by Sears Homes | Apr 12, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Not a bad deal to buy 1,200 square feet of kit house for less than $1,000, even in 1916! The Sears Niota – despite its being a good value and a cute house – was not a popular model for Sears. And yet, according to a small promotional ad that appeared in...
by Sears Homes | Jul 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Before my father’s death on June 10, 2011, I’d never heard of Lake Mills. Heck, before my father’s death, I never knew I had an Aunt Addie (who lived and died in Lake Mills)! And I most certainly never knew that she’d been shot (allegedly) by...
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 | Feb 10, 2011 | Uncategorized |
On my recent trip to South Carolina, I found this awesome Alhambra lurking on a not-so-busy road in Gaffney. I’ve seen a lot of Sears Alhambras in my time, but this was far and away one of the prettiest. My home in Norfolk is pink, so anyone willing to paint...
by Sears Homes | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized |
From time to time, people write me and say, “I thought this was a Sears House, but it’s all brick, so I know it can’t be a kit home.” Actually… Sears Homes could be ordered with cypress or cedar shakes or clapboards, with stucco, or with...
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