Fantasy Home Shopping

Todd and I continued our fantasy home search this past weekend in Vermont. Bryan and Jane told us their next door neighbor’s home was for sale, and since they were friendly with a realtor they set it up so we could see the house while we were visiting.

Let me tell you guys: this home had me seriously salivating. There were things that were imperfect about it, like a shortage of closets, but overall, it was wonderful. So quirky and unique: no two rooms were the same, and there were unexpected treats all throughout. And the space! It was the house that just kept on giving. I saw the main two levels and then was surprised by a finished basement that could easily serve as a TV room. Then I couldn’t believe the storage space the attached shed offered. Then, oh, how I was wowed by the tiny one room cabin in the woods! Maybe we could use it as a guest house for when our city friends come to visit, I thought to myself. Or, maybe we turn it into an art studio where Todd makes sculptures and I make pottery. The possibilities seemed truly limitless.

It would be a solid 5 or 6 hour drive from the city, though, and we don’t have a car. The flight up to Burlington isn’t that expensive but would break the bank if we tried to make this place into a weekend home, and our painfully delayed flight home on Sunday made me even less open to that crazy option. In the end, there isn’t a way to make this work, but if I could have, I would have.