by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 9, 2010 | Contest, Design Your Own House, for Home
Our first dream home featured Delta faucets in all the bathrooms. After living there for five years, we did not have a single problem with any of them. We were very pleased with the quality and so they are certainly top-contenders for the bathroom fixtures in our new...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 8, 2010 | Contest, Design Your Own House, for Home
If you're looking for great advice from a home construction expert, look no further than Todd Fratzel of the Home Construction & Improvement blog. Todd is the principal engineer for a large design-build firm and his expertise is oozing from his posts. He writes...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 7, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
For years Sam and I have toyed with the idea of getting a greenhouse. We really like the idea. At least in theory. Kind of how we like the idea of having horses and goats and chickens and those cool little mini-cows. And when we bought the mansion, we thought we'd use...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 6, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
With the basement poured, we're waiting on the concrete panels. They should arrive next Wednesday. In the meantime, we're on the lookout for honest, quality subcontractors and suppliers in the Utah County area, who would like to bid for remaining work on the house....
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 4, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Today the concrete basement floors were poured! Few things are more exciting to two little boys that a cement mixer shooting rocks and goo out of a tube. So we bundled up in our snow gear and headed to the building site. And we watched the amazing concrete crew in...
