Dream House, House I have

[aldersprig]

So, I have a pinterest.

And I've been putting a lot of house ideas on there.

That, and talking to friends talking about their dream houses, leads me to thinking about that dichotomy.

So, over here, we have ~~the ideal house~~ Mine is a 2-story-with-attic in a style common around here which so far I've been unable to put a name to, with 3 bedrooms and a closet office, a wide, open kitchen, and a lot of light.

And over here, we have the house I own. It's a short squat farmhouse that currently has very bare walls - unpainted drywall in one room, bare "studs" in another- bad linoleum, and strange room shapes (It does have, technically, 3 bedrooms and a closet office).

Of course, the advantage of the house I own is that it's mine. And I've been working on thinking about Dream House that way - not about the house I might have some day, but about what I can do to my current house to make it My House.

(First step, as soon as we can afford it, is obviously getting someone in to fix the walls.)

So when I think about Dream House, I'm going to work on thinking Dreams For This House.

But that's me. What about you?

Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

The one thing I want in a future house would be a room to use as an office.

[aldersprig]

Yes. That is one thing I'm glad I'm building into this one. (The space exists; I'm slowly making it an office.)

[clare_dragonfly]

Yay!

I would also want a tower and a stream in the backyard. But those are unlikely (at least to be on the same property)!

[aldersprig]

See Kelkyag's LJ comments on towers :-D

I sort of want a stream, but we may get one.

[clare_dragonfly]

I did, that's what made me remember it ;)

Ooh!

There's a mansion not far from my house on its own huge property. There's a stream in the back. It used to be my dream house back when it was creepy and decrepit, but some catering company bought it and spruced it all up and now it's not as awesome anymore.

[aldersprig]

I thought that was a bit timely!!

I love mansions... and decrepit properties.

[smw]

Interesting. The house I’m in at the moment isn’t mine, though the family members I am living with insist I call it that. Since I can’t modify it and it is in many ways not to my taste, I’m left daydreaming. I’d like to think that it’s a productive activity to a certain extent—once I have the opportunity to find a place, I’ll know what to look for, yes?

On the other hand, once I’m there, this seems a much healthier and productive way to go about thinking of things.

And: oof, bad linoleum. Sorry to hear about it.

[aldersprig]

The bad linoleum is part of what made the house so very cheap. It will go and become hardwood in a year or two!

As for not being your own space, have you thought about looking at places like Apartment Therapy and making changes you /can/ make without actually modifying the place?

[imaginaryfiend]

Things I wish I had but can never have in my current house are: a secret room, a basement, my own office/hobby area.

But there are things I could do to improve the current house that would make me happier like re-do the bathrooms and fix the yard up.

But I still won't have my secret room! Wah!

[aldersprig]

Oof, you can have my basement!!

[imaginaryfiend]

What?! How could you not want a basement? Its the perfect place to install secret rooms! And I could put so much booze and food down there! It would be awesome for brewing.

[aldersprig]

Ours is rather damp, you see.

A dry basement, yes. I could put so much stuff down there.

[imaginaryfiend]

Oh, yea. A damp basement is totally not dreamy.

[aldersprig]

T's done a lot of work to dry it out, but it's a very old basement. 2/3 of it is crawl space, 1/3 being mostly-stand-able basement.