McCLOSKEY CORNER

Late Wednesday, for the third time since we moved into our house a month ago, a nighttime thunderstorm brought hail. This storm made the...

Yes, we’re happily moved into our wonderful new home. After a week of concerted unpacking (thanks for all the help, Mom!), and another...

With the exception of trees along the front sidewalk, our landscaping is complete. We have a tree in the side yard that will shade the...

The front facade of our house is simple; its primary features are box columns and triangle knee braces reminiscent of 1920s...

Perhaps we were previously unobservant, but Friday we noticed the power turned on in our house for the first time. Shiny kitchen...

We have a closing date, just a month away, and only four months total build time! Guess we need to figure out how to break our lease…

The inside of our house miraculously changed colors today. By lunch, the windows, trim, and fixtures were taped up, and at the end of...

Since the last post, my parents came to visit and see the house for themselves. Despite the fact both my dad and I had cameras in hand,...

They’ve finally taken the protective film off the windows, so we can actually see outside from inside. What a concept! We’ll have a...

We’ve got front steps, interior paint, and tile. The paint is… yellow. When we first saw it, we thought surely there had been a mistake....

Today, sidewalks down both sides of our house were poured. Near the front corner, it seems a rather large bird ran in a curving line,...

Quite a bit has happened over the past 10 days. The sheetrock was installed, taped and bedded, and textured. I’m glad Timothy talked me...

Surrealists rejected modern architecture’s “overrationalized technological realism” and “right-angle past” in favor of the “soft tactile...

Our house has been painted!!! The siding is prairie dust with flint gray shingles and china white trim. First, the large expanses were...

Our house is covered with graffiti. Some of it refers to unfinished projects, others to minor corrections or repairs that need to be...

It’s been bleak, cold, and rainy here lately. Although we have tar paper on the roof, it’s not exactly water tight, so the inside of the...