Day 15: Your Dream House

It's not hard for me to think of my ideal house: 2 floors, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 - 2 baths, nice big yard (maybe fenced in) located in the country, but near a large town. Stone would be nice, but is not required. A garage with a work area. Maybe a shed or small barn. Should have a basement that we can use as a playroom/guest bedroom.

I guess I'm not so concerned about the house itself because whatever we buy, we can make changes to. We're both fairly handy. And I've painted more rooms than I can count. If there's no fence, we can put one in. No guest room or finished basement? If it has an unfinished basement--great! Blank slate. That will be part of the adventure. As long as it's in decent shape and not totally falling to pieces.

I'm more concerned about who and what will be in the house with us. Will there be enough room to have our kids not share a room? Is there room for a dog to run? Or, if we foster dogs for the local shelter, will there be space for them, too? Will Tim be happy with a big yard to play with? Will there be space for all my craft and photography supplies? Lots of walls to decorate? A kitchen big enough for help? Room in the living room for a Christmas tree?

I would love a huge house with a soaking tub that has claw feet and beautiful tile and an outdoor fireplace that over looks a mountain range or a lake, but who has to do all that cleaning? And what am I going to do with all those extra rooms? I'd rather have a normal house that a family of 4-5 plus a dog (and maybe a stupid cat) can be comfortable in.

I would not mind a log cabin to vacation in, though:)