by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 29, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
A brand new home often calls for brand new furniture. Your new home will have it's own color palette, new room sizes and configurations, and different purposes. The furniture should match the new rooms. Yesterday I had a couple of friends over and they asked where I...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 27, 2011 | for Home
In the 1970s, my best friend had a shag carpet in her bedroom. I was beyond jealous. I had dreamed of a shag rug — mixed yellow and spring green, to be exact — for my gorgeous new bedroom. But it wasn't happening. My mother was just way to practical to put one of...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 15, 2011 | Design Your Own House, for Home
We spent the bulk of our Labor Day holiday, laboring over furniture choices. When we finally went home, we ended up with less cash in our wallets, but some great furniture bargains: 2 tan swivel gliders for the library 2 fabulous brown pillows for the library 1...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 17, 2010 | for Home
As it typical for craftsman-style homes, we have a lot of built-in cabinetry. And that means lots of cabinet hardware as well. I found some beautiful cabinet hardware at Kitchen Cabinet Hardware and was able to get everything I needed for the whole house in one...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jul 13, 2010 | for Home
Choosing cabinets was, I think, the most difficult single decision on the entire house. It was grueling. Not just for me, but probably for the cabinet makers as well. With budget overruns in engineering, footings, lumber, electrical, and plumbing (oh, yes, you'll hear...
