by Sears Homes | May 1, 2019 | Uncategorized |
There are so many reasons to loathe the Open Floor Plan concept. HGTV (Houses Getting Totally Vandalized) is the most egregious offender, encouraging every old-house homeowner to rip out a home’s interior walls, and decimate its historicity, charm and appeal....
by Sears Homes | Mar 13, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Larchmont is a prestigious neighborhood in Norfolk, filled with stately Colonial Revivals, Cape Cods, Dutch Colonials and Neo-Tudors from the 1920s and 30s. As far as older neighborhoods go, Larchmont is one of Hampton Roads’ most expensive communities, and...
by Sears Homes | Mar 6, 2016 | Uncategorized |
We found Pottstown, and it isn’t the one in Pennsylvania. About a month ago, I wrote a blog about a mystery school house mentioned in the Newport News Daily Press. The story, from December 1922 said that the school would soon be built for African-American...
by Sears Homes | Dec 18, 2015 | Uncategorized |
A few years ago, my friend Bill Inge reminded me of this “First Commandment” of old house preservation: “Thou shalt not destroy good old work.” It’s so succinct and so accurate and most of all, so vital. And it makes good sense....
by Sears Homes | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized |
* * * * * * * * * * It’d be easy to write an entire blog on this topic alone: WHY you should save your home’s original windows, but this is a much better piece than I could write. Take a minute and read it. To read more about the other kit homes I found in...
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