Well, we have shifted again in our home thoughts - we are now looking at possibly designing our own home. I sat down yesterday and designed my "dream home". Steve and I both like the look of the log/timberframe home but don't want to go that much into debt. So, we are investigating two panelized building systems here in our area. One is made with cedar, the other steel I think. Anyway, I have designed a simple barn style home - a large rectangle with three levels - the top level being completely open with a kitchen, half bath under the stairs and that's it. This way, we can have our dining area and entertainment area up there - lots of open space would make hospitality much easier as we could just move couches and add tables at will, plus we could move all of that aside and set up folding chairs to hold mentoring meetings if we wanted to. I would also have my sewing machines in that area so that when the kids are reading and playing, I can be working on those projects at the same time.
The second level contains the master bedroom and bath, 3 secondary bedrooms and 1 bath, a large office for Steve, a TJED closet and a library/music room. The house would enter into the library/music room so this would be the most formal room of the house. Our goal is for a quiet place to read. A covered porch would be right outside this room for outside enjoyment. The secondary bedrooms on this floor would house the girls.
The basement level contains 3 more bedrooms, a bath, a large keeping/storage room, a large laundry/freezer, milk processing room and an open playroom. This would be where the boys sleep.
Next week, we hope to take this plan to a few builders in this area and see if they can give us an estimate. We only want to have a builder take the house to the drywall stage and then let us finish it ourselves. This way, we can hopefully save some money and pick up some carpentry skills for both us and our kiddoes.
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