I Dreamt of a House…and Then I Found It!
The other day I was dreaming, and in that dream I came upon a house. This isn’t altogether unusual because I dream of houses all the time. I also dream of particular neighborhoods again and again. When I came upon this neighborhood I recognized it, and I even recognized the house. In a previous dream it was just starting to be built, it was only foundation and structural components. When I came back to it in last week’s dream, it was almost complete with only a few final pieces missing.
So I went in through the front door and started to explore. I didn’t remember the inside from my previous dream, so it was all new to me. Inside it was beautiful, spacious, and lavish. The expansive foyer led right into the massive, open great room. The ceilings were at least 12 feet high and there was a large fireplace with a marble surround. Instead of just plain crown molding, there was a 45 degree angle where the walls met the ceiling and there were two rows of molding at each intersection. I walked around that area for a while, then I went to the stairs leading up the second floor.
When I began walking up the stairs I felt like something was out of place. One section of the staircase led around a tight corner and down through a semi-false passage. The main staircase continued up to the main area of the second floor. I decided to take the offshoot staircase that led down and around. It curved and dipped and came out on a small landing. Then another staircase led further into the basement. Here’s where things got interesting. The basement was absolutely amazing. The ceilings were about 25 feet high and in the process of being covered with carved walnut panels. It’s the kind of rich, beautiful wood you’d find lining the walls of a study or library in an old mansion.
There was also a large, open kitchen filled with commercial-grade appliances. Everything was finished in a brushed stainless steel and the accent colors were earth tones. Opposite the kitchen was a large lounge with a wall from floor to ceiling of little shelf cubbies filled with bottles of liqour and wine. There had to be 600 bottles on the entire wall. In front of the bottle wall there was a wide, long bar with a deep brown granite top, six or seven beer taps lined up behind that, and there was even a bartender in a tux cleaning up glasses and polishing the granite counter. In the lounge area itself there was about 600 square feet of space with leather club chairs, cool lamps, little serving trays, and gorgeous hard-wood flooring.
I didn’t get to explore the entire basement level in this dream, but from what I saw this time, and the glimpses I got of the rest of the floor, it seemed like it had to around 3,000 square feet at least; in just the basement! Who knows how many SF in the rest of the house. I hope I get to go back in another dream and explore the remaining areas in detail.
I am in Utah this week on a business trip. As I was driving from my hotel to the business complex where I am going for training, I passed through a nice, quiet suburb of Provo. It’s a wonderful, clean, colorful place with nice architecture, wide streets, and smiling faces all around. As I was driving along, actually lost, I came across an amazing home perched on a corner lot. It was majestic and it commanded the attention of everyone passing by. Other homes on that street were nice, but this house was king. I am guessing that it was around 5,000 square feet. It was covered in cinnamon-colored cedar siding and had exposed exterior beams framing the entryway, and large windows to drink in the view outside. This view I should say is of this breathtaking mountain range less than 5 miles away. As I passed this house I said to myself, “That’s it…that’s my dream house, and I’ll have one like it someday.” I just knew that it was exactly what I had been privately scheming about for years as my ideal, elaborate dream home. The saying goes that sometimes dreams do come true…well the first part did; I found the house in my dreams; the rest of it will hopefully come true as well where I get to actually own that house, or one like it, someday.
Cheers!
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