Eichler vs. Alliance Homes: What Homeowners Need to Know Before Remodeling

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you may be familiar with Eichler homes and their close cousins, Alliance homes. Of the 10,600 homes Eichler designed, approximately 10,000 are in the Bay Area. Marin County warmly embraced the architect’s designs, buying and maintaining more than 1,700 homes in San Rafael, Mill Valley,

What’s In an Architectural Style?

If you’ve done any house-hunting in the Bay Area, you might have heard the terms Art Deco, Arts and Crafts Style, Bungalow, Modern, Contemporary, Mid-Century Modern, Cape Cod Style, Colonial and Victorian – to name a few of the architectural styles. The problem is, some of these terms are used interchangeably, when they are distinct.

What Color Should You Paint Your Mid-Century Modern Eichler Home?

If you own an Eichler home, and it needs an exterior lift, you may be wondering what paint color to choose. So many paint choices, so little time. Most paints have instructions about applying them between certain temperature ranges, and dry weather is best. In Marin, our unusual weather patterns and foggy days are getting

What’s In an Architectural Style?

If you’ve done any house-hunting in the Bay Area, you might have heard the terms Art Deco, Arts and Crafts Style, Bungalow, Modern, Contemporary, Mid-Century Modern, Cape Cod Style, Colonial and Victorian – to name a few of the architectural styles. The problem is, some of these terms are used interchangeably, when they are distinct.