- Published on Thursday, 14 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
So, I finally bought a rug for our kitchen from Rugs USA. I don't know if I love it yet (mostly because it hasn't arrived), but I'll post pics when I get it.I've also been obsessing over a hallway runner. I've looked at Persian rugs, Ikats, Afghan, sisal, etc. And I've found probably 100 different ones I like, but nothing...
GOOGLE READER
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- Published on Thursday, 14 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
For business purposes, I read a lot of blogs. Every Friday I put together a summary of what's happening in my company's industry and send it to my organization's leaders so that they can make business decisions based on what's happening not only in the board room, but in the real world as well. This is a fairly mundane task...AT LEAST OUR YARD LOOKS NICE
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- Published on Monday, 11 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
I guess there's that.The stagers are coming on Thursday, I think. I mean, the photographer is coming on Friday morning at 8:15 to take pictures so I hope the stagers will have already come and gone. The stager still hasn't acknowledged my email asking for information on what furniture he plans to use in the house. It's like...
CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY!
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- Published on Sunday, 10 March 2013
Authors: Becky Caudill
If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you saw why yesterday I almost lost my shit after the $700 cleaners left our house.It goes a little something like this.
The handles on our fridge gouged, like a dog chewed them up[.
More than a dozen giant scratches in the brand new sink we had installed.
Dirt on the moulding
I wrote to...
