by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 20, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Focal point. That was the big debate. While I agree that it's silly to position all the furniture in a room so that you have to crane your neck to see the television, the thought of building a family room all around a TV set makes me cringe. It's about family, right?...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 10, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The ambience factor that comes from real wood burning in the fireplace is very attractive. So, in spite of the drawbacks, we're contemplating putting a real wood-burning fireplace in the family room. We have designed the family room fireplace with an area for wood...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 5, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Moving your residence is one of the biggest projects you'll ever undertake. This is amplified exponentially when you have children and/or a home business (or two…or three). And when you have a huge home, it's worse. Even if you are organized, all the extra space makes...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 4, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
To maintain sanity while building a custom home, you must come to grips with one sad fact: the construction industry is a living mess. It's rife with inefficiency, stupidity, dishonesty, and carelessness. I don't know if it's the worst industry on the planet, but I do...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 11, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Went to the lot today to take my dad to see it. Between last week and this, some landscaper came by with two truckloads of garbage and just dumped them on our lot. Mostly it was sod scraps. Also included a number of broken palettes and some trash. Lovely. I suppose...
