When I was growing up I would dream of the perfect home. The delusions of grandeur always led me to a Victorian/Queen Anne style of home. I would pour over floor plans in magazines, imagining the ‘perfect’ house.
<<<–It always looked similar to this one. I would have a sewing room/library. A playroom for our children. The house would be decorated in vintage furniture. It would be in the middle of nowhere – but close enough to town that we wouldn’t be isolated.
I had everything planned out.
Perfection.
What dreams I had.
These days I look at a home like this and still wonder at it’s beauty…
But the realist in me snorts and says “But who’s going to clean it? Not me.”
These days my dreams are different. Our house is meant as a starter home, not for a family of five. Yes, as my Mom and Aunt pointed out this weekend their family of five did it with 150sqft LESS than we have – but this is about my dream home…
I don’t want a lot of space. Just a room or two more than we have now. Room for the kids to breath, the girls to have their own rooms, an office for the computers.
These days my dream home looks a lot more like this.–>>
Funny enough, it’s almost identical to the home I grew up in. A simple cape cod, a second story with the Master on the first and the kids upstairs. I’d survive w/ one bathroom (we do anyhow, we never use our second), but would love two.
Enough room to breathe. To not trip over each other.
Where would this home be?
Well, right here of course. In the exact same place our current house is. This neighborhood and our neighbors are not anything I want to give up. I love it here. I have my issues with Indiana (really, hoosier is NOT a real word, people…and my issues w/ the school district we’re in are documented)…but I love my neighborhood. My friends. Our property taxes cannot currently be beat (*knocks on wood*).
Why would I want to be anywhere else?
Just a simple home for our family. That is the dream.
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I love Victoria style homes (maybe a little less Victorian than the one you have in the first picture) but whenever I drive by gorgeous mansions, my first thought is too, “I wouldn’t want to have to clean all that.” So, giant homes are a no, unless they come with maid service, lol.
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I love Queen Anne homes too, but in my dreams, they were always clean, no work on my part at all. Like magic! Ahh dreams! 🙂
My dream home changes daily, but I can tell you it’s NOT the house we currently have. The whole too-many-bathrooms thing is kicking my butt. :-/
I’m a fan of your neck of woods as well. I try to stick to that side of the highway rather than the side where my MIL lives whenever we’re there. Exceptions are made for pie, of course.
I love that picture of your little house – it’s adorable! Sounds like you live in a wonderful place.
..visiting from Mama Kat’s.