Home & Garden Home & Garden (April 30, 2004)

Welcoming the spring

In this issue, we visit the home of John and Virginia Madden, set on 2-1/2 acres of lovely spring gardens. The Maddens are perhaps Pleasanton's most famous couple, due to his coaching of the Oakland Raiders and NFL broadcasting, not to mention his sports talk on KCBS. They've contributed to the community in many ways since making it their home in 1966 and recently put much energy toward preserving an important piece of Pleasanton's past - the Agustin Bernal Adobe. We also tour an English Tudor home on St. John Street, plus offer hints to help make everyone's home more attractive and liveable.
Home sweet hacienda

Historic adobe against the foothills is now a relaxing estate for John and Virginia Madden
Heritage home offers delightful surprises

Visit a St. John Street English Tudor built in 1929, whose owners transformed attic space into a New Orleans bistro
'Shopping the house'

Interior redesign can be easy and inexpensive, using furniture and accessories you may already have
Learning laminate

Do-it-yourself floor gives great satisfaction to someone not used to home projects
Selling spaces

We go behind the scenes to find out how models are decorated to make them so appealing
Editor

Dolores Fox Ciardelli Art Director

Shannon Corey

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