Spring 2019 Home & Garden

2019 Spring

HOME & GARDEN

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE COAST NEWS GROUP | MARCH 2019

In this issue...

Landscaping • Plants • Accessory Dwelling Units Remodeling • Home Improvement • Flooring • Antiques Art • Furniture • Gamerooms • Real Estate

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Bidding at auction just got easier

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ave you always wished you could attend an auction but felt intimidated to enter the room? Scared you might not fit in or that it was just for the jet-set?

Thanks to Savacool and Sons of San Diego there’s a better, easier and less intimidating way to enjoy an auction: at home and online.

Yes, Savacool has put the “cool” in online auction and estate sales: you can now bid on an eighteenth-century armchair, antique necklace or anything else that attracts your attention from right behind your home or office computer.

“We only sell online through our custom designed auction platform. Users from other auction platforms have complimented us on the ease of use of our auction site. But beware that it is addictive,” Matt Savacool said.

“We specialize in high-end and eclectic and look for interesting sales with some historical value. Recently we sold items from a John Lloyd Wright designed home in Mission Hills, items from one of the sons of William Randolph Hearst and items from the former secretary of the Smithsonian. Our best sales have everything from designer handbags to fine furniture, fine jewelry, collectibles, home decor, and tools.”

Savacool started the unique online estate auction in Jan 2015 and to date has held more than 100 successful online sales. He said he wanted to take the auction and estate world by storm, and it appears he has.

No stranger to the business he previously owned a 3,000-square-foot brick and mortar

Savacool and Sons works with appraisal experts in most fields from rugs to precious stones and everything in between.

“Having lived in this space for almost a decade we have a pretty good feel for values and in cases where we don’t, we use the same tool certified appraisers use, the Internet,” Savacool said.

What ultimately makes Savacool and Sons different than other similar businesses? He has a definitive answer: “We sell 99 percent of all items we list and never have the problem after a sale of finding a dealer to buy out all of the contents we didn’t sell. We offer shipping and have recently shipped to Moscow, Russia, London, England and Manhattan, NY.” It’s customers are as diversified as the items up for auction.

“Over the years we have organically established a large local database of buyers who are mainly end buyers, but we do have quite a few dealers. Clients seek us out to sell their belongings’ a lot come from word-of-mouth and referrals. We are known for doing the job right and take pride in our work.

“I tell clients that we are in the entertainment business just as much as we’re in the Savacool and Sons helps its clients sell evbusiness of retail. It’s a very connected social erything within a short window of time for the experience for our buyers especially during the most money. In some cases, it consigns the items. final hours of a sale when items are closing; In others, it buys out the contents of the estate. that’s when things start to get interesting. It’s Either way the items end up in its online auca rush of adrenaline we all need from time to tions. It doesn’t keep anything or sell on eBay; it time.” For more information please visit www. just passes things along, Savacool said. savacoolandsons.com. packed antique store in south Oceanside occasionally selling on eBay and ran traditional tag estate sales.

“Running a traditional estate sale where every item is priced is equivalent to trying to sell the contents of an antique store in a weekend; you’re setting yourself up for failure. It was determined that online auctions were the most effective way to sell everything quickly for the most money based on feedback from East Coast customers and extensive research,” he said.

So, he split the store and dedicated half to auctions but quickly liquidated the entire store and focused 100 percent on auctions. The model works well.

“Over the years we’ve established a large local following with little advertising spent, working hard to perfect the model before growing. We’re moving a lot of product and we’re getting recognized so much other local brick and mortar businesses are following our lead and switching to our model. A lot of our customers are repeat customers and we treat them like family,” he said.

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Accomplished urban designer renovates Inn at Moonlight Beach

By Carey Blakely

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ENCINITAS — Shangwen Chiu Kennedy refers to herself as an “accidental innkeeper.” With degrees from Harvard and Cornell and work experience in large-scale urban design, the desire to renovate and run a five-room inn in Encinitas is not what immediately comes to mind.

But after speaking with Kennedy, who purchased the Inn at Moonlight Beach with her husband, Mike, in 2017, one begins to understand why it’s exactly what she wants to do right now.

“I have the drive and passion to create places that support people’s well-being and foster the joy of connection — whether that is with another person, with oneself or with nature,” Kennedy explained.

With certain long-term projects, Kennedy watched with dissatisfaction how particular concepts didn’t quite come to fruition, which she likened to “an illustration book that wouldn’t get realized in full.”

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Since 1985, Russell Bowman has been delighting residents of North County with his plant expertise. So, it’s no wonder Bowman Tree and Plant Care Specialists has recently been named the San Diego Union-Tribune Community Press’ “Best of North County” for landscaping. Lovingly referred to as the “tree doctor” and “landscaper extraordinaire” by his clients, Bowman is known for transforming sickly gardens into Disneyesque wonderlands.

Using his own proprietary blend of organic micro-biotics, Bowman treats plants at night—a trick he picked up during his time as a horticulturist at Disneyland.

“When you treat plants at night, they have enough time to absorb the materials before being penetrated by the sun’s rays.” He said. “That’s why, when most people are winding down their days, eating dinner, and going to bed, I’m often out treating plants and trees.”

He’s done more than care for sick plants though, he’s revolutionized both residential and commercial landscaping with his fertilizer tanks.

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“When you give your body proper nutrition, it affects your overall health and boosts your immunity to diseases that you might come into contact with. The same is true for plants and trees.” He said. Bowman specially retrofits tanks of fertilizer to work with a client’s current irrigation system so that each time the landscaping is watered, it’s also fertilized.

“This is the secret to keeping your property looking like a five-star resort.” He notes. He’s also quick to point out that healthy plants are also environmentally friendly. A healthy plant will be more efficient at photosynthesizing sunlight into oxygen as well as at using water.

Bowman has had clients report a thirty percent reduction in their water bills after installation of a fertilizer tank, while their gardens remain lush and vibrant.

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Bowman’s dedication to plants is unwavering.

He drives three hundred miles a day, visiting customers around the county, often finishing at ten or eleven at night.

In addition, he donates his time and expertise for the trees at the Helen Woodward Animal Center, the Rock Church in Point Loma, Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, the YMCA, Stone Brewery in Escondido, and San Diego Botanic Garden.

He also served with the San Diego Rose Society in Balboa Park for 12 years.

“My calling is to beautify the earth, making trees and plants healthy,” he explains. “I’m not formally trained. The Master Gardner taught me everything I know. I’ve learned that when you love something, it’s not something you have to do; it’s something you want to do.”

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chance to see how people actually used the space after it was designed and built, nor could she modify it after the fact to adapt to occupants’ needs.

The Inn at Moonlight Beach has allowed Kennedy to redesign the hotel space — which was built in 1970 at 105 N. Vulcan Avenue — exactly as she sees fit and to interact with people as they inhabit it. Her goal is to “inspire and support” her guests and to make the inn as environmentally sustainable as possible.

In fact, the inn is currently undergoing review to become the first-ever hospitality business to achieve WELL Building certification, a rigorous rating system that seeks to enhance human health and well-being through design.

After extensive renovations, the inn had a soft launch in May 2018. It officially debuts its post-redesign look this week.

The inn’s style combines elements of minimalism, modernism and Asian fusion — with attention paid throughout to nature. Natural light imbues each suite, and gardens surround the inn with fruits, vegetables, teas and herbs that guests can pick and take home.

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style website, recently selected the Inn at Moonlight Beach as one of 12 “Best Micro Getaways for Design Lovers” in the nation. Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza, the site’s brand editor, told The Coast News via email that the inn “was unlike any other hotel or guest house we saw in our research and through our nominations.”

McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza continued, “The ultra airy, Zen-gardenlike setting paired with the custom breakfast baskets and beach bikes was so quintessentially Southern California.

We loved the attention to guests’ health and wellness — a nice surprise often overlooked in the hospitality industry.”

When the couple first purchased the Inn at Moonlight Beach, many of the property’s plants were dying and the soil was depleted. The first step, then, was to make what Kennedy referred to as a “huge energetic shift from dying to revitalizing.”

She looked at what was thriving, like succulents, and planted more of them and removed what was dying, like certain cedar trees. She reused the cedar

stumps as tables at the inn and saved some of the living cedars on the north side of the property.

Much focus had to be paid to re-nourishing the soil to create the hotel’s biodynamic garden. To Kennedy it was important that the inn flourish from the ground up, she explained.

While she is both a landscape architect and building architect, Kennedy’s urban design background is what mainly drove her approach to renovating the inn. She’s more interested in systems, like powering the hotel with 90 percent solar energy and preventing soil runoff through strategic planting choices, than she is with design for design’s sake.

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12 Pacific will allow each of its twelve families the room to grow, connect, and relax through its generous homesites ranging from 9,500 sq. ft. to over 15,000 sq. ft. and residences that range from approximately 2,867 to 3,885 sq. ft. with up to 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. The elegant homes at 12 Pacific showcase open-living floorplan designs and offer outdoor living rooms, separate dwelling units, offices, flex rooms, bonus rooms, suites, and first floor bedrooms at select units. This neighborhood is characterized by a quaint hillside that creates a unique and private feeling of arrival through its interior cul-de-sac street, Yada Place.

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Chance meetings give passion and purpose to local realtor REGION — A little bit of luck and a lot of hard work can change your life. Real estate agent Kelli Woodard knows this firsthand. When she decided to move to San Diego in 2015, she had little direction other than knowing she wanted to live near the beach. She had no idea that a few chance meetings would shape her entire career.

“I was born and raised in Phoenix and I stayed there until I was 18,” Woodard said. “I went to the University of San Francisco, then transferred to Grand Canyon University on a full soccer scholarship, and was bored after graduation in 2012. I had a little money saved up and decided I wanted to be near the beach. I posted on Facebook that I was moving to San Diego, and a good friend I went to San Francisco with reached out and offered me a place to stay with her in El Cajon in a father’s five-bedroom house. So that was how I ended up here.”

The friend she was staying with ended up moving suddenly to L.A., and Woodard found herself with no idea what was going to happen to her.

She reached out to her friend’s father to let him know she had been living in

wanted to be involved in his house. “He asked me, ‘Why the bigger transactions don’t you manage the properSan Diego has to ty?’” she said. “I had no idea offer. “So I went to what that meant. It was this Sotheby’s in La Mesa huge house with amazing and signed on,” views and he said I could she said. “Nothing start by renting out the happened for six rooms. He showed to eight months. I me how to run credit ended up meeting and background someone. He checks and next lived in the UTC thing I knew, I area and our was managing leases were both the property. He up so we ended didn’t charge me up moving in rent, and he even together. I had paid me on top my rescue pit of that.” bull, and one She ended day we were at up managing a dog park and another property Kelli Woodard that’s where I in Scripps after met Christie Gray with Big Block that, and in the middle of 2016 he asked her if she had ever considered Realty. We got to talking, and she was building a team she wanted to becoming an agent. “I asked him what that entailed,” Woodard said. bring me onto as a buyer’s agent. Our “He told me to take the classes, pass team of four decided to call ourselves The Honest Agent. In the first year I the test and try it out. So I did. I passed the test on my second try and, did about four deals and made about $40,000.” voila! I was an agent.”

In 2017 the prominent Green Early on she realized that she

Group joined forces with The Honest Agent and Woodard saw her income triple. In 2018 she won Rookie of the Year with Big Block Realty and purchased her first property. She now averages three to four deals per month, and the sky is the limit.

The market is heating up, and Woodard has advice for anyone looking to sell or buy. “My advice for sellers is to sell within the next 90 days. Buyers are coming out of hibernation, and you’ll get multiple offers and top dollar. For buyers, I say buy ASAP. The competition is getting steeper by the day.”

Currently Woodard has a listing for a condo in Solana Beach at 211 Turf View Drive, and actually sold her first property ever in Oceanside.

Woodard credits her success to both Christie Gray and to The Honest Agent Sales Manager Erick Gydesen. “I give a lot of thanks to them and how they have impacted my life and career,” she said. “You can sell houses for the rest of your life, and I plan to do this until I die.”

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WATER WORKS Helpful tips on how to save water and create a thriving garden in a dry climate

By Lexy Brodt

Spring is just around the corner — and whether you’re a novice plant enthusiast or a green-thumbed gardener, it’s time to get growing.

After a seven-year drought finally came to an end this winter, California has been hit with a deluge of vibrant greenery and super blooms.

But we’re still keeping an eye out for how to make our own backyards more sustainable and water-friendly.

“The tropical gardens of old are not appropriate for our droughtprone San Diego,” said Jennifer Galey, environmental educator at the Solana Center for Environmental Innovation.

We chatted with Galey and seasoned gardener Pat Welsh — author of “Pat Welsh’s Southern California Organic Gardening: Month by Month” and a member of the Del RAIN BARRELS are a useful way to conserve water while also har- Mar Gardening Club — for tips on nessing nutritious rainwater for gardening. Photo courtesy of the Solana how to save water in your garden, and maintain a yard well-adapted to the Center for Environmental Innovation

typically dry California climate.

Saving the last drops With more rainfalls still on their way, Galey points to rain barrels as a useful way of capturing the last of that nutritious winter rain water and putting it to good use.

“I let no water leave my property, I capture it all,” Galey said.

Rain barrels will hold about 50 gallons of water, but Galey also outfits her barrel with a hose during a heavy rain, taking advantage of excess water in order to deep water her fruit trees.

The San Diego County Water Authority’s Sustainable Landscape Guidelines advise adding a rain barrel or cistern to the bottom of your home’s downspout to collect stray rain, rather than letting it become surface runoff on its way to our bluffs and beaches.

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‘Water deeply and infrequently’ Welsh recommends gardeners water “deeply and infrequently, not shallowly and often,” and use drip irrigation to help cultivate vegetables in raised beds, for example.

Drip irrigation is a micro-irrigation system that gets water right to the roots of a plant — unlike spray irrigation, which may distribute water inefficiently.

“It’s really the best because you can put water exactly where you need it,” Galey said, advising that plants are watered in the morning so the water doesn’t evaporate as quickly.

by slowing evaporation, but also adds nutrients to the soil and stymies weed growth.

What to plant, and where?

Welsh recommends avoiding a “spotty” garden, and instead opting to plant big drifts of “spectacular, drought-resistant” plants such as pride of madeira, clivia, wisteria and bougainvillea. She also suggests using native plants that are well-suited for gardens, such as California holly, California lilacs or western redbud.

“Let the backbone of your garden consist of colorful, drought-resistant Mediterranean plants and California native plants,” she said.

As for annuals, Welsh points to plants that reseed themselves annuIt’s all about the mulch ally with the rains — like paludosum Mulch: it might look like just a daisy or madeira geranium. pile of twigs but it could be the key Galey recommends pairing to creating a healthy garden. Blanket- thirsty plants with thirsty plants — ed over the soil, mulch helps the soil creating zones for plants that need hold in water and protects it from more water, and likewise, separate excess sun exposure. areas for those that need less.

“Mulch is like a roof for your For more information on rain garden,” Galey said. “ … mulch is the barrels or creating a more eco-friendbest way to save water in Southern ly garden, visit https://www.solaCalifornia. nacenter.org/, or check out the San According to the Solana Center Diego County Water Authority’s website, mulch not only saves water Sustainable Landscape Guidelines.

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After three years on Mission, owners Rick Maxey and Kim Jacklin moved into their beautifully remodeled space on Oceanside Boulevard, just east of College.

Their new business plan has been revamped to curate local artisans, and have focused on bringing to market some talented SoCal makers.

The new location offers a variety of home decor, handcrafted pottery, fresh and faux succulents, jewelry, Fair Trade Clothing, handbags, soaps, lotions, essential oils, candles, and custom painted furniture, signs, and much, much more.

Need a custom sign for your home? A custom gift for a special occasion? A unique painted piece of furniture? You will likely find it or be able to have it made at Eclectic.

The 2,700 square foot showroom is filled with unique, quality

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By Kelli Kyle ENCINITAS — Have you ever walked a quiet coastal street and gazed in awe at a front yard adorned with sculptures and plants that just seem to go together? Or maybe you’ve admired the mosaic work at Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach, or the light sculpture right up the road near the fire station.

This is landscape art in action. You’ll most likely see it in public cities, hospitals and corporate campuses, but private citizens also commission artists to get in on the scene.

WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ART? This takes on several forms, but the best way to understand landscape art is to see it in action. Jeffery Laudenslager’s front yard in Leucadia is a prime example. Five unique metal sculptures shine in the sun and twirl with the wind, adding even more character to the beautiful modern-contemporary home that rests behind them.

“Most people don’t see it as being landscape sculpture or landscape art, but art that’s in a landscape,” Laudenslager, the creator of the sculptures, said.

Of course, these dancing metal sculptures didn’t come with Laudenslager’s landscape. It was an intentional design process that integrated his work with the look of his home. This is every artist’s challenge — to make the unnatural seem natural, as though the piece was there the entire time.

“Art is another way on focusing attention and bringing something to kind of a conclusion,” Laudenslager said. “What kind

ARTIST Jeffery Laudenslager displays several of his kinetic metal sculptures in the front yard of his Leucadia home. Photo by Kelli Kyle

scape architect handles logistics. They are a state-certified professional, and on a project, they handle grating, drainage, cement, etc.

Megan Allison, professor of Landscape LANDSCAPE ARTIST VS. Architecture at MiraCosta College, says this LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT distinction exists for the public’s safety and Most landscape art projects involve a landscape architect. A landscape artist designs well-being.

“Landscape architects design things that, the sculpture or artwork, while the landof landscape you have and how you want to incorporate art into it is very different.”

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if they go wrong, they can hurt people,” Allison said. “Walls can fall down, things like that.”

Working with a landscape architect is an important piece of the production process for public and corporate projects. Encinitas-based light sculptor Deanne Sabeck has worked with landscape architects on many occasions. She says artists ideally want to get involved during the design phase, before any construction begins.

“The sooner the artist gets involved with the project, the better,” Sabeck said. “The landscape architect might even modify things to fit the art piece. Once you have a finalized situation, it means that the artist has to conform everything to what’s existing.”

SEE THE ART IN ACTION Aside from private homes, landscape art is all around us. Big construction projects and local municipalities often commission artists like Sabeck and Laudenslager to help beautify parks, hospitals and office buildings.

Laudenslager says the art helps humanize these spaces.

“You can go to the post office and mail a letter, but if you go to the post office and it has a nice garden out in front and a little decoration, it’s a different experience,” Laudenslager said.

There are several spots in San Diego County to view landscape art projects: The park at Swami’s Beach on K Street, Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach, Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Scripps Hospital in Encinitas and many DEANNE SABECK, a light sculpture artist, created this temporary outdoor piece for the city of other places across the county.

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Vista Del Mar’s prime address in South Oceanside offers residents exclusive use of a pool, spa, and outdoor fireplace. Located just two blocks from the beach, the neighborhood has convenient access to rail and freeway transportation, is walkable to Buccaneer Park and the many hip coffee shops, restaurants and boutiques along South Coast Highway. Oceanside’s historic pier and vibrant harbor are also just minutes to the north.

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GREAT TIPS FOR BUYING PLANTS For Weekend Gardeners or Seasoned Veterans

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alking amidst rows of plants in various stages of growth in San Diego Botanic Garden’s propagation area, SDBG’s Former Horticulture Manager Liz Rozycki thinks for a moment before answering the question, “Why purchase plants from a local nursery instead of a big chain store?”

“You really wouldn’t want your yard looking like the plant shop at Target or the local dentist’s office, would you?” Rozycki quips.

“And, more importantly, a local nursery has a knowledgeable staff, with a wider variety of California natives and other species of plants that will grow well in Southern California, making your yard look more interesting and unique.”

Locally-owned nurseries can also guide buyers, both novice and more experienced, to plants that will do well in a targeted area of customers’ yards. Rozycki recommends that home owners landscape one area of their yards at a time.

“That way you can focus on what you need in a given area,” elaborates Rozycki.

“What hydro zone is it in? Is this space south facing? Getting full sun? If so, you’ll want to purchase tough, water-wise plants.”

Plants purchased to be used in smaller zones in yards, can also be put into the ground in a reasonable amount of time, so the back yard gardening project home owners have taken on for the weekend isn’t so overwhelming.

You really wouldn’t want your yard looking like the plant shop at Target or the local dentist’s office, would you?”

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Rozycki recommends looking out for the following in plants purchased at any nursery including SDBG’s Plant Shop, as a sign of good health, and that they will do well once planted in your garden: • New growth • Blooms (if in season) • Healthy foliage • No insects • Well established and firmly rooted (not ‘bulging’ out of the pot) • Grown under appropriate light conditions • Not too ‘leggy’ She also says that it’s always a boon for at-home gardeners, whether weekend or seasoned veterans, to be informed.

“Grab a ‘Western Garden’ book, go online, or Google information about a plant you’re considering for your garden on your smartphone,” says Rozycki. “And don’t forget to plant for all seasons.

Winter bloomers are sometimes forgotten but you can plant these gems right now for next winter’s bloom - smaller aloes like Aloe ‘Blue Elf ’ or Aeonium ‘Kiwi’ which has a nice variegated look. Or try bulbs such as Velthaimia bracteata (Forest Lily) or Haemanthus albiflos (Paint Brush Plant) in your garden.”

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Lennar Offers Three Innovative Next Gen®

The Home Within A Home® Designs at Sterling Heights at The Lake Above Rancho Santa Fe SAN DIEGO – One of the nation’s leading homebuilders, Lennar has brought three all-new multigenerational home designs to their newly-opened Sterling Heights community.

“We are thrilled to offer three brand-new Next Gen® designs at Sterling Heights, which is a new community of estate-style homes complete with spacious backyards and high-end features,” said Bill Ostrem, Division President of Lennar San Diego.

“These homes give families a perfect floorplan to enjoy multigenerational living while also maintaining private, independent living spaces.”

Built specifically for the rising number of Americans looking for a comfortable, welcoming and well-appointed multigenerational living option, Lennar's Next Gen® homes offer a stunning main home plus an attached suite boasting its own private entrance, living area, kitchenette, washer and dryer, bedroom and bathroom.

Sterling Heights offers both single-story and two-story home designs to choose from. The six distinctive floorplans range from 4,283 to 6,540 square feet, with four to five bedrooms and four-and-a-half to five-and-a-half bathrooms. The homes offer generous living areas that are meticulously designed to accommodate the hustle and bustle of family life, while also providing the ideal backdrop for largescale entertaining.

Homeowners will also enjoy modern kitchens with double islands and butler's pantries, stunning master suites with spa-inspired bathrooms, welcoming outdoor living spaces and a complete Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ package to ensure every corner of every home is connected.

Thanks to Lennar's expert designers, every Next Gen® suite at Sterling Heights can become the ideal solution for its unique homeowner, whether that means an in-law-suite, fitness studio, college student's escape

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centers, residents at Sterling Heights or home office. Homebuyers can select from four striking exterior styles, are a short drive to some of the area's best shopping, dining and entertainwhich together create dynamic and visually appealing streetscapes. Pricing ment. Beaches are less than seven miles away, as are Interstates 5 and at Sterling begins at $1.8 million.

15, and State Route 56, linking to the As part of Lennar's The Lakes larger attractions and entertainment masterplanned community, resicenters of metro San Diego. Sterling dents at Sterling Heights will enjoy a Heights is also part of the highly-acpeaceful lifestyle just above Rancho claimed Poway School District and Santa Fe. Grassy areas with a lake, in close proximity to the Design 39 bubbling stream and walking trails add to the sense of serenity at Sterling charter school.

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Futons of the1970s have come of age

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eisure suits, Disco, bell bottoms and futons – welcome to the 1970s of yesteryear.

And while you may be hardpressed to find a “Saturday Night Fever” album complete with tunes from the Bee Gees, futons – believe it or not – are still going strong.

According to Suzanne Diamond, CEO of The Futon Shops, futons get a bad rap, but they may be great comfort for some. While it’s true futons are typically thought of as something from another decade their precision has changed since their early days.

“We are in over 3 million American homes, and our customers love us,” she said. “In the old days futons were thin and made from cotton. Today’s futons are thick, made from micro coils, coconut coir, organic wool and cotton. We offer memory foams and gels made from a hybrid plant-based foam.”

And she should know since she has been in business since 1976 and has 11 locations throughout California.

“I manufactured some of the first futons in America in the 1970s, even then, it was based on natural fibers and natural materials as an alternate to polyurethane foams made from chemicals and bi-products of refining oil,” she said.

Diamond said it’s true futons do have a negative connotation: “Because companies started importing cheap futons from China, and flooding our market with click claks that they called futons but actually are cheap sofa beds. There is a negative perception of futons that is hard to break.”

Fools for Futons

However, today’s buyers are far from those flower kids of the 1970s and 1960s; the core of her

business she said: “still want natural fibers, organic materials and no chemicals in their sofa.

Futons also aren’t just one-size-fits-all as they range from “very firm to very soft and come in twin, East Coast Queen or California King.” She manufactures 45 different configurations and said: “Our futons are more like mattresses.”

Futons might also last longer than your typi-

if you’re looking for a sleeping cushion to last more than a few months.

“We manufacture our futons from the ground up. Buying wool and cotton from farmers and doing our own felting, So, we are farm to futon. This cuts out the middleman and makes our mattresses very affordable.

Diamond also sells organic sofas, that are traditional looking but made of organic and natural materials instead of Dacron polyester and polyurethane foams. She also sells platform bedroom groups made from natural woods with linseed oil finishes instead of varnishes and paints.

“We make custom cushions for Bay windows, boats and RVs. We handcraft bed and decorative pillows, out of natural fibers, slip covers, and cushions covers in hundreds of fabrics,” she said.

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cal mattress, Diamond added: “Polyurethane foam, memory foam, gel, all disintegrate with age. As polyurethane foam ages, the chemical particles become airborne and can be absorbed into the bloodstream causing a variety of diseases.”

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Futons may also prove to be a good investment

The best thing about owning and sleeping on a futon Diamond said is that you can have a chemical-free sofa that turns into a comfortable bed. You can also take off the slip cover and wash it or replace it, and if you want a new look, simply change the cover.

And if you’re wondering if Diamond practices what she preaches and sleeps on a futon herself, the answer is a resounding yes: “Of course I do! I sleep on the Dawn mattress.”

If you’re ready to try a futon Diamond said: “come in and tush test them.

We’ll ask if you are a back sleeper needing a firmer bed, or a side sleeper, needing a little more support of hips, shoulders and knees. Also, how much do you weigh, are you sleeping alone or with someone else?

Do you co-sleep with your children?”

In the end, a futon can give you an honest sleep and one you won’t soon forget!

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A different way to mattress shop

OCEANSIDE — Considering that you spend about a third of your life in bed, choosing a mattress is a big decision. The team at BoxDrop Oceanside recognizes this, and aims to alleviate the stress related to such an important decision. “Everything we do here is low-key. We are not a retail store,” Assistant Tina Kimbrough said. “This is a wholesale mattress warehouse. And we do things differently.”

BoxDrop specializes in clearances and closeouts. They buy direct so everything is warrantied from the manufacturer. “We only meet with one family at a time,” Kimbrough said. “This allows us to accommodate our customer's schedule while providing a friendlier, less-stressful experience. It also enables us to eliminate the expenses of employees and an expensive storefront and we pass those savings directly to our customers. Everything we have is 60 to 80 percent off of retail store prices.”

Another huge difference with mattress shopping at BoxDrop Oceanside is that not only do they expect you to shop around, they encourage you to.

“We want people to come in here knowing what

they want and what it would cost elsewhere,” Kimbrough said. “Our customers’ comfort is CHOOSING A MATTRESS is a big decision. Courtesy photo our No. 1 priority. We want them to find the most comfortable bed at a way we can bring comfort to the community.”

Unlike many retail stores you can visit Boxprice point they are comfortable with, too. Our inventory is stocked with mattresses ranging from Drop Oceanside seven days a week including evevery economical to very high end and everything nings. “We know people are busy and we support in between. And we know that no retail store can a healthy work/life balance,” she said. “We are very beat our prices. So we ask customers to do their due hands off. When customers come in, we tell them to look around and lay down and find their comdiligence before they come to us.”

In addition to mattresses, BoxDrop also fort. We are just here to help people out. Everyone carries frames and large variety of adjustable bed deserves a comfortable bed and we want to save bases. “We also have no credit needed payment op- them hundreds and even thousands of dollars on tions for 90 days,” Kimbrough said. “That helps a that important purchase.”

To learn more about BoxDrop Oceanside, lot of people who are able to buy a mattress on the call (760) 429-9803, email boxdropoceanside@ spot and get a little extra time to pay it off.”

BoxDrop Oceanside currently offers free gmail.com, find them on Facebook www.facebook. delivery for military personnel on Camp Pendle- com/BoxDropOceanside or visit www.boxdropton. “We try to help out as much as we can,” Kim- oceanside.com.

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