In the process of figuring out what we want in our odd version of 'dream home', we have considered the different sorts of spaces we'd like to live in. Kyle wants a house that's cavernous and maze-like, with hide-holes tucked away, dark and sheltered. I want the kitchen and living room to blend together, and a large bath with candle-niches and a window. We'd both love a library somewhere on our growing list of 'someday' wants.
We also considered the outdoor spaces. We want a large veggie garden, and a few greenhouses, but these are more functional spaces, important for different reasons. I'd like a little garden space just outside the bedroom, a courtyard of some sort, sheltered and tucked away (one of the few spaces I merrily envisage flowers for any reason other than bee-attracting). There is some talk of a pizza oven and associated undercover shelter someday.
One of the spaces we both have a very clear, very similar, vision of was inspired by a recent tour of Turkey during which we were introduced to 'kosks', little outdoor gazebo's with low cushions around a central table. We spent a series of very pleasant afternoons finding out that it is impossible not to relax when one is lounging in a kosk.
Whilst many can be large and fancy, it seems the prerequisite for the type of kosk we'd like is that it seats 4-6 people, has a table in the middle, is raised off the ground by a foot or so, has no walls, and only sees sunlight mottled through gently rustling leaves.
This image of relaxation, we realise, seems at odds with our much discussed wish to build our own house with our hands, probably over the course of many exhausting months, then tend an equally exhausting mix of pigs, veggies, chickens, fish, and whatever else we come up with along the way. We feel that's rather the point, though. Kyle and I have no wish to spend our entire adult lives forced into a climbing the professional ladder just so's the banks can profit from having us tied to a mortgage we couldn't afford any other way. We measure our success by different standards than those made common by modern capitalism. We don't want to spend our days working hard to support a house we'd barely see and have little personal connection to. But we're quite willing to work very hard to secure ourselves the sort of future that includes a kosk - indeed, what other future would be worth working hard for?
We also considered the outdoor spaces. We want a large veggie garden, and a few greenhouses, but these are more functional spaces, important for different reasons. I'd like a little garden space just outside the bedroom, a courtyard of some sort, sheltered and tucked away (one of the few spaces I merrily envisage flowers for any reason other than bee-attracting). There is some talk of a pizza oven and associated undercover shelter someday.
One of the spaces we both have a very clear, very similar, vision of was inspired by a recent tour of Turkey during which we were introduced to 'kosks', little outdoor gazebo's with low cushions around a central table. We spent a series of very pleasant afternoons finding out that it is impossible not to relax when one is lounging in a kosk.
Whilst many can be large and fancy, it seems the prerequisite for the type of kosk we'd like is that it seats 4-6 people, has a table in the middle, is raised off the ground by a foot or so, has no walls, and only sees sunlight mottled through gently rustling leaves.
This image of relaxation, we realise, seems at odds with our much discussed wish to build our own house with our hands, probably over the course of many exhausting months, then tend an equally exhausting mix of pigs, veggies, chickens, fish, and whatever else we come up with along the way. We feel that's rather the point, though. Kyle and I have no wish to spend our entire adult lives forced into a climbing the professional ladder just so's the banks can profit from having us tied to a mortgage we couldn't afford any other way. We measure our success by different standards than those made common by modern capitalism. We don't want to spend our days working hard to support a house we'd barely see and have little personal connection to. But we're quite willing to work very hard to secure ourselves the sort of future that includes a kosk - indeed, what other future would be worth working hard for?
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