In my barn house I really want to do polished concrete floors. Oooo they look so fresh and sleek. Yep, I think my taste is changing a bit. I have had timber floorboards in the last 4 houses, plus I had a stint with a house that was tiled too. And look at that picture with the little bit of fancy schmancy stuff on the concrete! Loving that.
I am thinking more about big spaces with minimal (but big) pieces of furniture. I don’t want the trinkets and bits. I don’t want clutter and I don’t want mess. I want lots of space, big built in cupboards and sideboards. I want the kids to run around without knocking stuff over. I want their rooms to be their space and that’s where all the kid stuff is. I want the centre of the home to be a comfy and relaxing place without all the fuss.
I have had houses with fancy this and that and I am looking for a change. Of course I could never be boring about it, just simpler, cleaner and sleeker. Yep, the mind is ticking…..
I currently have a house with too many rooms. 3 lounge rooms, office, 4 bedrooms…. I have it all mapped out in my head with how I want to incorporate rooms and their functions and not waste the space on places we don’t use.
I am also wanting to do this next house as a very energy efficient home. I build houses for a living so I am surrounded by ideas.
Do you ever get that feeling where you just want to start again? God, please someone tell me it’s not just me that has this problem. I know I am a little crazy at times!
So, I think that in the next ‘little while’ I will embark on this project. It may not be the ‘forever’ house and I may come back around full circle to start again on a house with timber floors and fancy bits. But you know me – I love a project!
And I often think that if I didn’t live where I lived, I would have more opportunities to work on OTHER people’s houses instead of driving my husband insane and changing things in our home all the time. So hint, hint…if you ever want to put me on a plane so I can come and play with YOUR house, be my guest 😉
