by Sears Homes | Jan 5, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Throughout my time on this earth, I’ve always had a soft spot for a center-hallway Colonial. Perhaps this is because I lived in one from July 1959 (birth of a seven-pound old house zealot) to April 1978 (zealot leaves to get married). In 2007 when I got married...
by Sears Homes | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized |
David Spriggs and I have spent countless hours reading old newspapers. We’re reading the Lake Mills Leader (Wisconsin) looking for more information on Addie Hoyt, and we’re also reading the Virginian Pilot, hoping to find a photo of the houses that were...
by Sears Homes | Feb 18, 2012 | Uncategorized |
I’m mighty happy to be in my new home, but one of the things I miss from the old place is my little 96-square-foot house. David Strickland designed it and built it in September 2008, and it is a real beauty. It has more than 250 linear feet of crown molding, a...
by Sears Homes | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized |
It was about 11:45 pm on a Thursday night when Teddy walked over to my side of the bed, stuck her snout next to mine, and gave me one loud “Woof.” I opened my eyes and said, “What?” (as if she would answer). With an unmistakable intensity, she...
by Sears Homes | Sep 23, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Back in the day, we called them cisterns. These were brick-lined wells – above or below grade – designed to collect and store the rain-water from a home’s roof. Even after city water became widely available, people kept their cisterns and its soft,...
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