Buys ’50s home to fix it, falls for its indoor/outdoor mastery by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2020 In 1949, Wells Blackshear and his son Harold began designing and building their own home in South Austin, guided by …
Turning a garage into an in-law unit as empty nest alternative by Kirsten Dirksen on December 15, 2019 Stacy Lince’s family of four and her widowed mother, Lee Reich, were paying a collective $4,000 per month (and rising) …
Alleyway home in Toronto makes room splitting into 5 levels by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2019 Toronto is the fastest growing city in North America, but rather than simply grow up and out, city planners are …
Swedish-inspired backyard cottage works as secluded oasis home by Kirsten Dirksen on May 19, 2019 Su Pang loves travel and traditional Swedish cottages. In 2013, she had a little-used 5000-square-foot backyard subject to relaxed building …
Berkeley’s backyard tiny house helps with income, landscape by Kirsten Dirksen on October 8, 2012 Karen Chapple is a city planning professor so she knows all about the benefits of backyard cottages as urban infill …
