Dream House

The House of My Dreams

I've said a million times before and I'll say it again. I watch WAY too much HGTV. I have spent many hours criticizing people's choices of interior design, floor plans, and exterior paint colors. My absolute favorite HGTV show is Property Brothers because of their ability to transform any house into the most amazing home! I have always had a knack for decorating, when it comes to matching patterns, finding art that fits the room, or even just cute throw pillows to make a bed the perfect picture. My obsession with organizing also pushes my drive for perfection in a home. You'd probably be able to guess it, but Pinterest is definitely one of my sanctuaries for home inspiration. My Pinterest board, Mi Casa Futuro, houses all of my home inspiration that I have found pictures of. Of course, my shows on HGTV give me inspiration as well, and some inspiration just comes from roaming Michael's, Hobby Lobby, TJ Maxx, and other home goods stores. One time I even drew up a floor plan for what would be my ideal house! So anyway, I thought I would let you guys know some of my plans for my dream home. 

Starting with the exterior and style of house, I really love one-story, traditional style homes. I would want the exterior paint to be a light gray with white shutters. This picture is a pretty good example of the general structure style that I like from the exterior. I will definitely have pretty bushes and flowers, likely hydrangeas, zinnia, and purple fountain grass, plus lots of other beautiful flowers and bushes I can find. I will definitely have a porch swing or rocking chairs or both on my porch as well. As for the backyard, I will need a lot of space for my dogs and kiddos to play. I would love to have a garden, since my mom's garden has brought us so much joy. I would also really love to have a patio with a fun hangout space to set up for friends to come over and grill outside and have nice lighting and music. 

Now comes the fun part for me. The interior! 

You will likely see a pattern throughout my dream home which will be the color gray. I pretty much want every room in my house to be varying shades of gray and have accent colors in them so that I can change out the accent colors when I get bored with them or need a change. So I guess I will start off with describing my living room.

The pictures that I have here aren't perfect examples of what I want in my living room, but they kind of give you an idea. I absolutely love the darker almost gray wood floors (go figure.) The second picture though definitely describes my style better. I love the shade of gray on the wall and the big lounge-y couch. I also really love the blue accent colors in the pillows and art on the wall. I definitely wouldn't have a white rug though because of pets and kiddos. I want a lot of space for relaxing and plenty of room for my family to come hang out because I have quite the large family! I think the accents in the main rooms of the house will be earth tones like greens and blues. Those are just the colors that make me feel happiest and most like I'm in a home. There will be lots of comfy seating in the living space with tons of throw pillows and blankets because I am cold 90% of the time and love to snuggle up on the couch. I really love the pallet board wall in the bottom picture and how whole room itself has a more cozy and cuddly vibe rather than a crisp, clean one. 

Next room to talk about is the kitchen! The kitchen is probably the room that I will be the most specific about because of one of my biggest pet peeves in life. On my HGTV shows, it drives me absolutely insane that almost everyone wants to have all white kitchen cabinets and white granite or marble counter tops. It makes me crazy! I get like war flashbacks of small children running grimy hands across the cabinets or spaghetti sauce splashing all over them and it makes me cringe! If you haven't guessed it already then you don't know me that well, but my kitchen cabinets and island will 100% be gray. I am okay with having white counter tops, just because I know that they will be easily cleanable, but NO WHITE CABINETS! I do really love stainless steel appliances and I will need to have lots of storage space and preparing surfaces. I love everything about the kitchen in this picture except the color of the walls and the backsplash behind the stove. I'm not a huge fan of the subway tiles pattern so I would have something a little more unique. I will also want to have a pantry, just so there is even more food storage. Gas range or electric is fine, that doesn't really matter to me although I have used gas range my whole life. I do really like a lot of natural light coming into the kitchen so I would like to have big windows in there. As for concept, I am kind of torn on whether I want the kitchen to be open or closed to the living room. I can see the appeal of being able to watch your kids or guests in the living room while you cook but at the same time I kind of like the cooking aspect to be separate from your living area.

Now for the master bedroom. For my master, it will have to be big enough to have a big comfy bed, but I honestly don't think it has to be that incredibly huge. The master will have an en suite with lots of counter space so that I can spread my stuff out as I get ready in the mornings and it will probably be a dual vanity just so my hubby doesn't have to wait on me to finish getting ready. I want a ton of storage in my bathroom for all of my makeup, skin care products, etc. There has to be awesome lighting so that when I go outside in the natural light I don't look like a clown. As most of you know, I absolutely hate baths, so my bathroom doesn't necessarily have to have a tub, and if it doesn't, that could leave room for a really incredible shower and more room for the most important thing in the en suite, a walk-in closet. For the last two years and probably for the next several in my life, I have had to put up with tiny closets and they just don't fit all of my stuff well, so when I get the opportunity I am going to take full advantage of it and spread my clothes out like they should be and fill that closet up with wonderful items! The toilet isn't that big of a deal to me, as long as I can use it, then great, I'm happy. You expect more gray in my bedroom like in this picture below. I'm not a fan of white sheets and white accents, so I won't have those features like in this picture, but it's a pretty good idea of a start to my bedroom. On one wall of my bedroom, I would really love to have these triangle built-ins. I think it's a really unique feature and it allows for the display of cute trinkets, books, knick knacks, and other decorative pieces. I wouldn't have the gold hardware on them because since I am allergic to gold jewelry it does make me biased and not like the color in general. I also probably wouldn't have them be white either but, you could probably guess that from my repeated dislike of white features.

The kids bedrooms will obviously change as they go from nursery to kid room. The guest bedroom will probably be pretty neutral and interchangeable for when I get bored with it. However, I do want to have a really unique chill space for watching tv, hanging out, playing board games, etc. I saw this picture on Pinterest and nearly died. It is so aesthetically pleasing for me and I know that if it was a room in my house I would never leave it. I know that it is totally different from the other vibes of my dream home, but this would be just such a fun space to hang out in and I absolutely love that art on the wall with the contrasting green couch.

In my ultimate dream house, the most important room in the whole entire house would be a library. I love reading, I love being surrounded by books, I love the smell of books, and I love the feeling that I get when I'm in a room with so many stories all around me. Libraries and books stores are some of my happy places so I know that I would seriously be the happiest woman alive if I had a library in my house. I may not be able to one room entirely dedicated to floor to ceiling bookshelves, but something like this library loft and reading nook would suffice. I think the loft is such a cool idea and the wrap around couch makes it perfect for snuggling up with a great book. 

I know there are a lot of rooms in the house that I haven't really talked about like the dining room, laundry room, guest bathroom, garage, etc. but those rooms aren't as super important to me as the ones I have listed and truly thought a lot about the details of. The last couple of pictures that I wanted to show were some cool decorative features that I want to incorporate into my dream home. Like I said earlier I love the earth tones and I will probably do a lot of nature-y art, decorations, etc. I also really love nautical stuff, so there will probably some nautical decor in a room or two. I love this little mountain shelf because it reminds me of my tattoo and I love mountains in general and this octopus door handle is to die for. I love how nontraditional this is and it matches my style really well. 

Well guys, there you have my dream home. I will honestly probably have to have it built from the ground up to get exactly what I want, or find a home with really good bones and do a fixer upper and truly make it my own. Writing this post made me really want to go buy a house, which I definitely don't have the money for, so thanks a lot brain for getting really excited about this. ~Em 

P.S. We are allowed to use our sink again!!!