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Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Advice for Building a House

The past few days, I’ve been sharing my opinions on the Build vs. Buy debate. Now I know that a lot of you might disagree with the stuff I’ve been writing, and that’s just fine — in fact, I’d love to hear some of your opinions!
A lot of people view homebuilding as a nightmare full [...]

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Note: This post follows the same storyline as the article “Buying Vs. Building — Don’t Settle“. That being said — enjoy!

Last week, I wrote I wrote a pretty biased article about whether to buy or build your own home (Click Here to see the full article). I bought our current home, and I’m not really [...]

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Sometimes I think I’m just a little too dramatic. Sure, a poorly designed home might require you to shampoo the carpet twice in two weeks (If you’re confused, see yesterday’s post), but there’s no use crying over cracked eggs.  I know I stated very clearly that you shouldn’t settle when it comes to buying or [...]

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NOTE: The following is a fictional narrative that has been dramatized for your enjoyment.
I watched in horror as the carton of eggs fell from my brown paper grocery bag onto the freshly shampooed living room floor. SPLAT! The sticky yokes were oozing from the carton, and all I could think was, “We really should have [...]

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So yesterday, I wrote a quick post about two house plans that were featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Unfortunately, I lied.
I’m not exactly sure how I missed it, but I just found out that The Plan Collection actually offers THREE separate home plans that were used on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The links [...]

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Straw Bale Construction Revisited

About two years ago, my friend Woody posted an article about straw bale construction (Click Here to see the full article). At that point in time, straw bale construction was just starting to build popularity, and it has only gotten bigger since. Even in our current economic recession, more and more people are “going out [...]

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I don’t have a lot of time to write today, but I thought that some of you might find this interesting: The Plan Collection now has the house plans for two of the homes built and featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Now I know I’ve shared my feelings on this topic before — [...]

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About a week ago, temperatures here in Logan, Utah, plummeted to 13 degrees below zero. Now, I know that isn’t too impressive when compared to other parts of the country, but there’s no denying that it’s cold!
As I was sitting in my home, I started getting pretty restless and wished I had somewhere to go [...]

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