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Photography by Sara Tramp I’ve had sort of a complicated relationship to my cute little LA Bungalow. On the one hand, I love this house and am so glad I found it. On the other, it’s been a BIG task trying to keep up with the expenses and logistics of two houses. I feel a little bit like I’m in a Catch 22 with my living situation – it feels like whatever I do to solve my problems (mainly financial anxiety) will result in something terrible. When I look at myself from an outside perspective, which I often have to…

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Photography By Sara Tramp If you’ve been following me all year on social media, you know it’s been a BUSY year. The past few months have been a little overwhelming but overall it’s been a productive year. I’ve reclaimed my physical health (so far I’ve lost about 40 of the 50 pounds I gained in 2020) after going through a similar health slump many people went through in the pandemic. And I finally got both Londo Lodge and my LA Bungalow to a place where they feel livable (ie NOT a construction zone where it’s impossible to relax). It wasn’t…

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Ah, where to begin with the Great Bungle of Bungalowlando. If you’ll remember, I decided to rent this small home in June 2021 when it *seemed* like the financial tumult of the past year was over. Momentum was gathering, more and more work was pouring in, and in the month of May, I’d booked $250,000 worth of guaranteed partnerships (contracts signed) to be completed before autumn 2021. I have no idea why I had the optimism I did, I think like all of us I just keep expecting “all of this” (whatever that means) to be over soon. And while…

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Professional Photography by Sara Tramp | Additional Photography by Orlando Soria HOUSE POOR I hit a major wall this summer. I got really sick of Londo Lodge. Being there felt inherently stressful, overwhelming, and generally just incredibly heavy. The never-ending application process for my permit to rent it out on Airbnb dragged on for months and continued to get more expensive. I think I’ve spent about $8K just on application, inspection, and certification fees on top of everything I’ve had to spend to get this place up to current code. At a certain point, pretty early on in the time…

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Photography by Sara Tramp Sometimes when you step back from something and get a better view, you can see progress more fully than you can when you’re up close and personal, in the trenches of a major project. That’s how it’s been with Londo Lodge. I’ve been so busy doing projects there to get it “photo ready” that it’s been hard to see the huge amount of progress I’ve made. I bought the house in September 2020, moved in in October 2020, and lived there pretty much full time until June 2022, at which point I made an effort to…

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Photography by Sara Tramp At long last my LA backyard is ready for summer hangs! Just in time for me to leave town forever! Mere seconds after we shot this space I had to leave for Londo Lodge to finish things up for renting it out and complete Phase I (before I tear it all up again to get started on Phase II and the kitchen). I’ve been gone for over a month, hoping to get back to LA at some point so I can finish setting up my place there and get a much-needed break from the constant DIY…

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2022 is getting off to a designed-centered start at both Londo Lodge and my LA Bungalow. Gonna be honest, I get the most satisfaction from sharing FINISHED projects so the past few months have been a challenge. Londo Lodge is currently a mess with wood flooring piled all over the place, the baseboards ripped out, and furniture crammed into every corner as the beautiful wide-plank wood goes in room by room. Meanwhile, Bungalowlando (my LA place) is in a similar state of flux. Because of how busy the end of last year was and how much time I spent at…

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The Backstory People who have been following me for a while will recognize a pattern to which my life has conformed. Something throws me off my game, I go through a period of travail, and then at some point the work pays off and I am rebooted. This has happened over and over, so much so that I started to feel self-conscious about it, wondering if I’m starting to sound like a broken record. Is there something wrong with me that my life has had this many ups and downs? My first fall was when I went through my first…

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Photography by Sara Tramp I started decorating my house for Christmas before Halloween. And I’m still not totally done! I’ve been all over the place, in LA, then at my parents’ for Thanksgiving, then back to LA for the past three weeks. I decided to not even bother decorating my LA place for the holidays because I went so overboard at Londo Lodge (also, I’m spending most of December up at the lodge so decorating LA didn’t make much sense). The only thing left to do at Londo Lodge is the outdoor lights, which I didn’t have time to install…

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IMPORTANT UPDATE! Thanks to a wonderful local computer wizard named Jen, you can now link directly to the form, fill it out online, and send it to: Fish Camp Post Office | 7733 Fish Camp Lane | Fish Camp, CA 93623 FIND THE FORM HERE The PDF automatically calculates your total and allows you to request specific stamps in the notes area (if you don’t specify which stamps you want you may get a call from our Postmaster, Dina). There are many charming things about the small town I’ve called home for the past year. And the Post Office is…

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From a very young age, I’ve always experimented with the design of my living space. I started decorating my room with the help of my mom around age seven. My first bedroom design featured lavender walls (HI I’M GAY!), Mickey Mouse curtains sewn by orMOMdo, and Mickey Mouse comforters in bold red and yellow. It was definitely NOT understated. I even painted my bathroom myself when I was pretty young (I think seven or eight) so primping my surroundings is something that is innate to my personality. Thus, it’s been a dream of mine for quite a while to buy…

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