Home-a-rama

Saturday, October 16, 2004

We decided to go check out Homearama today. My Mom gave us some tickets. Thanks Mom! It took place in Ocean View. Seemed a little weird to go to Ocean View to see Homearama. They call the area East Beach. Anyway, it was actually pretty cool. There were some really nice houses. Unfortunately, they are about 10 feet apart. I can understand that in regular housing development communities (even though I still think it sucks), but not in million dollar houses on the beach. Most of the houses were between 3,000 and 5,000 sq. ft. I really liked some of the larger houses. many of them had guest houses that they called carriage houses. they were over a detached garage or attached through an enclosed walkway. I really wasnt impressed with the actual size of many of the extra bedrooms. they were not much larger than our extra bedrooms. Of course, almost all the houses had Kick Ass kitchens and Bathrooms.

I think the house that we liked best was House 8. It was almost 5,000 sq. ft. This house was very spacious. It had a nice open floor plan and many ammenities which you can read about from the previous link. Two of my favorite features were the third floor being totally dedicated to being the home theater room. Awesome! But wait there's more; from the third floor theater room you can access some pull down stairs and go up into a lookout. it is a cozy square room on the top of the house surrounded by windows. You could go up in there and read or whatever. I loved it.

Reality check. What are the chances of me being able to build a house like this somewhere? whew... That is a tough question. I think it is really possible. It is going to take a few (like 15) more years, but I think it is totally possible. I am going to have to cut back on the Caramel Machiatos and frequent technology purchases. Then, just maybe, I too can build a house like that. If you thought about going to see Homearama, do it. It is definitely cool to go even if you just want to get interior decorating ideas.

 

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