by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 16, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Selecting and purchasing the lighting for an entire home is a major undertaking. There are tens of thousands of styles, dozens of finishes, myriad brands, and more varieties of bulbs than I can count. Wading through them all to find the ones that you want to live with...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 11, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Who knew choosing a vacuum could be so stressful? With a central vacuum, you're pretty much committing for life, so it carries long-term consequences. When we built our last custom home we found out—the hard way—how painful those consequences can be. We choose a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 2, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Our new, craftsman-style front doors were installed this morning. Both doors are on the porch; one is the main door, the other the office door. They were custom made to our specifications by Meadow Wood Custom Doors and are absolutely gorgeous! Both doors features a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 2, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
Today our culinary water line was connected. Big trench in the front yard, new cover, hole in the cold storage side wall. Unfortunately the water meter cover is pretty much dead center in the front yard. Hopefully with the placement of the walk and plantings it won't...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 2, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
We are looking for a bid for the central vacuum system for the home. Apparently, we needed this bid yesterday. So, if you've got the goods, send me a bid, pronto. As per the drawings, we have 6,033 square feet under air (3,423 main; 2,070 basement; 540 upstairs), with...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 27, 2010 | Design Your Own House, for Home
We are ready to get bids on the four garage doors for our new home. Please either comment below or contact me via the contact form. We will be selecting the doors as soon as possible. 2 size 8'h x 9'w 1 size 8'h x 10'w 1 size 7'h x 5'w (utility door) Our...
