Archive for February, 2010
Welcome home, Williams family!
It was an eventful last few days in Pine Mountain, Ga. On Friday, we showed Coach Williams the new field house at the high school and on Saturday, we welcomed the family back and introduced them to their new energy-efficient home!
Blue troops marching in Mineola
These are pictures from yesterday when our local builder and volunteers march in to meet the homeowners. Here’s some of what Gary Bayless and the folks at Bayless Custom Homes have said about this week and helping the Carr family: “This is about showing America the heart and soul of East Texas and we challenge [...]
10-second tip: Clutter kills – Part 3
OK, so this isn’t really a new tip. But, when I was looking for a photograph for the last tip about open-shelf storage, I found this one of some of MY shelves! This is the living room of my house in Los Angeles and I call these shelves the “trombone” because the shelves can slide [...]
Big surprise in East Texas
Today, we got to surprise the Carr family of Mineola, Texas. Katrina and Mike Carr display remarkable spirit and optimism in the face of some real challenges. Along with raising the four children they adopted from Kazakhstan, Mike’s poor health has required pancreas and kidney transplants in recent years.
Their small home is also not a good [...]
10-second tip: Clutter kills – Part 2
Look for adaptable, open-shelf storage that allows for frequent changes. A good-looking bookshelf is a great design asset. One key to having a stylish and organized home is displaying only those things you use most often or that you love so much you want to see every day. Put the rest away! More 10-second tips.
10-second tip: Clutter kills
Plan ways to create storage wherever you can. Clutter can wreck the beauty of a great room, so stash your stuff in pretty armoires or on bookshelves or in baskets. More 10-second tips.
Home Show thoughts & thanks from Toronto
Last Friday (Feb. 19), I got to appear at the National Home Show in Toronto. I had a blast meeting lots of people and helping some attendees try to map out their own home makeover. One of the topics people seemed to enjoy was the importance of personalizing a room by using their own story [...]
Family vacation time for the Williams
Most of you know that while all the volunteers, builders and EMHE team work on constructing a brand new house, the family heads out of town on vacation. However, with the special needs of Jeremy and Jacob, we needed to be a bit more selective than is often the case. For this family, we chose the [...]
Just a boy on the roof
Or what’s left of the roof. Charles took a lot of photographs in Georgia yesterday! And I got to wear a helmet instead of a hard hat.
Time to kick this demolition off!
Jeremy Williams is the head football coach at Greenville (Ga.) High School. In 2005, Jeremy saw a doctor after having some trouble moving his hand. Eventually, Jeremy was diagnosed with ALS, a fatal, progressive disease that affects the nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
While Coach Williams has trouble walking and will soon be confined to [...]
