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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 1:28:39 PM
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While the DH and I are busy remodeling the Little House ready to move into, we are coming up with ideas for the Bigger House - ways to make it more efficient and "different." Thought I could share our ideas, and you can share your dreams for "THE" house you'll have one day (if you don't already).
A place to hang herbs - in the kitchen or laundry room
A dumbwaiter - must be hand-pulled, of course - but think how practical for people like me with bad knees NOT to carry heavy things and laundry upstairs?
Hidden compartments in the walls - like a hidden magazine rack in the bathroom - just touch a panel just so and it opens
Hidden compartments in closets - our master bedroom will be in the attic - I want to make drawers with sections in them for stacking shoes to fit under the eaves - drawers the size for his shoes, and drawers for mine
Our kitchen lacks much wall space - so what about a couple tiny compartments hidden in the backsplash - for things like cooking herbs and essential oils? They'd fit in the wall (think width of a 2x4), and I'm thinking could have the hinges up top, so not easily seen, and made of beadboard (wainscotting).
Filing cabinets under the stairs, also drawers and whatnot (no basement here). The "office" will share space with the stairs.
And Someday:
My hubby wants the farm to be completely self-sufficient- he's working out natural ways of producing energy for electricity, I'm learning all the "homemaker" type stuff. We both want to get away from places like Wal-Mart, and grow and produce as much of our own food (and the dog food) as possible.
We're calling our current project "practice," for the dream home we hope to have one day with lots and lots of acreage.
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lurban
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
Vermont
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Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 2:55:27 PM
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| When I get my dream home I hope to paint a family name on each step (okay, not the part you tread on, but the riser part -- anyone know what that's called?). I'll need twelve steps: Four my kids, spouse and self, plus one for each of the grandparents. I don't know why this is important to me, but it is. Guess it is a way to acknowledge the generations and the way in which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. |
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TheSoapMaven
True Blue Farmgirl
691 Posts
Susan
LA
USA
691 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 2:59:06 PM
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That's a beautiful idea lurban! VERMONT HUH???? My second favorite place on earth. My first being my own 5 acres.
Blessings & Bliss!.· ´¨¨)) -:¦:-
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Wife, Mother, Natural Woman, Savonnière, Writer, Baker, Gardener.
Soulmate to Jerry for 30 years
Mom to Zach, Gesikah, Nathan, Hannah, Rachel and Benjamin
Yetta to Sam
"It's no bad thing to celebrate a simple life" ~ Bilbo Baggins
If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you need to seriously re-examine your life. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 10:16:56 PM
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lurban...I love that idea!!! If we ever build a new front porch with better steps I want to try to do that. Wow..I have never traveled east of Minnesota but if I do my number one place I want to see is Vermont. Lucky you to live there!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 07:47:10 AM
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Clare, that is a nice floor plan!
We found one (and it, like everything else, is in storage) that we just fell in love with. The DH and I are very handy and together have remodeled three houses in the past. We don't have our acreage yet, the current homes are on 1/3 acre in town - 'nuff for a BIG flower garden, picket fencing, and a decent little veggie garden (we have a lot of shade).
But the dream home we will build ourselves if the land we buy doesn't have an old house on it, and creating these little niches and stuff here is practice for the future. :)
And YES - large laundry/pantry is a MUST! I have the idea of collecting a few old washboards to hang on the wall 'round the washer & dryer. The "bigger home" that we'll be working on remodeling in a few months has a bigger laundry room than kitchen!
(incidentally, in the move I left behind all our cleansers... I have bought only a couple here to tide us over until the "little house" is finished and I can follow your great recipes for cleaners - very much looking forward to that day!) |
Edited by - greyghost on Jun 27 2005 07:50:08 AM |
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LeslieAnne
True Blue Farmgirl
71 Posts
LeslieAnne
Shallowater
Texas
USA
71 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 08:22:02 AM
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I've been dreaming of a house I saw in Southern Living magazine many years ago... they have it on their house plans website at http://www.slhouseplans.com ... in the search box marked Plan #, type in SL-159... this house is soooooooooo me... I love the big porch... someday, definitely!!!.. 
LeslieAnne...westTexas |
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Nicol
True Blue Farmgirl
200 Posts
Nicol
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Posted - Jun 27 2005 : 12:14:45 PM
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| LeslieAnne: That's a very nice homeplan. Nice big kitchen. I could probably do without a "dining room" ...or maybe not. |
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PJJ
True Blue Farmgirl
95 Posts
Paula
Bristow
OK
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2005 : 10:07:41 PM
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Very nice. I really like it, too.
Paula J.
Paula J., with Ty, Cara, Brody, Blue, and Fidget |
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