Paper Route

There’s a specific kind of surprise I see on sellers’ faces during the option period once they go under contract with a buyer. It’s the “I had no idea that mattered so much” surprise or the “we didn’t know about that.” it’s almost always about maintenance. Not the big, showy or beautiful projects. Not the […]

I met them at an open house in the 4th Ward. Inner city charm, raw potential, the kind of neighborhood that draws people who see possibility in old bones and new energy. She was a hairstylist. He was in law school. They were engaged, looking for their first home together, and they were precious: so […]

The legacy I want to leave my kids isn’t a beautiful home they remember from their childhood. It’s knowing how to create a home that helps them thrive. Not a specific aesthetic. Not a certain style or trend. But the skill of shaping space around the life they want to live and the people they […]

“Should we renovate or should we move?” It’s the question I hear most often from growing families. The house that worked perfectly when it was just the two of you, or when you had one toddler, suddenly feels too small or too dysfunctional now that there are more people, more stuff, more life happening under […]

The all-white, open-everything homes are sitting. And families are asking for character back. I’m in homes every single week – showings, walkthroughs, listing appointments – and I’m noticing a shift. Not a dramatic overhaul, but a steady pattern in what’s moving quickly versus what’s lingering on the market. This isn’t about what’s trendy on Pinterest […]

The 3-5pm window used to feel like controlled chaos. Now it feels like breathing room. Here’s what changed: We pulled our kids out of extra sports this semester. Not because sports are bad. Not because we’re anti-activity or anti-competition or trying to raise kids who never work hard at anything. But because we were stretched […]

The secret to keeping your home from drowning in stuff? Give it a place to land before it spreads. Backpacks on the floor. Shoes by the couch. School papers on the counter. Keys…somewhere. The water bottle that made it halfway from the car but not all the way to the kitchen. It’s not that we’re […]

A well-stocked pantry isn’t about perfection. It’s about not having to think so hard. When you know what you have and where it is, when the staples are always there, you stop making emergency grocery runs at 5 PM. You stop stressing about what’s for dinner because you already have options. You stop feeling like […]

The mornings that feel easiest? They were built the night before. I used to think I wasn’t a morning person. Turns out, I just hadn’t learned that mornings are won or lost at 9 PM. When you walk into a clean kitchen sink, when the breakfast table isn’t buried under yesterday’s mail, when you don’t […]

I met her when she first got into real estate. We worked for the same brokerage, and before that, she’d been in the wedding industry – so we had that creative background in common, that understanding of what it means to help people through significant transitions. We were colleagues and friends. Connected by shared experience […]