How to make your garage sale a success

En route to spring break! But first, a stop at the airport newsstand for a peek at today’s paper. I wrote this week’s At Home cover story for The Seattle Times.

How to make your yard sale a success:

➡ Strength in numbers
➡ Promote it
➡ Price to sell
➡ Stage it right
➡ Get the kids involved
➡ And how to find the hidden treasures!

Link here.

Things to know about building a fence

My latest story for The Seattle Times is all about setting boundaries, literally. What you need to know if you're thinking about building a fence.

Here's a link.

Modern horizontal cedar
Cedar frame with hog wire grid
Classic white picket
Trellis detail for growing vines
Dark stain
Alternating widths on pickets for interest
Galvanized chain link
Daffodil season

If you only have one day in Vancouver, B.C. …

If you only have one day in Vancouver, here's what I'd do: 

  • Park at Science World (flat rate $12 until 6:30 p.m.)
  • Science World admission is FREE with Pacific Science Center membership and it is super fun
  • Take the Aquabus from Science World to Granville Island
  • Granville Island! There's a 2-story kids market, artist studios, a public market
  • Take the Aquabus back to Science World
  • IF you still have time, walk over to Chinatown