Dream House

When I was little, I dreamt of the newest Barbie Dream House. I had a Barbie house, and I loved it. They just kept coming out with new ones with really cool features. I even had a friend who had the Ghostbusters headquarters...and thought I needed one too. I wasn't a greedy child, though it's starting to sound like it. It turns out I just really liked houses, buildings, or structures made for dolls/action figures.

Then I grew up...and so did the buildings I liked. No longer did I long for houses for tiny little figures but for real people. It still holds true that I like houses and all the different cool features of them.

My hubby and I just bought a house, and I adore it. (Sidenote: Posts will follow sometime in the near future showing some of the cosmetic changes we've been making.) However, I still like to look at other houses and say, "Someday we could live there. Isn't it beautiful?" No matter how many houses we look at, one always remains our favorite. We took pictures when we located it so that maybe, just maybe we could build one quite similar.

Here's the front of our favorite house, which just happens to be for sale:

However, the part of this house we really like is the back. It overlooks a cute little pond. Look at the porch. How much fun would it be to decorate and entertain in the outdoor room beneath it?
We like that from the front it doesn't look very big, but it's deceivingly large. We really liked it. Then we looked up the listing online. Turns out we don't like the inside very much, so we'd have to make it up from scratch. It has a ballroom. Seriously, what in tarnation are we going to do with a ballroom? Maybe a ballpit for the kids to play in...but how many formal affairs that require a ballroom will we be hosting? Ummmm, maybe none?

Moving on along from that rant, there are many features inside that we're not so fond of and it turned out to be far more house than we initially thought. But we still love the look of it. Maybe somehow, someway we could use that...and at least keep that fabulous back porch and outdoor room.

For now, I'm very happy where I am. We love our little house (and that it's all on one level so we don't have to worry about the Eli monster taking a flying leap down any stairs). But it's ok for a girl to dream about the someday, right?

Lingering thought of the day: I want to start a cooking club...maybe even teach sewing lessons. Although random, it sounds like something I would really enjoy. Now how and with whom do I implement this? Do I really live in the right decade?