Dream Home

Everyone has a dream home. A place that they have imagined, seen, or visited and said "I'm going to live here one day." Unfortunately many of these dream homes will be only dreams. Either too expensive, too far away, or one can just not find a way to make their dream home reality. Yesterday I spoke with the owner of my job. Unfortunately for him, he has 1 male employee and about 25 female employees, not to mention only 3 daughters. Since I am the age of one of his daughters he always likes to give me some fatherly advice. I had mentioned about leaving this town and having a dream home but I don't know how to make it happen. He says to me "Do not give up on your dreams. When I started I had [figuratively] two cents but I knew I wanted a house by water. I love the water and I wanted to live by it. I worked hard to make sure my dream came true. You almost have to become obsessed with making your dreams come true. Never give up." Now he lives on the beach in a multi-million dollar home.

My dream home..... LARGE yard; enough space inside the home for a family of 6 to fit comfortably, plus pets; a slight fixer-upper. something that needs enough updating and cosmetics to make it our own; lakefront; colonial/american; gardens of flowers and veggies and fruits. I'm sure there's more to this dream home but do to being sick and late hours (yes, 9:15pm is late for me during the work week) I cannot think straight. But these features are the main hopes for my home. And, by golly, I will have this home.

{photo credit: myself, Cocoa}

Last day of "vacation"

I ended my last day of vacation doing the office. Unfortunately I realized I liked a different room for our office than originally planned and since my husband is working, I moved my ginormous computer desk alone. A few bumps and scratches on the doorways between rooms later, I managed to get it in. A job that my Dad and husband did together when they brought the desk into the house on move day. You can say I feel a little empowered.

Now I feel like pretending I'm on a real vacation in Ireland, riding my bike down this tree-lined street after going to the local bakery....

{photo credit: estrusia_uk}

Interior Design...

Until my husband and I move into the {rent} house next month (valentines day!) I will be talking quite a bit about what I envision for the place. As I've mentioned before, the last renters did quite the number on the place...and I don't mean that positively. But of the good side of the story, my father, who has been having a hard time looking for work since he does his own home remodeling and repair, started transforming the house. My husband and I actually wanted to buy a house that needed some cosmetic fixing up and this home couldn't be more perfect.

My mom told me that before the last renters an elderly lady lived there and passed away. In this case, as crazy as it sounds, I will go into the house before we change things and talk to this "spirit". I just want to be on the safe side of things, don't want her getting upset that we gutted the kitchen or anything.

We just hope we like it enough to do the rent-to-own option and really get to the dirty work. I have moments of excitement and of terror (holy crap a whole house to take care of?! I have to make sure more than just one door will be locked now!). I just cannot wait to show some before, during and after photos. It also helps that I want to study Interior Design!

{phot credit: pointclickhome}

house window shopping

Lately my fiance and I have been discussing our future home. We have been in our apartment for 5 months now and have 6 months left. Honestly, we and our cats are ready for something bigger. There is no personal space in this 820sq ft place. If we argue, it's hard to take time to ourselves. The TV and computers are in the same place and the bedroom could be boring alone. I'm ready for a place with a big kitchen and office space.

So, my fiance and I started discussing what we want in our future home. Here's some of the things we came up with:

Near an A+ elementary school (preferrably the one I went to)

City water

BIG yard. Enough for a pool, vegetable garden and herbs, playset for future children, and space to play catch.

Lots of kitchen space

Enough rooms to make one a office room

Safe and quiet neighborhood

Kid friendly

SPACE SPACE SPACE

I cannot wait to actually meet with the realtor, narrow our options and go look at the houses. Of course I'd love to run off to Ireland and buy the house in the picture. Always loved home with vines growing over them. (And that home has a maid's quarter!)

(photo credit: Irish cottage)

A cute little cottage

My fiance and I have been discussing that in 7 months our lease will be up on our apartment. Since we will be married in 4 months, you know that we definitely want to buy a home. We would like a home with enough land for future children and pets to roam. Plus room for a vegetable garden and flower garden. My fiance would like an actual full farm with a goat and chickens but I'm not that big of a fan of the idea.

Of course we have to go through the joys of a realtor and seeing how much we're approved for first. I cannot wait to see what we'll end up with!