by Alison Moore Smith | May 2, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
After choosing the perfect kitchen faucet, we were on the lookout for a faucet model that would work in other rooms. We will have a second kitchen in the entertaining area and a third kitchenette in the office. There will also be a utility sink in the laundry room....
by Alison Moore Smith | May 1, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
An owner-builder is someone who both owns a property and acts as their own general contractor on the job. They either do the work themselves or hire employees or subcontractors to do the work. When we built our last custom home in 2003, we hired a general contractor....
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 28, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Appliances are not only a major expense in a home, but also a long-term investment. If you choose well, your appliances should give you years of service. In our last home we installed a Wolf 48″ professional rangetop, model SRT484DG, with four gas burners and a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 19, 2009 | for Fun
I've always been a sucker for anything romantic. When my husband and I were dating, I baked up a luscious mustard chicken in a bread bowl, packed up a big picnic basket, and surprised him with a lunch in the park on a blanket. (It seems to have worked. That was over...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 13, 2009 | for Home
Cooking is not my hobby, it's a necessary evil for survival. I don't want a bunch of gee-whiz gizmos in my kitchen. I want a few, high-quality, multi-purpose tools that are easy to use. When it comes to kitchen blenders that means something crafted for years of hard...
