by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 21, 2009 | for Home
Monica spent a number of days pouring over all different bedding online. She is 12 years old and looking for something fun, without being too young. Over the years attending the Parade of Homes with me, she took a liking to the new pink/green combination we saw in a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 28, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Moving stinks. Seriously. It never ends. As soon as you think you're done, you find entire rooms you never knew existed that are full to the brim with furniture and things that you can't categorized. Not to mention things you can't pack. How do you pack a telescope?...
by Michelle DeGraw | Aug 27, 2009 | for Home, for Love
We recently moved. We had lived in our former location for 12 years. Our last two children were born there. Our four older children don't have many clear memories of living elsewhere, and most of their school years were spent there. For us, it was the perfect place; a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 5, 2009 | for Home
Now isn't this a romantic post? Let's talk toilets! In 2001, just before embarking on our first, full custom home, I was attending a party at a friends home. This wasn't just any friend. It was a friend who happened to live in a multi-million dollar home on the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 25, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A few years ago, we got a mailer from a company called DirectBuy. It sounded a bit like a Costco or Sam's Club for home builders, designers, or remodelers. I've been a happy customer of Costco for years and thought I'd give it a try. First, I googled for info about...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 17, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A couple of weeks ago, entirely out of the blue, we got a phone call from a family who lives exactly .3 miles from our empty lot. (Our current rental is 6.3 miles away and our old house was 17.9.) They are moving to New York for one year and wanted to know if we would...
