by Sears Homes | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The other day, my husband told me that he’d like a nook for Christmas. “I’ve always wanted one too,” I told him excitedly, “but I don’t think there’s room in our kitchen! They sure are cute, aren’t they? And I could pick...
by Sears Homes | Mar 24, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Henry David Thoreau said, “Simplify, simplify, simplify” (and Ralph Waldo Emerson is purported to have responded, “I think one simplify would have been enough”). Thoreau would have loved the early 20th Century breakfast nook! Built-in breakfast...
by Sears Homes | Jan 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Many times, I’ve seen less-than-informed sources report that if your home has built-ins, such as built-in ironing boards and breakfast nooks and telephone niches, it’s probably a kit home. This is not true. Built-ins were practical space-saving ideas that...
by Sears Homes | Nov 1, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Built-in breakfast nooks were a popular item in the early 1920s and especially so in kit homes. After the grand Victorian home fell from favor, the bungalow craze took over and suddenly The Little House was the best house to have. (As Henry David Thoreau said,...
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