30 Day Challenge- Day 16

Day 16- Dream Home

Even though we just bought a house

this summer, it certainly is NOT my

dream home.  We just needed

another bedroom for Harper and

a little more storage.. so we bought

this house:

our home (just for next couple of years)

BUT....when we do decide to leave here,

we will be building... so of course I have

thoughts and pictures and writings of

what I want in my dream home. 

1.  HUGE kitchen. I am big cooker

and baker.. so I spend 80% of my

time in the kitchen. And I have a lot

of bake/cookware and dishes... A lot.

So I need space. and I must have a 

walk in pantry. I just must.

Something like this:

 i love the island here. perfect for

breakfast time before school!

 I like the layout of this one. Simple, yet practical.

 Walk- In pantry. a MUST for any mother.

2.  Master Bathroom (with 2 sinks)

Me and D get along just fine with

our one bathroom and one sink.

Always have.  On occassion, we

all 4 will be in our one bathroom

together, and it's all good. But..

in my dream house, we will have 

at least 3 bathrooms. For sure.

 I like the layout of this one. Not so much

the colors...

 but I love the cabinets here. and the 

color. Bright and crisp. Perfect color

for me to see first thing every morning.

3.  Walk In Closet. Oh yes. I know 

I have a lot of clothes, but D has

more than I do. Not because he

buys them all the time.. but because

he just keeps everything. He's like

a clothing hoarder. So we struggle

with closet space. I had some of my

clothes in Harper's closet.. but now

she is getting more and more, as

it should be... so I moved my stuff

back to our room. Enter walk in closet:

 I like how it is part of the bathroom, not

the bedroom. And on a side note, I want

my master bathroom to be by our bedroom,

as in, you have to walk through the

bedroom to get to the bathroom. So it will

just be ours. Not guests.. .so the closet

can be part of the bathroom! Voila!

4.  Wrap around porch. 

I have always loved the look of

a porch, and envision myself and D

rocking on it for years to come. So,

I gotta have it:

5.  Back deck.

We have a small piece of concrete in

our backyard right now for a patio

area, but I want a deck that leads out into

the yard..so we can still have a good time

without being on the grass:

 Picture this with a fabulous sitting area,

huge man grill, and lots of kid toys

all over the place. :)

6.  Vaulted ceilings and beams.

This is more of a D dream thing than mine,

but it is pretty! I could hang some cool

lights if we had vaulted ceilings. And I

wouldn't mind the wood grain so much..

as long as I got to pick out the wall color:

7.  Last, but not least... we're talking

about a dream home.. so I most

definitely have to have a playroom. But

I want like a teacher classroom playroom.

The ultimate place to be. So my kids will

always want to play in here and sleep

and relax in their bedrooms. I have such

a hard time keeping Kyler's room clean,

even though he is a very tidy young man.

Enter the ultimate mom room:

isn't this just fabulous? I love the built

in book shelves. I have a lot of books. 

And will only to continue to have more. The

colors are great and I love the map on

the way back there. Very educational.

So.. that is my dream house. I doubt

any of this will make it into our real

house one day, except for the beams.

I'm sure D will make sure those are there.

A girl can dream, right?!