by Alison Moore Smith | May 28, 2011 | for Home
Spring is (finally) upon us. If your neck of the woods is anything like mine, you've been mired in unusually cold, unusually precipitous weather…and you're pretty darn sick of it. Waiting for the sunshine and some outdoor living can't come soon enough! With spring...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 28, 2011 | for Home
Depending on where you live, home security can be a serious concern. We live in a generally lovely, crime-free neighborhood, but still had a very expensive package stolen right off our porch. Unfortunately, these days, most of us can use a good security system. The...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 11, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When people visit our new home, they are often surprised that we have concrete floors throughout the house. The main floor has polished concrete and the basement has acid washed concrete (the upstairs has dragon board (another post all together) and the stairs are...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 15, 2011 | for Home
This post brought to you by Pier 1. All opinions are 100% mine. A few years ago I dropped by a nearby Pier 1 while waiting for my brother. I hadn't been to one in years…and it took me by surprise. For some reason, I had mentally classified the store in an ethnic...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 22, 2011 | for Fun, for Home
I'm not a big television fan. In fact, for almost two decades I watched so little TV that I couldn't even identify the day/time of a single television show. There was a show called Early Edition that I liked back in the 90s, but that's about it. I never once saw...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 22, 2011 | for Home
I love stainless steel kitchen sinks. We have three in the new house: the huge main kitchen sink, the kitchen island sink, and the kitchenette sink in the basement. They have a sharp, shiny, industrial look that I love. But recently a reader emailed me to ask how to...
