by Alison Moore Smith | May 8, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Body, for Home
Back in the day when the Farrah Fawcett hairdo was the only hair worth doing, it was imperative to have an unimpeded view of the entire back of head. If you can't see the back of your head, how can you be perfectly coifed? I grew up in a home that was built in 1968....
by Alison Moore Smith | May 8, 2010 | for Home, for Money
You'd love to own a home—and you can afford the payments—but going the traditional route isn't working out. Or maybe you'd just like to avoid the expense and hassle of dealing with banks and lending institutions in the incredibly difficult credit market. One way to...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 6, 2010 | for Home, for Money
In 1991, we moved thousands of miles away to Boca Raton, Florida. We had two little kids and—after years of college—were flat broke. Our first home was a three-bedroom townhouse in a development called Cypress Lakes. It was a huge step up from college apartment digs....
by Alison Moore Smith | May 5, 2010 | for Home
When Sam and I married in 1985, the cutting edge way to find an apartment was to go to the university (we were both students) housing office and shuffle through a recipe card box of offerings. The trick was, then, to rush to the unit while beating other couples...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 3, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The roof trusses are going on! Next to the first shovelful of dirt from the backhoe, this is the most exciting thing going. With the roof on the entire house takes...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 3, 2010 | for Home
When we decided to move from the mansion to a rental home—to finally get moving on the dream home—we faced a problem. While rental homes were plentiful, the vast majority of them were small, bread-and-butter, starter homes. Even though the rental we were looking for...
