by Sears Homes | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized |
When I moved into my current home in Suffolk, it was my intention to stay in this house until I breathed my last. And it did work out that way – sort of. On September 5th, 2018, I was carried out of my house and transported to a local ER when – despite the...
by Sears Homes | Jul 22, 2017 | Uncategorized |
In my prior blog, I mentioned that HGTV’s House Hunters featured a “kit house” that was in Nashville. A Facebook friend and fellow Sears House lover shared some additional information on the program, enabling me to figure out what exactly HGVT was...
by Sears Homes | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized |
An update! It’s not a “Sears kit house,” but a Penniman house. Kind of. 😀 And “Sears House” is in quotes, because we all know, 99% of the time (or maybe 100%), these horrible TV shows get it wrong. And they are horrible. One of the first...
by Sears Homes | Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorized |
“Flip or Flop” (HGTV) really flopped on “Breaking Up” (Episode 407), which featured the remodel of a modest 1950s cottage in Torrance, California. The flooring throughout the small home, from stem to stern, was the original 9-inch floor tiles....
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:Â “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....
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