Home Front Home Front (January 30, 2004)

DO IT RIGHT . . . Architect and interior designer Richard Morrison, who is also a Home & Garden Design columnist, will teach Remodeling Your Home Successfully! tomorrow, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Palo Alto High School, Room 217. Cost is $35. For information, call (650) 329-3752 or visit www.paadultschool.org

APARTMENT SHOPPING? . . . If you're looking for an apartment, there's good news on most fronts. Rents in almost every category are lower now than a year ago, according to San Rafael-based RealFacts, which collects data on rentals in buildings with at least 50 units. In Palo Alto, expect to pay $2,086 for a two-bedroom, two-bath unit, up 1.2 percent over last year; in Menlo Park that apartment would go for $2,141, down 19.3 percent, and in East Palo Alto, for $2,096, down 7.3 percent. Occupancy is up in all three cities, with Palo Alto at 95.6 percent, Menlo Park at 97.6 percent and East Palo Alto at 94.2 percent.

LOOKING AHEAD . . . Gary Hutton, Bay Area designer, will lecture on his new work and visions as a West Coast designer on Saturday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at UCSC Extension, 10420 Bubb Road, Cupertino. Hutton, who founded his firm in 1980, specializes in both residential and commercial design, and also designs a furniture line. He will be featured in Western Interiors in March. Fee is $125. For information, call (831) 427-6622 or e-mail art_design@ucsc-extension.edu.

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