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Selection Friday
With NCAA Selection Sunday coming up this weekend, we continued the theme yesterday with our own Selection Friday! It sounds overwhelming to sit down and choose exterior stone, exterior color, trim, roof, garage door, front door, lighting, interior color, interior … Continue reading
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Stake Out!
After a quiet February, activity toward our build has begun to pick up. The first decision to tackle – staking out our home on our lot. For some, there might not be a lot of options, but in our case … Continue reading
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Plan Reading 101
Text to brother (Design engineer): I figured out most of these symbols, but what do the dollar signs mean? Text to brother (a few minutes later): Forget it, I figured out that they represent light switches Text to brother (a … Continue reading
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Anticipation
Strangely enough, I find myself most looking forward to the least sexy features of the new home! More garage space… more unfinished basement storage space… bigger mud room. The big question is; will more space = better organization? Sigh. Probably … Continue reading
When does it sink in?
We signed our paperwork with Miracle Homes just a few days before Christmas. Then they closed their offices for the holidays, and then the frigid cold weather here in Wisconsin shut everything down for a few days… it was about … Continue reading
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