For more than a decade, I’ve been one of many skilled tradespeople Cole Hardware highlights in their newsletter and refers to customers who value their recommendations. Shortly after starting my business in 2007, I learned about San Francisco Department of the Environment’s Green Business program certification in the store’s publication, “Hardware Hotline.” At the tim

After reading Michael Pollan’s “Botany of Desire” soon after it was published, I found myself hungry for more of his words. “A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder,” in which he chronicles the process of building a one-room house for writing, was a surprising option available at the time. Reading about design and space from this unexpected source was i

The San Francisco Green Business Program is hosting a panel event discussion and reception on Thursday, January 24th from 5:30 -8:00 at 1455 Market St (1st Floor Conference Room). Healthy Homes, Healthy Workplaces will provide information and resources to help you reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals in everyday products found at home and at work. I will be one of four experts sharing insight

As I write, I’ve been sequestered in the house due to poor air quality from the tragic Camp Fire in Butte County, California. Despite being three hours away, the effects are impacting San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. The sunrise has been a beautiful yet haunting smoky orange. Daily warnings of unhealthy air – a reading that have risen from orange to red to purple (!) according to the

How to find joy? Marie Kondo’s books may hold the secret for some, but I’m happy to share one of my secret portals to this magical state of being. It begins with an afternoon like this: A picture-perfect Sunday with brilliant sunshine, warm air and a cool breeze. Throngs are amassed at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in Golden Gate Park. An entirely different array of thro

Much gratitude to the editors of San Francisco Magazine for naming Liberated Spaces the best organizer in their annual Best of San Francisco issue (July 2018). Read about all the 260 winners and check out the sideways 1,185 “fun fact” and blurb about my business. (click photos to enlarge)