Nice shoes, Kendall!

Ask Kendall what she did to deserve these shoes.  

We are the World - Real Estate Industry Bands Together

Two years ago we produced this video...just for fun!  Obviously, we had some time on our hands back in 2010.  Thank you to the hundreds of people who made this happen, what a great memory!

Hi Mandi!

Mandi Cook, our Builder in Wedgewood

Obviously this is not a glam shot, but I just love it.  This is Mandi.  She is delightful.  When you see her in Wedgewood, say hello.  Ask her about her love of dogs and the 10 acres she is buying this summer as a first step towards a lifelong dream.  

OK, I'm a little proud

My daughter, Ellie.  Her preschool class took a field trip to see a home we are building for one of her classmate's family.  We couldn't resist the kid-size hardhats as a souvenir for the group.  Big thanks to Mike & Aria for allowing us to invade their half-built home with 13 four-year olds!

Garman Supports Go Koman Team

Pick a Color...but save the drama for your mamma.

Michelle's first assignment as Guest Buyer was choosing exterior colors.  A process that should be a joyful expression of color but sometimes turns into a torturous debate over which 6x6 sample of green has too much gray and whether or not you'd like that same 6x6 sample spread over the wide expanse of a new house...it's not always an easy decision.

So in order to protect us from exterior color confusion (ECC for those in the know) I fired up our Flickr studio pictures and showed Michelle some of the houses we've built and the colors we've used.

I could tell almost instantly Michelle was not going to have any problem deciding on colors.  She quickly weeded out the colors she didn't like with subtle hints like, 'ew, not that' or the more cryptic, 'wow...' (eyes wide with disgust)...I love a girl with strong opinions.    

Michelle's vision for a sophisticated gray palette came together easily...our only lingering question...do we select a matching gutter color for a seamless look or do we go for high drama and pick a dark contrasting gutter color?  After much squinting and pensive facial contortions as we surveyed the colors chosen so far (no cameras allowed during this phase) we decided we should go for it!  High drama...black gutters.  Hot stuff!  We knew it wouldn't be the right look for everyone but surely someone would drive up and love this house because of the gutters.  Right?

Maybe.

But a few days later neither of us was feeling the drama as much so we opted for a safer matching gutter color.   And even as I type this I can already hear our future buyer speaking the words, 'I love everything about this house...I just wish there was a little more drama on the exterior.'

Drama, indeed.  We shall see...

  

Michelle and her exterior masterpiece...