House Dreams

endeavour-home I received a flyer about this house lottery in the mail today. I love getting these flyers since they are like eye candy to me. We hardly ever buy tickets to these sweepstakes, but we have when we’ve been in Australia, which is why we get the flyers. It’s hard not to buy a ticket when you are actually in the house drooling over what all could be yours for only $10. I know, sucked in.

We currently live in a house nothing like this one, but beautiful nevertheless. It’s a historic (1930) house with beautiful wood floors and arches and plaster walls. It has a lot of character and history. I love the fact that someone lived through the Great Depression in my house, walking on the very floors that I walk on today. I just think that is amazing.

However. Our house is old. And, it does still need a bit of work. And when work needs to be done, it’s never just a small project. It nearly always uncovers something else that needs to be addressed as well.

We are definitely NOT getting a house this old the next time we buy. If we don’t buy new, we might go for something built in the 1950′s. I have heard from home inspectors that homes built at that time were built better than those built before and after. They also tend to have big windows in those homes and very clean lines, which I like.

My favorite room in our house is our sunroom. Three of the walls are all diamond windows so it’s flooded with natural light. The walls are painted a bright mango color. That room makes me happy.

I would love my entire house to be bright and airy like that. Like an Ikea store! That store makes me so happy! That is why I love this type of Australian modern style and architecture. Not all homes are like this (here are some selling where we used to live) but a lot of the newer ones are. These homes are bright and extremely well lit and and open and have very clean, simple lines.

I’m slowly working on our house to make it less cluttered, simpler in design with more modern furniture and wall art/photos/accessories, and bright and airy feeling with paint and window treatments.

What about you? What kind of house do you dream of having?

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