Blog of Josh Hall

today was an emotionally draining day.  all is well though.  slept at my mom’s last night, woke up to return to the city around 10.  Brought a dolly back from my mom’s to help me wheel in the deep freezer i bought off craigslist yesterday.  I always told kallie that we can justify more freezer [...]

I want a huge fireplace.  big enough to stand in.  A walk in fireplace.  Something you can have a bonfire on.  I don’t want to have to bend over and hit my head on the mantle.  Oh, and the mantle should be awesome too.  Ornate, or just big and awesome as well.

You knew someone was going to do it eventually.  Back in 2009, British Television host, James May, and a group of volunteers set out to create the house in the UK.  Sure, they made sure it had a solid wood frame structure, but everything else is all LEGO.  There was something about James actually living [...]

Alright, now that we’re into the summer and for sale signs are posted, here’s a break down of all the houses that are for sale in the Hill District: 113 Erin Street – $143,900 : My neighbor’s house who passed away in February 2011 and now his son is selling it. If you’ve been to [...]

http://www.hgtv.com/green-home/index.html Vote often!  Invite me when you win!  It’s outside Denver, Colorado this year.  You can also enter twice a day this year if you use the frontdoor.com site as well.  

I want to “rebuild” something in the house.  I’m not sure whether it’s just a room that is a replica of another room of a house I lived in, or a famous room from somewhere else, like the Whitehouse.  At Winterthur and Nemacolin Woodlands, they have areas where the walls are actual storefronts so the [...]