Author Archives: Linda Taaffe

Linda Taaffe is the Real Estate editor for Embarcadero Media.
Posted inExpress Newsletter Content, Feature, Home improvement, Home sales, Neighborhood, Portola Valley, Real Estate, San Mateo County

Portola Valley couple upcycles ‘barely habitable’ 1940s cabin into rustic dream home  

by Linda Taaffe

When Sally and Joel Phillips purchased their Portola Valley property, it didn’t exactly come with the home of their dreams. The old 1,000-square-foot cabin was barely habitable, but it was what the newly married couple could afford in the neighborhood at the time, so they decided to make the best of it. 

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