Drawing a dream house
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 22, 2021 10:33am CST
A friend of mine sent me something today that took me down memory lane.
Once Upon a half a million years ago... I would take a piece of notebook paper and draw a large rectangle. From there I would draw lines to cordon off different rooms in a house. I guess I must have been around 8 to 12 years old when I would do this. These drawings were floor plans for a future house.
I was determined to marry John Schneider (yes, from the Dukes of Hazzard) and we would have lots of kids. (I'm laughing now because kids are the furthest thing from my mind now. Lots of dogs and cats? Absolutely. Kids? Nah.. No thanks)
There was always atleast two or three play rooms including a room for things like a pool table, dart board etc.
That memory makes me smile. I think if I were to draw floor plans today they would consist of a large kitchen, a large media room, an absolutely gigantic craft room and lots of outside deck space.
What would your floor plan look like?
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
22 Feb 21
Hmmm... first, I don't and never did want to marry John Schneider. You can keep him, although I'm not sure you'd want him now. 
I've always liked those A frame houses. I wanted one with a large bedroom/sitting room combo upstairs with a bathroom up there. The downstairs would have a kitchen with bathroom in the back, two small-ish bedrooms in the middle and a small living room at the front of it with a wrap around porch.
I've always liked those A frame houses. I wanted one with a large bedroom/sitting room combo upstairs with a bathroom up there. The downstairs would have a kitchen with bathroom in the back, two small-ish bedrooms in the middle and a small living room at the front of it with a wrap around porch.2 people like this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Feb 21
No, I wouldn't want him now either.
It was the curly blonde hair for me, that and just teasing my mom who also loved him.
Oh! Those A frames are gorgeous. I actually watched this tiny house show on youtube once where a couple made an A Frame tent. The bottom was one big room with a cylinder in the center that housed the bathroom. Above the bathroom was the bedroom loft. It was absolutely gorgeous and all in an A frame style.
It was the curly blonde hair for me, that and just teasing my mom who also loved him.
Oh! Those A frames are gorgeous. I actually watched this tiny house show on youtube once where a couple made an A Frame tent. The bottom was one big room with a cylinder in the center that housed the bathroom. Above the bathroom was the bedroom loft. It was absolutely gorgeous and all in an A frame style.2 people like this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Feb 21
@DaddyEvil I could see someone making a vacation rental place out of A Frame houses. I've heard of lots of different vacation rentals including one somewhere in the Midwest where you can sleep in a covered wagon!
I don't even think I have any pictures of my friends from childhood anymore. I've moved so many times and kept a lot of stuff at my mom's. When she passed away I was gong through a divorce at the same time and wasn't in my right mind. I probably either threw them away or someone in the family did.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
22 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I'll have to look and see if I can find the shoebox of old photos from my childhood. My best friend back then had blond curly hair. I even got a perm once so I could have the same kind of hair that he did. I think we were around 15 or so. *shake my head*
I've seen some gorgeous A frame houses! Most of them were way too tiny for real people to live in for long. I think they were made for a young married couple or an elderly couple in their golden years. I want one bigger than that.
I think we were around 15 or so. *shake my head*
I've seen some gorgeous A frame houses! Most of them were way too tiny for real people to live in for long. I think they were made for a young married couple or an elderly couple in their golden years. I want one bigger than that.2 people like this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Feb 21
Did you keep any of those drawings?2 people like this
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes I have them all.
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@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
22 Feb 21
John Schneider he was my favorite also. Only thing Inever wanted when it came to a house was a log cabin type look outside as forminside it don’t matter but I have to have a big bathtub
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Feb 21
I love the log cabin style too. I am going to have to take pictures of the lake house we're going to in April as I believe it's a log cabin style.
I like those galvanized tub looking bath tubs. I don't know about how practical they'd be to clean (they'd probably rust very easily) but I love those in photos I've seen.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
23 Feb 21
Oh, how innocent we were as kids! Thinking we would always get to play as adults.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
23 Feb 21
@rakski Yes, we think it will be so easy when we are young.
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@rakski (156200)
• Philippines
23 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum yes and thinking that we will all have our own dream house and all that comes with just like that
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Feb 21
I agree! I am forever in my memories. Most things remind me of something else. My friends and family used to say that even speaking to them made me start singing songs I hadn't heard in years!
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
23 Feb 21
It's funny that you mention this because I used to draw house plans all the time. I bought a half-dozen plan books for ideas, a kit for designing a house and also graph paper. It would be a ranch house with 4 large bedrooms (we have a lot of crap), a large pantry and laundry room on the main floor. Great for us old retirees. It's pretty much what we have right now!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
23 Feb 21
The house I live in now is a ranch style house built in the 70's. I wish we had a proper pantry though.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
23 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Ours was built in 1970 I think -- the year we were married.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
23 Feb 21
@LindaOHio This one was built four years later. There's a house in this development that is the mirror image of this one.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
22 Feb 21
I once dreamed of living in a historic home but I know those can come with added energy bills and added repairs.
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum No added energy bill or added repairs yet.
@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
22 Feb 21
Sounds like it would be a nice house! I never drew up one of those myself...but it would have a pool, an arts/craft room, more than 1 bathroom lol. Not sure what else.
