by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 29, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The crew finished the upstairs framing today, in spite of random, occasional snow flurries. (Snow flurries? April 29th? What!?) This much smaller level will be entirely enclosed in a shed dormer facing into the back yard. The boys' bedrooms and bathroom, and a utility...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 29, 2010 | for Home
One day when we lived on the five-acre lot in Eagle Mountain, I drove up to the garage to find an entire herd of deer in the side yard. There were at least 14 of all sizes. This was not good news for my beautiful square-foot garden planted near the driveway....
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 27, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The transformation of the attic shed dormer began today. This area will be the boy's bedrooms and bathroom. After all these months with the little guys seeing only their sisters' rooms, this was an exciting day! We went to the house twice and danced under their...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 26, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Today the crew poured the large front porch. There are also two stoops, one for the front door and one for the office door. There will be a few steps from the front walk to the porch. We want to minimize those at it makes access more difficult. There was a problem...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 22, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The interior walls for the main floor were finished today. It's great to walk from room to room and see the scale in real life, instead of just on paper. The house is taking shape!
