by Sears Homes | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
About 14 years ago, I excitedly dashed into the living room of our old house in Alton, Illinois and exclaimed to the husband, “I just saw my first Fairy!” Unfazed, he didn’t even look up from his desk, but merely asked, “And what kind of fairy...
by Sears Homes | Jan 19, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Stanhope is the name of a city in Iowa and New Jersey. And it’s also the name of a car that was sold from 1904-1906, by the Twyford Motor Car Company of Brookville, Pennsylvania. But for this blog, we’re going to talk about the Stanhope that was sold by...
by Sears Homes | Nov 24, 2012 | Uncategorized |
As has become our annual tradition, hubby cooked our 18-pound turkey on his Weber Charcoal Grill. It was one of the most delicious birds I’ve ever enjoyed. The best part was that it was cooked 100% “off the grid.” The charcoal is a no-brainer. Lots...
by Sears Homes | Nov 18, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Last month, I wrote about “The Experiment,” where Sears built two Sears Rodessas (small bungalows) side-by-side in Cairo, Illinois, to prove the superiority of the Ready-cut System. The two homes were built in the late 1910s, and now, almost 100 years...
by Sears Homes | Nov 17, 2012 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in a prior blog, the Hazelton is an easy house to spot, because of the unique window arrangement. I think of it as “The House of Threes.” The Hazelton has three windows in that shed dormer. There are three windows on the wide of the house (in...
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