Not exactly, sorry to disappoint.
I've just been wondering lately about the issue of space. The American obsession with space. I guess you could call it white-picket-fence syndrome, and I am not immune in the least.
Don't we all just want a few bedrooms, a couple of baths, and a nice yard?
Correction. We need five bedrooms, a two-car garage, marble countertops, finished room over the garage, workout room, playroom, formal dining room, eat-in kitchen, walk-in closets and a perfectly manicured lawn. Might as well throw in a few stainless steel, upgraded kitchen appliances while you're at it.
Sound dreamy?
But how much space is too much space? What do you really need to live comfortably and with some sanity? I understand wanting the home to be an escape from the stresses and messes of the outside world. You should feel solace in your home. A sweet cocoon for you and your loved ones. I get it. Can you get a square footage on that feeling?
With this move we are gaining a bedroom, a master bath, and more storage. Of course, this new rental is far from our Dream Home. But, lately, I'm trying to sort out what that dream involves. What do we really need to get that cocoon feeling?
Or, do we need bigger homes, simply because we keep acquiring stuff? I don't want a home overflowing with items that are not useful, beautiful, or meaningful to me. And I certainly don't want to be identified by what I own. That is part of the American dream I would rather not awaken.
What's your definition of the American Dream?
6 comments:
That house in the picture is dreamy.....Sarah want!!
It is - isn't it? I love the trees!
A home with a room we can use for Sophia's toys, so that we aren't sitting in them, and falling over them ;-)............I can dream :-)
our house is kinda big and the cleaning drives me mad!!!! it takes hours from top to bottom,i cant stand it but with a dog,a cat,a teen,a toddler and a husband that dont pick up a thing behind him i spend half my life washing-up or sweeping floors and when my other two teen stepdaughtes are here for the summer i nearly lose my mind...so living the dream is not so dreamy sometimes!!!
@ Jen - that is MY dream too!! LOL. I have so many stubbed toes, it's making me insane.
@ Kim - I vote for hiring a maid! Or at least train the teens and pay them commission :)
Yes if i had a maid i so want the houes in the picture...we always had small houses back home so this 4bed feels like a manshon to me.sadly teens and cleaning just dont seem to mix!!:(
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