My Book About Moving to Mexico
House of Blue Water , Memories of our B&B in Mexico, is about our move from Canada to Mexico, where we ran a B&B in Huatulco, Oaxaca. It...
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Brooke Gazer
writer, expat, entrepreneur
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Kitchen, Bedroom and a Den: Before and After
The original kitchen had excellent bones, so I made very few changes, but the 1970 aluminum cupboards had to go. Painted cupboards may...
Before and After Part 3...Two Bedrooms and a Den
When we bought this house, we loved the ceder and etched glass closet doors that added a touch of an old-world elegance. They covered...
Before and After Renovations PT 2:A New Great Room
One side of the Garcia Gineres home we divided had an enormous great room of 50 M2 (538 sq ft), but we chose the other side, a 35 M2...
Before & After Renovations PART:1 Garden & Terrasas
After two years, we are pleased with our renovation in Garcia Gíneres Merida. Looking back, we have accomplished a lot. Above is our new...
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Dividing a large house into two homes required adding a second kitchen. This kitchen will be mine. It began as a bedroom so lots of...
3 Pools... Finally!
Digging and constructing 3 pools has been a long arduous affair, however, we wanted each of the three residences to have its own pool....
Doors and Window Openings
We converted a bedroom into a kitchen. A large window sat at one end. The wall opposite the window, had a door leading into what will...
An OMG! moment.
Two doors cluttered a wall at one end of our living room: The first to the guest room, the other was a narrow closet. To allow the sofa...
Taking Stock of Our Renovation in Mexico
It has been a year since we arrived in Merida. I’d hoped that our renovation would be complete by now, but that was unrealistic. Before...
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