Shelley Pillado

What a Renovation Taught Us About Seeing What Still Matters Some things announce themselves before you even see them. You could smell the sawdust before stepping inside. The air was thick with it. Sawdust and sweat. The honest kind of work that settles into your clothes and doesn’t wash out easily. Rafa’s hands were blistered … Read more

What is to become of it? How many times does it take for an occupational therapist and a construction engineer to figure out a layout? I lost count somewhere around eight. Close to eight trips, walking through, measuring, sketching, erasing, and re-sketching—nothing about this place was straightforward. Picture this: behind the office sat a mechanics … Read more

The purchase… Wow, it was scary, I mean filled with junk, to the ceiling in some places…scary.   A small white house very obviously neglected sits farther back from the road that it’s flanking neighbors.  There is no driveway, no noticeable path to the front door, not a single footstep in the yard. The snow sat … Read more

Marla’s family has a secret…one that she wants to share with all of you. Marla has been undergoing changes in her cognitive function for at least five years. Recently celebrating her 89th birthday, she is blessed with three wonderful sons who visit her weekly, along with one son who comes by every day. Her three … Read more