by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 7, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
For years Sam and I have toyed with the idea of getting a greenhouse. We really like the idea. At least in theory. Kind of how we like the idea of having horses and goats and chickens and those cool little mini-cows. And when we bought the mansion, we thought we'd use...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 6, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
With the basement poured, we're waiting on the concrete panels. They should arrive next Wednesday. In the meantime, we're on the lookout for honest, quality subcontractors and suppliers in the Utah County area, who would like to bid for remaining work on the house....
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 4, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Today the concrete basement floors were poured! Few things are more exciting to two little boys that a cement mixer shooting rocks and goo out of a tube. So we bundled up in our snow gear and headed to the building site. And we watched the amazing concrete crew in...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 2, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
My first reaction when I think of wind chimes is to plug my ears. They have always seemed loud, irritating, and annoying, nothing but a distraction. Much to my chagrin, when we moved to the rental house, we found a set of aluminum wind chimes permanently affixed to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 30, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
It's likely that we've had more snow this past December than any other in my lifetime. I attribute this to two things: The construction gods are trying to sabotage our building efforts Global warming Whichever is responsible, it's keeping progress to a crawl. Once the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Dec 29, 2009 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Today we got about six inches of snow in the yard. Summer is months away. But this might be the best time to start thinking about how you're going to outfit your yard for those backyard barbecues and family games. You can find some great deals and soon backyard...
