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Lessons from our Greece Vacation

Neil and I recently returned from vacation tracing the steps of the Apostle Paul as he helped establish The Church in Greece & beyond.  This was not what I would call a relaxing vacation by any means, but definitely an … Continue reading

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The Anniversary Edition

January of this year marked Jarman Homes’ 25th year in business and earlier this week marked Neil and I’s 31st wedding anniversary.  The biggest deal about that is Neil and I have been working together and have managed to stay … Continue reading

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Where it all started: The Brick

Even though we have been building homes for over 25 years now, believe it or not, every home I’ve ever designed has been unique.  I’ve never done the exact same color scheme more than once.  Sure, I have some “go … Continue reading

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What makes the Meadow our #1 Selling Floorplan?

As a Custom Builder, most of our homes we build are presales (when we build for a client from start to finish).  Therefore, we don’t build the same floorplan more than once very often.  However, we do like to have … Continue reading

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Catching up on old times

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been FOUR years since my last blog post.  That’s embarrassing.  I think I need to have a word with my Marketing Director.  Oh wait, that’s me.   Well, in my defense,  we’ve been so busy building … Continue reading

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What a Year! (Again)

It’s Christmas Eve morning and my kids keep coming into the office asking, “are you working, mom?” Well, I don’t want to be, but just as everything else this year, I seem to be behind and a bit overwhelmed. 2021 … Continue reading

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What a Year

Over the past few weeks I’ve had the privilege to visit our clients from this past year and deliver their Christmas presents. I enjoy “catching up” and seeing how they’ve decorated their new homes for the holidays. This year I … Continue reading

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The Best Part of the Job

Usually at this time in April we are knee deep in Parade of Homes activities.  However, earlier this year Johnston County BIA announced the Parade of Homes will be moving to the fall.  Wow, that ended up being a good … Continue reading

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Successful Open House that Almost Never Happened

I want to personally thank everyone that came by our open house weekend during the last weekend of Parade of Homes.  Honestly, we weren’t sure what to expect opening up an Unfinished home but we had good attendance and great … Continue reading

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#4 Favorite Design Feature: Church Renovation

For my #4 Favorite Design Feature from 2018 wasn’t from one of the homes we built but from a project that was close to my heart–  A church renovation.  Neil and I moved to Clayton in 1998 where we built … Continue reading

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