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Write about your dream home.

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The dream hasn’t changed much since I wrote about this last year. My dream home would be modest by most standards, but well-conceived and functional. Energy-wise, it would draw upon geothermal heating and cooling and solar panels, with a gas fireplace for added warmth and a certain redundancy. The house would be laid out in a thoughtful manner, with a large kitchen, sunken living room with ample seating, a baby grand piano, a dining area with seating for 14. Three or four bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, a sewing room, a finished basement with a TV/audio room. There would be an attached woodshop, maybe an acre and a half to two acres of well-drained land, mostly level, on high ground. Plenty of room for a patio and pergola, space for outdoor activities, a couple of large shade trees and lots of garden space, along with a bit of grass to mow.

Unlikely to ever happen, but fun to think about. I guess that’s what makes it a dream home.

Daily writing prompt

Write about your dream home.

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I think of such things through the lens of a shared dream with my wife, but personally speaking, my dream home would have some land, maybe two acres, well drained, with an outbuilding big enough to store items we use on a regular basis for yard care, etc., and space for a well-appointed wood shop.

The house itself would be modest but well-conceived, with room to host company. It would utilize solar power–both passive and panels– and geothermal wells; there would be an attached garage and a finished basement with TV/entertainment room. Maybe a rancher with an open floor plan. There’d be a sewing room, an office, and a well-appointed kitchen with induction stovetop and room for an island and storage of essential food prep items– a place in which people would want to gather and linger without being packed like sardines.

There would be a sunken living room with a higher ceiling, baby grand piano, comfortable seating, a properly vented gas fireplace, with an adjacent dining area and giant table.

It would have a substantial back patio with some sort of protection from the elements, open to a good-sized lawn with a glorious shade tree, several fruit trees, and a pleasing mix of flowers and shrubs and space for a vegetable garden.

Ideally, on a hill or at least high enough ground to enjoy an unfettered view of sunrises or sunsets, and far enough away from light pollution so we can stargaze and see the Milky Way, maybe even warranting a small backyard observatory.