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This guest post from Lenny Mcknight

I knew I wanted to get TXU in Houston, but I had to wait until I actually moved to Texas. The good news is that I love it here and I was able to find an amazing little house right up the road from my work.

I think it's a lot of fun to restore it back to its former glory and I know that one day soon this house is going to look just like I imagined. I've been doing a lot of research on the paint colors they used to use and things like that and I know that the city's historical society will help me get the outside looking the way it's supposed to.

I just can't imagine why we don't build houses like this anymore, but there's something to be said for chair rails and crown molding and making a place look different from every other house on the block. Why do we do such cookie cutter homes?

Alison Moore Smith is a 61-year-old entrepreneur who graduated from BYU in 1987. She has been (very happily) married to Samuel M. Smith for 40 years. They are parents of six incredible children and grandparents to two astounding grandsons. She is the author of The 7 Success Habits of Homeschoolers.