There’s a vacant lot up the road. It faces west, has a clearing with a charming apple tree and is surrounded by beautiful pines. It would be the perfect spot to build your dream home.
We’ve never built before and probably never will, but it’s fun to imagine…
…a quaint Cape Cod style house with a large wrap-around deck with a screened in porch to enjoy bug-free summer nights…
…beautiful English style perennial gardens, a hot tub on the back deck and a swim-up bar at the lake…
…a games room with a pool table, ping pong table, air hockey and shuffleboard…
…two bathrooms, and a bedroom with a walk-in closet…
I think that’s reasonable, don’t you? Grace on the other hand has a different dream: to build a tiny house that she’d leave on our property, but that would be on wheels so she could move if she got tired of us (our kids clearly watch too much HGTV). Clare’s dream home would have a hockey rink.
Actually, I don’t have to imagine my dream home. I’ve found it. There’s a cottage on Sydenham Lake that is absolutely stunning. I’d be happy to live in their garage.
This week’s #HappyAct is to imagine your dream home. What would yours look like? Leave a comment, and have fun dreaming.
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That’s a hard one to imagine. A dream home. A home where we’re taking the RedLine to Wrigley. Oh who am I kidding, we’re in our dream home.
Not sure about living next to Wrigley field, Mark, but Dave and I said we’ve always lived within a kilometre of a beer store!