by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 15, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
We spent the bulk of our Labor Day holiday, laboring over furniture choices. When we finally went home, we ended up with less cash in our wallets, but some great furniture bargains: 2 tan swivel gliders for the library 2 fabulous brown pillows for the library 1...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 15, 2011 | for Home
For the past few months we've been cleaning out dad's home to prepare for the sale. Trust me, when someone has lived in a home for 43 years, it's got some serious stuff in storage. This week, I gave in and called in the second dumpster delivery. (And my parents were...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 13, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Every time Sam and I went to a home show (and we went to far more than he'd care to remember!), I looked at a booth displaying copper rain gutters and accessories. Watching rain run down a verdigrised chain, draping from the roof to the ground, was far more romantic...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 13, 2011 | for Home
I've spent the past few weeks cleaning out my dad's house, in preparation to sell it. When someone has lived 43 years in the same place, it gets filled with all manner of treasures (not to mention all manner of trash). Did I mention termites? Never mind. Some of the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 2, 2011 | for Home
We've spent the past 11 months decorating our new home. And we aren't close to being finished. The task just seems to go on and on. Long before we started building the home, I started looking for fun ways to decorate, watched for the best prices, and started...
