31 days series

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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Theology matters when your world is crashing down. What you believe about God and how He works in the world can bring you unspeakable peace or tormenting despair. There seems to be a ‘movement’ in the modern church that wants to minimize doctrine—-”it doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you’re being a force [...]

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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! ********** You’re not gonna hurt my feelings if you [...]

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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! ***A little nesting news—–the schoolroom bookshelves are almost organized [...]

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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! ***Since I updated my blog, I’ve had lots of [...]

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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! It took us 3 months to choose a builder. [...]

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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! It’s been a little over 9 months since the [...]

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