August 23, 2011
Beyond Bainbridge, Seabrook, WA

A Long Weekend at Seabrook

Beyond Bainbridge, Seabrook, WA This has been a busy summer in my work world.  There have not been a lot of days to play. Luckily, this weekend, the clouds parted, work slowed down a bit and the sun came out.  Even more luckily, I had booked a trip a few […]
May 9, 2011
The Pottery Barn Daily System fit perfectly into the IKEA cabinet shell.

What Mom Really Wants: a place for everything

It has been dusty around our house lately.  As we finish various projects on our house (drainage, tile floors in the bathroom, trim, trim and endless trim) I can say that many of these dusty projects have been laborious and pretty dull (like buying a new mattress or putting on […]
May 9, 2011
Mom's Day collage - Jen Pells

Happy Mother’s Day

February 15, 2011
The Winslow Paint Company on Bainbridge Island

Thank You Winslow Paint Company

We are doing a little painting.  I believe in professional painters, I really and truly do.  We hired a painter to paint the exterior of our house, our vaulted ceilings and our kitchen and family rooms. However, I have painted my fair share of bedrooms and bathrooms.  Big square rooms […]
February 15, 2011
Valentine collage II - jen pells

Happy Valentine’s Day

November 27, 2010
Snovember on Bainbridge Island.

Snovember

So Thanksgiving week was a crazy one. Monday started with the threat of some light snow flurries and ended with three inches of snow.  On Tuesday it escalated into a wind storm, which then resulted in island-wide and county-wide power outages (60,000 people in Kitsap County) – which, is actually […]
October 27, 2010
Moving to Bainbridge Island

Why in the World are You in Real Estate?

If You Read my Blog You Might Already Know I think this is the question people really want to ask me when they ask “How’s the market.”  What they are thinking, as they ask that nicer question is, “why in the world is she selling real estate in this crazy, down-hill […]
October 20, 2010

A New Islander’s Perspective About Moving to Bainbridge

I thought readers of my blog might appreciate another perspective on island life.  I am lucky enough to have Trish Bittman as a friend and a client.  She is a writer and today, being her one year anniversary on the island, she wrote a piece on just that topic, her […]