I was talking to my mom yesterday about "the house" i.e. the house I will build and move into sometime in the future (hopefully sooner rather than later). I have this house so clearly in my mind I feel like I could just go down the street and find it. I know it will be a 1 level ranch house, but I'm going to give it some flair here and there, but nothing too fancy.
It's going to have 2 bedrooms (one of them a guest room) 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room. I just only hope I have enough room for everything and I can kind of spread things out, after a while and apartment starts to feel very cramped and one-dimensional. I want to have a yard Zoe will feel safe in a one car garage that I will most likely have a wheelchair accessible car to ride around in.
The bathrooms, like the rest of the house will be accessible, large enough for a wheelchair to turn around and accessible enough so I can use the bath or shower myself without help. I call this post "the artist's house" because of the color I see me painting the house, but not necessarily the outside. I know for a fact I want the bathrooms to be a bright yellow like the accessible bathroom my parents built in our basement in 2004 almost exactly like that.
The main part of the house will be mostly white with a bit of pink in it and I haven't decided what color the bedrooms will be although I'm leaning towards cooler colors, like greens, blues, purples and pinks which will promote calmness and therefore rest in a good nights sleep. A bit of psychology or whatever you call it but that's how I see it. Like one of those wide open houses that has each room painted a different color, that's how I see the entire house (the interior anyway). It was also suggested I have mailslot installed in my front door so I can get my own mail. I think this would be great considering I can't even go and get my own mail at the apartment without help. (I hate asking for help).
In the yard, both front and back I want to have some sort of landscaping. In the backyard I would like to have a patio where I can go out and sit, but also have company. I also want to have enough space so I could possibly host a small group so I have time to actually talk to people and connect. I also have a plan for this.
Between the main part of the house and the garage mom was talking about having a breezeway. I would like to have indoor outdoor carpeting on the breezeway so I could either crawl out there or be able to sit out there in my wheelchair and enjoy the sunshine. I also envision having some sort of cover or top over these open spaces in the winter
As far as house details that's all I can think of right off the top of my head.
We also talked about the details of me having a car. A lot of things would have to be discussed about who would be the primary driver and how that would work with the insurance. That, of course is still work in progress.
Of course none of this will be possible if I don't win the Saint Jude dream house in the first place (at least in the near future). I will keep praying because I feel like this is where God is leading me to make another change in my life and not become stagnant because He wants me to keep moving forward even if I'm doing it in the only way I can.
-Tori
