by Håkan Söderbom | Jan 20, 2013 | Blog
Just a month after the winter solstice and the days are rapidly getting longer and it seems the temperature has made a solid turn for the warmer. Just a week ago we had frost degrees in the mornings and the day’s struggled to get above 50 degrees. Now the...
by Håkan Söderbom | Jan 17, 2013 | Blog, Shopping
I believe there are more consignment store in Scottsdale than any other city in the US. Why, you wonder! According to several of the consignment store managers it is not uncommon for a homeowner to come in and ask that they come and pick up the furniture for a whole...
by Håkan Söderbom | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog, Family Room
The other day we found a very special chair at a consignment store in the Airpark area by Scottsdale airport. It looks real funky, like something weird out of Alice in Wonderland. We weren’t able to leave it so it came home with us. We aren’t convinced...
by Håkan Söderbom | Jan 15, 2013 | Blog
Frost isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you hear words like Scottsdale, the Sonora desert or swimming in sunlight, but the fact is that every year we have a few frost nights in Scottsdale. The last two days, the early dawn hours have served us...
by Håkan Söderbom | Jan 14, 2013 | Blog, Garden Experience
I was up early at 6am to join a conference call, well before the sun was up. As I looked at the thermometer I noticed the temperature was still falling. At around 7am, just as the sun worked its way over the horizon, it hit its lowest point at 25° F (-4° C). This is...
by Håkan Söderbom | Jan 13, 2013 | Blog, Master Bedroom
Last week we replaced the carpet in the master bedroom with travertine floor. It looks beautiful! I insisted on under-floor heating and while Kay resisted, like she did when I said we needed it for the master bathroom, she came around to the idea and now we’d...
