Marin County

Japanese essayist Jun’ichiro Tanazaki noted that the bathroom is one of the most important parts of the house in his seminal essay “In Praise of Shadows.” Tanazaki viewed Japanese bathrooms as the heart and soul of Japanese Zen Buddhist aesthetics and considered the incursion of Western-style bathrooms as a sign of the corrosive influence of […]

The kitchen is a communal space, a place where family comes together to prepare a meal, then break bread. Many of us remember the kitchen for a far more simple reason: we spend a good deal of our lives preparing meals, eating meals, and talking to those we love most after a meal. And most […]

Homeowners in Marin County enjoy its diverse scenery and complex landscape of hills, forests, and beaches. Cities in the north, such as Novato, are fast-growing; homes in this area generally cost more than the median home price in the county, which stands at around $1.2M. Cities more in the west, such as Woodacre and Nicasio, […]