Carol Blitzer

1. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Carol Blitzer

   After 15 years, a Barron Park couple’s unusable bathroom gets a makeover (opens the original)

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   For more than a decade, the owners of the 1948 home in Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood lived with an unused bathroom just steps from their bedroom. Water damage and mold from an earlier homeowner’s “fix” had made the room so unappealing that they preferred to climb the stairs to use another one. The couple, who had lived in the home for nearly 40 years and were now in their 80s, finally decided they’d had enough of trudging upstairs and called in Harrell Design + Build in Mountain View to t

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2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Carol Blitzer

   ‘We wanted quirky, but not weird’: Remodeling a historic home without losing its charm (opens the original)

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   What started as a pinprick leak in the tubing of the refrigerator’s ice-maker — a problem that initially seemed minor enough to fix with a fan and some drying — turned into a full-scale kitchen remodel. After 14 years in the charming, slightly funky house in Professorville, the owner had already taken care of the most demanding upgrades: repairing the foundation; replacing knob-and-tube wiring, plumbing, roofing and a broken water heater; repairing holes in the floor; and replacing and fixing wi

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