"A little cottage is always very snug..."

Micah and I have always talked about building our own home. We'd contract out the big stuff, and then try to do a lot of the finish work ourselves. Now granted, it will probably be years before we can actually do this, because we first have to become debt-free and then save up some money...but it's fun to dream, isn't it?

Here's our dream house (Click link for floor plan and pics of the inside):

Now to make this home perfect, it will have a finished walk-out basement room underneath (we can't have "real" basements in the south!) to serve as a school/craft/playroom. We would also one day build a separate studio office building for our businesses, with a small guest suite attached to that. In our dreams, there will be at least a couple acres, a garden, lots of shady trees and a picket fence.

I absolutely prefer small houses! I was excited to find the this architect, because he has an entire collection of small-sized cottages with simple and non-excessive layouts, but with all the character and detail of the vintage homes that I love. Have fun looking through all the styles and pictures!