Showing posts with label building a home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label building a home. Show all posts
Friday, March 15, 2013
A New Beginning
Hello and welcome to my (new) blog! My name is Julia, and I originally started blogging when my husband, I call him Big A, and I decided t...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A Quick Note on Modular Homes
It has come to my attention that some potential modular home buyers have trouble with getting their financial institution to play nice with ...
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Building a Home
When Big A and I decided to move, because we just needed more room for the kids, we had to decide whether to look for a larger older home, o...
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Planting a Front Garden
Time marches on. NO , time FLIES ! It's already the end of June, and there are still a lot of things not crossed off on my To Do list...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Painting pictures
Yesterday was a complete deluge, so I wasn't able to take any pictures of our handiwork! The Master Painter and I wanted you to see wha...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Master Painter gets it DONE!
This past weekend I swore I would accomplish two projects: paint the lattice on the front porch, and paint the second-hand steps for our bac...
Friday, June 8, 2012
DIY tips
Building a modular home or any home often leads to a loooooong to-do list. Try to make your life a little easier with these DIY and home im...
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Pansy Telepathy
I'm feeling under the weather with a bad cold, and can't quite summon the energy to do much of anything but sit around like a bump o...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Painting
When you build your new modular home, your dealer will be back in one year to check on your home, and because of the house settling, they wi...
Monday, May 28, 2012
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Patio Installation - am I nuts?
This is how I roll: (Okay, I don't roll, I usually stumble, but anyway...) I'm walking through Home Depot with my man. We are ther...
Friday, May 25, 2012
Porch Railings...
Day two of staining the porch railings on our new modular home, and it is coming along. After two full days of work, with the stain scented...
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Staining the front porch railings, finally!
There's no getting around it. We've complained and procrastinated - our front porch railings still need to be stained. Here it is ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Air Conditioning
Yesterday I was sitting in my office writing about how I’m not particularly fond of Air Conditioning. I like the windows open and the smell...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Ceiling Fans
One of the options we chose not to include in our modular home was central air conditioning. We do have a furnace, so if we decide we need...
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Tray Ceilings
Look up! Isn't that what your mother always told you? Oh, no, that was stand up straight, anyway... The ceiling is sometimes referred ...
Friday, May 18, 2012
My Modular Home Pictures
I took a couple of pictures to show you some of the changes we made to the specifications or inclusions in our modular home: This is the fro...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Porches and Decks
I love our covered front porch which we altered slightly from the original, which you can see at www.keymodularhomes.com . (Our house is b...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Do you want a garage?
Furthermore, do you want an attached garage or a detached garage? The position of your home or lot has some bearing on your decision. Your ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Choose your Foundation
This single most exciting day during the whole process of building our modular home was the day I arrived at our property and the foundation...
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