by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 28, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Appliances are not only a major expense in a home, but also a long-term investment. If you choose well, your appliances should give you years of service. In our last home we installed a Wolf 48″ professional rangetop, model SRT484DG, with four gas burners and a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 13, 2009 | for Home
Cooking is not my hobby, it's a necessary evil for survival. I don't want a bunch of gee-whiz gizmos in my kitchen. I want a few, high-quality, multi-purpose tools that are easy to use. When it comes to kitchen blenders that means something crafted for years of hard...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 11, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Custom kitchen and bathroom cabinets are gorgeous, but are going to take a chunk out of your homebuilding budget. And you're going to live with them for years. Make the most of it with these eight essential features. Designed with You in MindDon't rush in and let the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 2, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
For the first many months of planning, we had determined that our new, custom home would have a real, wood-burning fireplace in the family room. We'd still use a gas fireplace for our master bedroom, but not in the main living area. Neither of us is terribly enamored...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 25, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Today I went to City Hall to find out how we go about submitting the plans for approval. When my ancestors came to American, they looked for some empty land, cut down some trees, and had at it. Today the process to build a home is incredibly complex. I understand...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 21, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Plumbing excites me. (Wait until I tell you about my toilets!) It ranks right up there with cabinets, counters, and flooring. It's a long-term, hard feature of your home. To me that means getting it perfect. When choosing kitchen and bathroom fixtures there are all...
