An OMG! moment.
Two doors cluttered a wall at one end of our living room: The first to the guest room, the other was a narrow closet. To allow the sofa...
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Brooke Gazer
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Taking Stock of Our Renovation in Mexico
It has been a year since we arrived in Merida. I’d hoped that our renovation would be complete by now, but that was unrealistic. Before...
Persistence Pays Off
I wanted traditional rattan furniture on our terraza. This is a natural woven material which has been used for centuries, in tropical and...
Building Fences
The expression “High walls make for good neighbors”, may be taken literally in Mexico because people frequently enclose their property...
Wells and Water
The Yucatan is a unique geographical region because there are no above ground rivers. The peninsula sits on a huge limestone platform of...
Beginning the Casita
A five by ten-meter (about 530 sq ft) cement building was tucked into the north-east corner of the property. Except for a small bathroom...
Start at the top
In Mexico, flexibility is not a just virtue, it is a necessity. We planned to renovate the casita and live there during the renovation of...
Starting Over in Mexico … Again
After losing my job as a pharmaceutical representative, I changed my life. I’d dreamed of running a B&B some place without snow and my...
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