by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 9, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A few weeks ago I was at a service project with some women in my neighborhood. One of them asked what kind of floors we were going to have in the new house. “Concrete,” I replied. “Oh, are you going to cover it with carpet?” “No.”...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 8, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When we were getting bids on the house, the electrical bid seemed unusually high. We were told the plan had too many can lights and we needed to remove “some.” Truth: we had too many cans and needed to remove some. We have this thing about living in homes...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 5, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Finally we have something to see. A hint of the house to be. After the first construction delay followed by another construction delay followed by another lost week of aggravation, we finally see action. I could be worse. It could be raining. Oh, wait. It is. After...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 4, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When we built the last custom home, we determined that we needed a security system. Our house was large and in a moderately remote location. Given that all the lots were five acres, the few neighbors that could even see our home weren't likely to hear anything....
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 1, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Delays. Are. Aggravating. I told you we had a construction delay. Then I told you we had another construction delay. And here we are, clean into February, and we're still just waiting around—through weeks of nearly perfect weather—doing nothing. Ack. Last week we...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 15, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This is not my happy face. After learning about our first construction delay due to a rental issue, we confirmed that the panels would be delivered on January 25. The plan was that the panel company would install the basement while teaching our builder the system, so...
