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I decided I ‘m not going to title the posts as “30+ Day Challenge Part ___” anymore because some people would get here and not realize its a new post. So the titles from here on will be the subject of the challenge.
Challenge # 12 is : Dream House
In terms of style or how it is decorated, I don’t know exactly what it would be. I would need the help of a designer or architect for that.
One thing I do know is that I want it to be in the mountains. Probably right here in the Smokies because I can’t imagine living anywhere else.
It wouldn’t be log home. Not even one of those hi-end ones. But wood timbers and medium to dark stained wood would be nice.
And windows. Big, big windows that let in lots of light and gave great views of the mountains. But, the house would need to be isolated enough that I could still walk around the house nekkid in front of those windows.
I just want it to be simple and very ordered. Not real big. Just enough square footage for two of us to be comfortable and each have a little space to call our own and be able to retreat to.
I’d like high ceilings and doorways, and a fairly open floor plan. In fact, the only true rooms, to suit me, would be the bed room and bathroom, which would have a two-man shower. I suppose a guest bedroom and bath would be handy, too.
I don’t need much closet space, although The Attorney does. But I do want enough storage space to keep things neat, and we both need lots of bookshelves. Built-ins would be nice.
While I don’t necessarily want a big house, I do want a pretty good sized kitchen with a gas stove and with a nice island counter workspace. 1 I want a window over the sink that faces east for morning sunrise, and a screened porch where I can keep my morning alone-time ritual of oatmeal and an apple.
I guess to be truly a Dream House, I should be thinking more extravagant than I am. So, in the spirit of the post, add a mountain-side swimming pool that over looks the valley, a basketball half-court, and an outdoor shower.
That would pretty much be it.
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Sounds splendid.
I’m glad you remembered the guest room.
Barbie has her dream house and so do you, yours sounds better.
Wouldn’t you both like a bookshelved library? Two big leather chairs and a writing desk with a view. The best is the outdoor shower. Couldn’t live without that.
Just absolutely love your ideas! My husband is an architect, and would probably have no problems designing this house for you guys! LOL! But anyhow, back to what I love about it, the WINDOWS!!! Walking around naked, we do in our house when weather allows, the swimming pool, the kitchen; really all of it sounds divine to me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fW7MoINvQc
DREAM ON!
Outdoor Showers are underrated! Love an outdoor shower!
Sounds great… can I request a hot tub next to the pool? I’ve always wanted to sit nekkid in a hot tub outdoors in winter when it’s snowy with a view of snowy mountaintops…
As Dorothy Parker once famously said, “I don’t need much space, just a place to lay my hat or a friend.”
Your dream house sounds incredible – especially in the mountains.
Your dream house has many features of the one I built — especially the multi-man shower that opens onto the bathroom and onto the sauna. I hope you two get to build it some day and I hope that day comes soon!
As a designer, I’ll let you know what I tell every client. A dream home is the most difficult thing in the world to achieve. There is nothing harder or more complicated. Focus on the word home. Focus on the idea of shelter. Fantasize about the arms that will hold you inside the four walls and dismiss most everything else that seems so very important.
Most people shoot for dream home and accomplish something akin to a show house well over budget and loaded with so much accumulated expectation that the first thing they acquire is a for sale sign for the lawn out front. That is the divorce attorneys have left them with anything left to pay for that sign.
People don’t need much. A pleasant view, a safe harbor, shelter, these are the basics we need. Everything else is decoration.
Stamp the words “perspective” and “priorities” on every document you have that create your dream. Balance that by the best hug your lover can give and then let go of the dream. Keep the hug. That hug can sustain you in ways a dream can’t and it is usually free.
Build smart and keep it as low tech as your local codes will allow. That is never more important than when you realize you are in fact a long john’s on the porch eating oatmeal sort of guy watching the sun rise over the Smokies. That my friend is the only dream that should inform your home.