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There are 10 things you need to get done before the end of summer. Lushome shares these simple and effective home staging tips which will help keep your late summer decorating look beautiful, fresh and stylish whether your are preparing to sell your property or just getting ready for the fall season.
We are excited to have successfully represented another client in the purchase of their dream home! Spacious, Spanish-tiled roof home is located in the beautiful and serene San Antonio Creek neighborhood. Features include 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, impressive vaulted ceilings, courtyard, 2-car garage and panoramic views of the surrounding Santa Barbara foothills.
Sold for $1,900,000
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The future is here! Listed at $35 million, 4305 Marina Drive is a fully automated "smart home," designed for easy, comfortable living. Situated on the statuesque bluffs of Hope Ranch, this contemporary 10,000+ square foot home overlooks the ocean and features glass walls on both levels with breathtaking views of the coast. The expansive 3.7 acre property includes a home theatre, a dance studio, a private tennis court, a workshop, as well as both rose and vegetable gardens. This 4BD/7BA home even has its own rooftop spa looking upon the ocean, ideal for unwinding after a long day! Check out the photos below for a look at this modern marvel.
Listed by Sotheby's International Realty.
Settling into a new home that carries traces of its previous owners also can take time. So in the rush and chaos of moving, take time to celebrate the home you’re leaving and get set to enjoy the place you’re moving into with these tips for easing the transition.
Grab a copy of The Santa Barbara Independent and check out the feature on our downtown listing, 121 West De La Guerra #7! Located in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara and less than a mile from the beach, this 1BD/2BA unit is located in the Spanish-themed One Twenty One complex. Recipient of both the American Institute of Architects' award for excellence in design and the coveted Santa Barbara Beautiful Award in 2014, this luxury condo is bright, modern, and authentic both inside and out. Featuring a loft, a private patio, and a gated garage, 121 W De La Guerra #7 seems removed from the hustle and bustle of downtown, even though it's only a few steps from the shops and restaurants of Paseo Nuevo. Click here to read more about One Twenty One and thank you Santa Barbara Independent for the fantastic writeup!
Moving into a new house is so much more than simply relocating to a different place. When we leave behind a home, especially one we’ve lived in for a long time, we also leave behind all those years spent enjoying it. Children who were tiny when you moved in have grown into strapping teenagers under its roof. Friends have visited, meals have been shared, and the small dramas of everyday life have been played out in it, so it can be emotional to walk away.
Settling into a new home that carries traces of its previous owners also can take time. So in the rush and chaos of moving, take time to celebrate the home you’re leaving and get set to enjoy the place you’re moving into with these tips for easing the transition.
Home Exterior Makeovers Browse before-and-after photos of these home makeovers and get ideas for updating your own place.
This sleepy surf town is the perfect L.A. getawayMissing the mellow days before Abbot Kinney became chi-chi and it cost millions to get a beach house next to a power plant? Take a 90-minute drive up the coast to Carpinteria, the tiny surf town known for its Rincon surf break and, until recently, not much else. Now there are a few spots of style, but not too many, so that your weekend getaway will seem more like an escape than a scene.
First off, most everything you want to do in this tiny town is within a ten-block radius. So rent a cruiser for the weekend at the local mom-and-pop bike shop right on the main drag.
Rincon Cycles, 5100 Carpinteria Ave.; 805-684-9466 or rinconcycles.com
Exquisite hand-thrown vessels are on offer at Miri Mara, a boutique attached to the workshop where Italian-born Mara works. Bowls, vases and plates ($100 to $500) are elegant and understated, as is the location, unassumingly sandwiched in beside an auto repair shop.
Miri Mara, 5292 Carpinteria Ave. #B; 805-220-6285 or mirimara.com
Take time to smell the roses--all 25,000 of them--at Rose Story Farm. This small family farm is dedicated to growing the flower, many of them heirloom varieties, and co-owner Danielle Hahn has received international recognition for her gorgeous gardens and educational tours, offered by appointment May through November ($48).
Rose Story Farm; 805-566-4885 or rosestoryfarm.com
We love a town that hasn’t yet gotten a trendy boutique hotel. Here you can play pretend “I’m a surf bum” by renting a sweet cottage (from $264 per night) a block and a half from the water. Just try not taking a nap under the ceiling fan, with the windows open to the salty breeze.
Available at vrbo.com
You can keep your Proustian madeleine. We’ll take salt-water-taffy nostalgia any day, especially when it’s made on-site in a crazy rainbow of flavors.
Robitaille’s, 900 Linden Ave.; 805-684-9340 or robitaillescandies.com
Stop in for a glass of crisp Central Coast Chardonnay ($9) and a cheese plate after a hard day hitting the waves. Sit on the patio and critique the locals’ skateboard styles and sunburns.
Cork Tree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave.; 805-684-1400 or corktreecellars.com
NBD, but you can hang ten by the afternoon with a surfing or stand-up paddleboard lesson (from $65) that includes equipment rental and inside intel on what the week’s waves will look like.
A Frame Surf Shop, 3785 Santa Claus Ln.; 805-684-8803 or aframesurf.com
