Iron County Festival of Homes

L.M. and I went to the Festival, planning to see about half today and half next weekend. Surprisingly, we made it through all 13 in one afternoon. We are weary, but I'm glad we saw all of them. There weren't any standouts, but we got to see a couple features in person that we're planning …

St. George Parade of Homes

L.M. and I attended 18 of the 28 homes in the St. George Parade last week. I was a little worried about seeing all those homes and wanting to change our plans afterward, but the only change (so far!) that we might make as a result is easy and cheaper. But before we go into the …

On Deciding Whether to Be In the Festival of Homes: Upon Further Review (plus update)

We thought we had decided that being in the festival was not for us. You can read about it in this post. And we were pretty secure in that position. Until a couple days ago. Our builder emailed us to see if we're still interested in putting the house in the festival, and listed several …

On Deciding Whether to Be in the Festival of Homes

L.M. and I have half-jokingly fantasized about how awesome it would be to have our freshly-built MCM home on display for all to see as a festival home. But we knew that there probably would be too many hurdles to overcome with a builder for him to even want to include our  home, such as: …

On Attending Parades of Homes

Utah Valley's Parade of Homes was in June this year, so L.M. and I decided we'd shell out the $16 each to see what the latest and greatest in building was, especially with an eye to shaping up our own house plans. The parade lasts for about two weeks and, this year, included 40 homes …