Describe my dream home...
I've thought about my dream home almost as obsessively as some girls dream of their wedding day.
I actually have 3 dream homes (I KNOW, I CANT PICK THEYRE SO AWESOME)
1. The first one is a super modern, technology laden house. Everything is sleek, white/silver/black and modern. It's a bit on the minimalist side but there are subtle hints of luxury in the details. It's spacious and has a lot of room for entertaining. And it has a huge kitchen so I can cook a lot of food!! This is the kind of house I want when I'm in my 20s and early 30s.
2. The second house is somewhere between an upper east side apartment and a 19th century southern mansion. Not as blantantly luxurious as versailles but it's extremely stately and classy. Wood paneled floors, eggshell blue or warm grey walls and high ceilings. There's a huge iron chandelier in the front porch and you can hear the ocean just outside your windows. There are classical paintings on the mantel and bookshelves in every room. There might even be secret rooms, secret staircases and hidden nooks all over the house for my kids to play in. It's the kind of place you would name something like "Briarwood" "Everton House" "Winchester Hall" or something along the lines of that. This is the kind of house I want when I'm raising a family.
3. This one is very humble. A two bedroom brick cottage with a sunlit backyard. The house is cozy and has jasmine vines growing around the exterior. The rooms are a bit on the small size but the furnishings are extremely comfortable and subtly fashionable. There are objects from my travels all around the house. Its the kind of house you want to wake up to on a sunny sunday morning with a cup of coffee. This is the kind of house I want when I'm old and it's just me and my husband/wife.
Jesus, I've really put a lot of thought into this.