October 2011

This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! I may be the luckiest girl in America when [...]

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This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! I’ll show you some of the high*lights* of this [...]

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This post is part of series called “31 Days to Rebuild Your House and Heart” and I’m writing it to chronicle our rebuilding process after we lost everything in a house fire last December. You can start here and read the whole series. Thanks for visiting! One thing I’ve learned as lover of creating cozy [...]

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I love this floor–partly because I hauled it  from Knoxville in my own car and helped the framers unload it.  I may or may not have a hernia. There’s something to be said when you add your own sweat to something. {It’s 18×18 porcelain tile that I bought at Stover’s in Knoxville for $4.99 per [...]

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One of the first things you have to choose when you’re building a house  is exterior materials. I knew I wanted hardie siding and was pretty sure I wanted white but we did a lot of drive-by’s in nearby areas to make sure we were set. We chose white hardie siding and my friend Polly [...]

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