by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 12, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Our first “home” after graduating from college was a small townhouse in Boca Raton, Florida. Sam was a newly anointed professor at a university and I was the stay-at-home mom of two little girls. And we had a little patch of lawn and a tiny garden space...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 11, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home, for Love
Last August my dad turned 80. He still lives at home. In fact, he runs a college dorm. Not long after my mom died in 2003—after nearly 47 years of marriage—my dad opened their home to his college grandkids and their friends. I thought it was a sure sign of dementia!...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 11, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
When the winter weather starts getting to me, I start fantasizing about spring. High on my list is being able to enjoy my family in the backyard, with a beautiful landscape and play area for the kids—and the entire neighborhood. Planning a fun backyard always includes...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 10, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This evening we got a call from E-Z Block. They are making the lightweight concrete panels that will form the structure for our home. And the have a bunch of our money—half the cost of the first set of panels. The entire build has been waiting on them since the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 9, 2010 | Contest, Design Your Own House, for Home
Our first dream home featured Delta faucets in all the bathrooms. After living there for five years, we did not have a single problem with any of them. We were very pleased with the quality and so they are certainly top-contenders for the bathroom fixtures in our new...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 8, 2010 | Contest, Design Your Own House, for Home
If you're looking for great advice from a home construction expert, look no further than Todd Fratzel of the Home Construction & Improvement blog. Todd is the principal engineer for a large design-build firm and his expertise is oozing from his posts. He writes...
