I asked recently if houses can have their own personality. If the Yellow House does, how would I describe it after 7 years working, living, and creating there? A hint comes from the similar Sears Modern Home model (early 1900s) named the Puritan. Since the UCC denomination evolved from the Puritans and Congregationalists,I sometimes reread their…
Shortly after I moved in, someone told me that the Yellow House is a Sears house.Huh? So I did some surfing, and I learned these were early 1900th century pre-fab homes. From 1908-1940, Sears sold about 100,000 homes through their mail-order Modern Homes program. Sears was neither the first nor the only company to…
Do you ever wonder if a house can have a personality? Can it feel? Does it have a relationship with its inhabitants? A house is built with inanimate objects–wood, metal, stucco, wall board, insulation. How can a house have human emotions? Yet, when we look for a house or apartment we seek a certain feel or…