Dreaming

There is a beautiful home in Southwest DC that I keep dreaming about. It's highly convenient to everything - to the center of the city, to the highways, to nightlife. It naturally costs an arm and a leg - 639k - but I can keep dreaming about it, right? Woe is me, it just got sold... and for 667.5k according to the Post...wah. Let me continue telling you about it anyway. It's a townhome and it has a 1-car garage. It has 4 levels including the garage on the bottom level. Stats (from the website):

• Four Bedroom, 3.5 bath plus loft.
• Expansive master bedroom suite with walk-in closet.
• Gourmet kitchen with breakfast room, maple cabinets & upgraded appliances.
• Energy efficient gas fireplace with slate surround in living room.
• Lavish master bath includes double vanity sinks, soaking tub, separate shower, ceramic tile flooring.
• 1 car garage parking +1 additional space.
• Hardwood floors
• Fenced brick patio and deck

It's absolutely charming. Large windows, lots of light. There was also a virtual tour to look around, and I was so hooked. But no money for that kind of purchase! Still, I dreamed... I dreamed of filling it wih mahogany furniture on the main level. Proper furniture for a proper home... probably Queen Anne style sofas, some nice rugs, and furniture with lots of glass. Oh, and getting some proper china and crystal to put in the breakfront. I'd use one of the extra bedrooms as an office, one to exercise in, and one as a pure guest bedroom. I'd make the loft into a playroom, with a small bar, futon and bean bags, a pool table, a small trampoline, and tv with video games. It's an enticing dream, to have this home. It excites me to imagine painting it, and putting in the tile borders I've been visualizing lately. I am imagining striking earth tone colors for the living room and dining room, like a deep red-brown clay or burnt orange color accented with bone trim. A bright and happy pale lemon yellow for the kitchen, maybe with a sage green focus wall. Maybe terracotta or burgundy for my master bedroom, with an opalescent or gold finish. These dreams are just ether, not tangible just yet. But someday I'll have it. Yes, I imagine it with just me right now. It would be easy to modify some of it if it wasn't just me. But the dream of my own home is a good dream. I don't need a man to get my own home. Why should I wait? Most of them disgust me, anyway. When the time is right, all things happen. But the time for my own home, and one such as this? I'll take it when I get the chance. The dream is a great incentive, a spark to do something great. I need to keep dreaming.