Have you or someone close to you experienced trauma? Most of us have at one point in our lives to various degrees. Kim Haar had an extreme trauma when her usually calm ex-husband broke into her home one night, beat her for three-and-a-half hours, shot holes in her walls, kidnapped her and took her to … Read more
Many of you have been asking for updates on the open house. So what’s going on with the Garrett house? In a word, construction. Even though my husband, John, and I have built two of our own homes, doing a large scale renovation is a whole new ballgame. John warned me not to announce … Read more
This week I’m sharing the before video of the house my daughter, Elise, has been remodeling for the past seven months. Who doesn’t love before and after photos and videos? Here’s the before… You can only appreciate the after photos when you’ve seen the state of the house before it was touched. And remember, you … Read more
She sits on the corner one block from Main Street. An old beauty past its prime. Her graceful Ionic columns proudly support the deep, curved porch that hosted many guests under her haint blue ceiling. If houses could dream, she’d want someone to care for her again, to put forth the effort to restore her … Read more
I’ve always been drawn to history. Stories of old that reveal truths from the past. Stories of families, love and even tragedies. I’m not sure why it intrigues me so. Maybe it opens my eyes to the fact that, while both good and bad fall on the just and the unjust, our world continues … Read more