by Sears Homes | Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Earlier this week, I wrote about the “contest” offered by Sears Roebuck, where they invited 100 “up-to-date farmers” to submit their plans for a “modern farm house for the 20th Century.” Mr. Selck of Evansville, Wisconsin won first...
by Sears Homes | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized |
One of my all-time favorite books is, “Kinship with All Life” (by J. Allen Boone). It’s a short but delightful read, and the book’s premise is this; dogs are a whole lot smarter (and more intuitive) than we humans can understand. Several years...
by Sears Homes | Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized |
It started out in 1913 as a contest. Sears invited 100 “up to date farmers” to submit their plans for a “modern farm house for the 20th Century.” Mr. Selck of Evansville, Wisconsin won first prize with his design, which came to be known as The...
by Sears Homes | Dec 28, 2014 | Uncategorized |
More than 10 years ago, Dale Wolicki and I went tooling around Ohio, looking for kit homes. That was a lot of fun. Dale was an especially patient driver, pulling over repeatedly, whenever I would screech, “STOP THE CAR!” Back in those days, I was more...
by Sears Homes | Dec 27, 2014 | Uncategorized |
If a mother could have favorites, the Sears Lorain would be on my Top Ten list. I’ve always had a soft spot in my house-shaped heart for Cape Cods, and the Lorain is a classic example of a 1930s Cape Cod. In 1933, The Lorain was offered with the rounded dormer,...
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