A few weeks ago I was at a service project with some women in my neighborhood. One of them asked what kind of floors we were going to have in the new house.
“Concrete,” I replied.
“Oh, are you going to cover it with carpet?”
“No.”
“Wood?”
“No, just stained, polished concrete.”
Silence.
“Oh. Uh…won’t that be uncomfortable?”
The truth is, I suppose [...]
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You can use a weathervane to accentuate the peak of [...]
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Every house needs to have the street number clearly marked for the sake of visitors and emergency personnel. Rather than using cheap looking numbers from the home store to accomplish this, choose from among the myriad address plaques available for personalization. An address plaque is one of those special details that can make a home [...]
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In 1991 — six years after we married — Sam finished his PhD in electrical engineering. By that time we had two children. Read that: poor. Also read that: apartment dwellers.
By the time we were done, I vowed never again to have bare, white walls in any home. 18 years later, I have mostly kept [...]
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Monica spent a number of days pouring over all different bedding online. She is 12 years old and looking for something fun, without being too young.
Over the years attending the Parade of Homes with me, she took a liking to the new pink/green combination we saw in a lot of girls’ rooms. And so it’s [...]
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When we began to build our first custom home in 2002, I was very excited. Finally the project was underway. But in many ways, we had no idea what we were getting into. Choosing paint colors was fun. Deciding on kitchen cabinets was great. But when it got down to choosing hinges and such I [...]
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