by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 10, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The ambience factor that comes from real wood burning in the fireplace is very attractive. So, in spite of the drawbacks, we're contemplating putting a real wood-burning fireplace in the family room. We have designed the family room fireplace with an area for wood...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 5, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Moving your residence is one of the biggest projects you'll ever undertake. This is amplified exponentially when you have children and/or a home business (or two…or three). And when you have a huge home, it's worse. Even if you are organized, all the extra space makes...
by Alison Moore Smith | Aug 4, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
To maintain sanity while building a custom home, you must come to grips with one sad fact: the construction industry is a living mess. It's rife with inefficiency, stupidity, dishonesty, and carelessness. I don't know if it's the worst industry on the planet, but I do...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 11, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Went to the lot today to take my dad to see it. Between last week and this, some landscaper came by with two truckloads of garbage and just dumped them on our lot. Mostly it was sod scraps. Also included a number of broken palettes and some trash. Lovely. I suppose...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 10, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Looking for someone to remove the 20ish foot tree on our lot, stump and all. We also have a bit of old barbed wire fence and a sewer pipe that we need hauled away. Made some inquiries. Not much pressure to get it done yet, but at least it's something I can actually...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 1, 2008 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Following a trend has its downside. Once the trend has passed, you are left with a dated pile of hip huggers. Or low riders. Or whatever. Still, I have fallen in love with the resurgence of the American Craftsman homes. Maybe that's a risk, but I couldn't help myself....
