by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 13, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Selecting products for the two staircases was more involved than I had imagined. On our first semi-custom build, the stairs were fully carpeted. On the second, they were carpet with wood on the open edge. These experiences taught us an important lesson: we never want...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 8, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home, for Money
Just got a “congratulatory” letter from Washington Federal. In part, it says: It's hard to believe the construction phase of your new home should be rapidly approaching the finishing stages. Key words: should be. In other words, since we've given you more...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 5, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Over the past couple of weeks I've received a number of emails asking when we are going to move in. All I can say is that I wish I knew! After moving out of the rental, we've just been hanging around my dad's house with minimal supplies trying to keep our lives in...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 3, 2010 | Design Your Own House
Building a custom home has meant a constant stream of purchases. Almost daily I'm swamped with parts and pieces to select and order. After a while it loses its charm, but the goal has always been to get the most for our money. One of the ways we did this was to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Oct 2, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
The premature packing and move have put the construction updates way behind. There are a number of things to report. The back patio and walkway cement was poured months ago, but we still had lots of front yard concrete work to be done. A few weeks ago the driveway and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 28, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
This blog began as a means to dig into the nitty gritty of building a custom home and to openly evaluate the pros and cons of those working on the project. You all know I'm not afraid to give an honest critique. But once in a while you run across a subcontractor who...
