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...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 11, 2011 | for Home
Designing your own home is an incredible adventure. It's exhilarating, stressful, time-consuming, exciting, and exhausting…all at once. When we began the process (for the second time), there were many things on our “must have” list: Bedroom for each person...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 11, 2011 | for Home
A couple of weeks ago, I took my daughter to a party. I had the address and I had a GPS in my car, but once I got to the approximate location, I couldn't tell which house it was! None of the four houses nearby had address numbers posted on the house or the curb. And...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 9, 2011 | for Home
People were, and still are, shocked that we don't have a single inch of installed carpet in our home. Yes, I love soft squishiness under my feet. Yes, I love to lie on a bed of shag. But carpet is on the floor. Where people walk. With their shoes. That have been...
