by Sears Homes | Sep 17, 2017 | Uncategorized |
If you want to have a meaningful conversation with an architectural historian, never ever never let this phrase pass your lips: “This house has good bones.” It’s nonsensical, and frankly, I’m not sure what it’s even intended to express....
by Sears Homes | Apr 15, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Every now and then, I get a call about someone famous who grew up in a Sears kit home. In 2009, I was contacted by a big-deal rock star (through his representative). This musician wanted to know if the house he’d grown up in was a Sears kit house! That was a lot...
by Sears Homes | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized |
So read the liner notes for the Sears “Croydon,” a darling Tudor Revival from the late 1930s. From what we can discern, the Croydon was offered only in 1939 and 1940, the final two years of the Sears Modern Homes program. These post-1935 Sears Homes are...
by Sears Homes | Feb 5, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Until just a few months ago, I’d never seen a 1920s Sears Hillrose in real life. And then in August 2015, I had the delightful opportunity to visit a stunning Hillrose in Brandy Station, Virginia. Shortly after I wrote that blog, Greg Decker and Carrie Milam...
by Sears Homes | Jan 1, 2016 | Uncategorized |
A couple days ago, I did a “preview” blog on a stunning Hillrose in Brandy Station, Virginia (about three hours north of my home in Norfolk), and posted it in our Facebook group, Sears Homes, together with a blurb saying that there were other Hillroses in...
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