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While we do love our little home, let’s be honest: it’s not our dream house.
For the most part it suits our needs, but there are some less-than-ideal aspects, such as the lack of space for my growing business, the closed-off kitchen and the transition spaces that are so tiny they can only accommodate one person at a time. (Seriously, sometimes it feels as if we live in one of those puzzles where you can only move one piece at a time.)
Made By Girl’s kitchen on Apartment Therapy
Our next home is likely to be a ‘stepping-stone’ house so our dream home is still some years away, but in true Type A style I already have it planned out (to a scary level of detail) in my head.
Architectural details, dark timber floorboards, open-plan kitchen/living, backyard studio, a garden – sigh!
Emily Henderson (photo by Lauren Pieri)
Aesthetics aside, what I’m mostly looking forward to about our eventual home upgrade is to do with family and lifestyle: being able to host parties without people falling over each other, accommodating overnight guests and having space for a family and pets. Basically, a larger house and land to give us room to grow.
Til then, I will have to be content with browsing my favourite inspiration sources such as magazines Real Living and Adore and blogs like Design*Sponge, Young House Love and Making It Lovely (to name but a few!). And of course, keeping all my dream home ideas on Pinterest.
Jessica McKay & Christopher Van Buskirk’s home on Design*Sponge
How about you: are you dreaming of your forever home or are you lucky enough to be living in it?
And would you like to buy a land package and create the perfect home from scratch or would you prefer to make an existing home your own?
