Life is Good in Central Oregon

Thanks again @mtbachelor for a great weekend of music and fun. A staycation that delivers with some of my favorite peeps! 🐥 #quickgetaway #springski #rendevan

Look for the Cowgirl Properties A-Frame signs when you are out and about on Saturday. We are having an open house at our new listing! Maybe you have visiting family and friends in town that may need to move to Bend… this is a beautiful home in a prime location surrounded by Million dollar properties. #location #location #location @sharonnabend will be hosting.

For a real peek inside this #BendOregon home call or message me! 🤠 It’s really good! Link to photos in our Bio. #westsideliving #culdesac #frontporch #southernexposure #greatschool #adjacenttotrails #closetoshops #updates!

New Cowgirl Property listing! NW Bend, on Rainbow Ct. Culdesac, vaulted ceilings, private backyard with hot tub, master on the main, generous front porch for coffee or cocktails… fresh and cute! Pro photos happening Monday; in MLS sooooon. Seller found their next spot! DM for details and to take a look. Stay tuned for more info🤠 List price: $899,900 #liveinbend #bendoregonliving @mtbachelor @cowgirlcash @deschutesbrewery @visitcentraloregon

I’m ready to share my #Cowgirlcottage! Who knew my investment property would steal my heart and be my second home❤️ This 1000 sq ft home in Eastern Oregon is considered a #midterm rental. It’s furnished, and utilities are included. Baker City is a wonderful 10,000 person town, with just the right amenities. Main Street is charming, the Eagle Cap and Elkhorns surround the Valley and there is so much to do in every direction! This is a #smalltown. The shops have limited hours. The restaurants are in short supply, but… the traffic is non-existent. Everything is easy to get to. I end up walking or taking the old bike to go out. There are #rodeos #afarmersmarket #livemusic #countyfairs #artshows #museums #swapmeets #winetasting #riverstofloat #hiking The link to @furnishedfinder is in my bio! You can also DM me your email and I’ll send you more info on renting my furnished home, so you can try out small town living and see how it suits you. Get out of the heat, get out of the traffic, turn off the news, drink amazing #water from the tap, read some books and walk! Please also ask me any questions you have about what I paid for the house and what it took to remodel this 1910 cottage 4.5 hours away from Bend, OR. Love this music? @thewilderblue 🤠 I have a local real estate office I can put you in touch with. @sweetwifebaking @oldsouls_farmandmarket @travelbakercounty @trailheadbakercity @bella.mercantile @barleybrowns

Enjoying the view from the dining table while I work from my soon to be rentable #cowgirlcottage in Baker City, OR. I wrote a blog last night that is mainly before and after photos. Find the short photo story in my link in bio! #midtermrental #easternoregon @bakercitydowntown @travelbakercounty

Because of an announcement at my MLS meeting this week, my first appointment today was a 9 am estate sale. My pal Fred, from Duke Warner realty shared a new listing in Tumalo with River and Mountain View’s. A Victorian fixer. “If you want to see it, there’s an Estate Sale this weekend” Fred said to the agents in the room and on Zoom. Yes please! I don’t have a lot of details, but I can get them! This is a gorgeous piece of property in a location that is very hard to replicate. Looking for a project? This would be a good one. DM for more info and the likely price. These estate sales can be costly… but I’m happy with my purchase 🤩 (see the last pic) #bendoregonrealestate #centraloregon #shopslow #history #treasure #estatesales

On mls tour today I wanted to see a gorgeous Broken Top home on the golf course. As I was driving in, I was thinking about my first time in the prestigious gated neighborhood. Broken Top didn’t exist when I was growing up in Bend. Neither did the Parkway, Mt Washington Drive and round-abouts…. These things all came after I left for college and to start my adult life. The first time I went to Broken Top was to visit a childhood friend of my husbands. His parents had an amazing house there, one of the first on Broken Top drive. I think it was the grandest house I’d ever been in at the time. The next day we went to the friends wedding at the Clubhouse, and to this day, it’s one of my favorite venues to attend a party. Today’s house on tour is listed by Christy Evans of Cascade Hasson Realtors for $3,200,000 (I would be happy to send you the full listing with gorgeous professional photos, including a shot of the billiards room) This house is truly fabulous… and right next door is the beautiful house I remember so well. The swing in the last photo is from the next home I toured off of Reed Market Rd for $600,000. Cowgirl Properties would love to talk you about all kinds of Central Oregon Properties! #liveinbend #investinbend #bendoregon

Are you ready to move to Bend, Oregon? This Modern Craftsman home, built by Norman Design and designed by Rick Wright, on NW Starview has taken a price adjustment to $2,695,000, and is ready for a buyer that wants #CascadeMountainViews, #privacy, #quality, #closetotrails, #closetogolf and #closetotown✔️ There are views from most every room, and decks facing east and west that allow for maximum indoor and outdoor living. Share this post with your Bend agent, your parents, your cousins, and your ski pals! The cool people you want moving to our little slice of Heaven here in Central Oregon. Message me for an appointment to see and for details on this custom built, truly special home in Northwest Bend, on Awbrey Butte. #springskiing #summerfun #mtadams #mtjefferson #mtHood, #Blackbutte #northsister #middlesister #southsister #brokentop #mtbacherlor

I’ve been working on a personal #cowgirlproperty in Eastern Oregon since November. It’s been a slow process for many reasons. Elk hunting season made it hard to get the contractors committed to early November, weather affected the roofing, the plumber was busy, the electrical upgrade took time…. But I have been enjoying the project and the details of thoughtfully choosing finishes and furnishings. 90% of the furnishings are secondhand, picked up here and there. The kitchen is simple with existing oak lower cabinets and an old electric stove. (It’s hard to throw things out, when they are functional.) The upper cabinets were removed and I went looking for the perfect shelf. If you only have one shelf it should be great right? My friends @sugarplumscary and @pnwdirtnerd are remodeling their Bend home with lots of heart and style and they introduced me to their contractor who uses salvaged lumber. They took me to his #lumberyard and I was able to find a 12 foot piece of lumbar salvaged from a Brooks Scanlon Mill building. I took it home, and sanded it until it was smooth and put a finish on it to make it gleam. I hauled it to Baker City and have filled it with found dishes and glassware, and pottery bowls and the essentials for living in a 1910 Cottage. The house will be available to rent by the month starting May 1. I returned from a weekend work trip tonight. On Saturday, Marsh and I worked from 7am until we walked to @barleybrowns at 6! We set up beds, scrubbed paint stained duct covers, hung shelves and cleaned some more. My pictures are mainly of the last bit of punch list projects….Tile transitions, a vent hood that is missing it’s cover, a needed dryer vent, doors that need to be trimmed to fit over new carpet… there may always be a #todolist, but I LOVE the house, the working class neighborhood, and the little community that reminds me of the town I grew up in. I also treasure these photos that @sugarplumscary sent me in February that remind me of the effort and joy and journey of this fixer upper in @bakercitydowntown PS: The King sized bed in the petite primary bedroom is 😴🏆 More to come…. #geterdone