Comments on: How the Vision for My Dream House Changed and Why

By: Erin @ Journey to Saving

Erin @ Journey to Saving — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:53:51 +0000

kay ~ lifestylevoices.com That’s awesome, Kay! Having the freedom to travel and explore is great. Going around in an RV sounds appealing, but I’m not sure how long I’d last. Maybe that will change in a few years, who knows. Can’t say I have everything figured out, but I do know what I *don’t* want. =)

By: kay ~ lifestylevoices.com

kay ~ lifestylevoices.com — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 23:59:57 +0000

After this move to Florida we’re seriously down to the point where we could hop in an RV and travel around forever. It took a LONG time to get Jay to this point. But he’s on board now! I think in about a year we’re going to adopt the RV lifestyle and let our wanderlust roam free! I’m glad you figured out what you really want Erin. That’s so important to do as early as possible in life. :)

By: Erin @ Journey to Saving

Erin @ Journey to Saving — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:53:50 +0000

EmbracingSimple Thanks for sharing how things changed for you! Interesting that you say it’s more to handle than you originally thought. Considering being a home owner is a “given” in our culture, it seems easy to think that’s what we should aim for, without taking the time to think it through.

By: EmbracingSimple

EmbracingSimple — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:45:04 +0000

We bought our home almost 3 years ago with the plan of actually buying a much larger home within 10 years. I have realized that home ownership is MUCH more to handle than I realized. I wouldn’t change a thing about our decision, but I definitely don’t want a larger home.
Since our home purchase, I’ve realized that I am very happy with the size of our home and it will be perfect for raising kids in (our daughter is 8-months-old). Enough room for everyone to have their own space (we have a ranch with an enormous basement), but not so much that I am completely overwhelmed by maintaining it.

I think that if we didn’t plan on having kids at any point, we probably would have reconsidered buying a home as well. I don’t blame you at all in your decision, it’s certainly not for everyone!

By: Erin @ Journey to Saving

Erin @ Journey to Saving — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:11:52 +0000

Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope I hope you can make it work! It’s great that they’re okay with sharing rooms for now. Milk that for all it’s worth as long as you can, right? =)

By: Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope

Harmony@CreatingMyKaleidoscope — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:37:03 +0000

We bought our house a little over three years ago.It’s in my husband’s childhood neighborhood and I agreed to live there, temporarily.The house is fairly small, with only three bedrooms, and we want to have four children.The third one will be here in the next month or so, and now I’m trying to figure out how to make our house work for as long as possible . . . because I learned to love it!
I assumed that they would each need their own rooms from the beginning, but the kids are small right now, so they don’t need as much space.They don’t spend a ton of time in their rooms.And Goofball seems pretty excited to share his room with the new baby.So we’ll see how long we can make it last.

By: Erin @ Journey to Saving

Erin @ Journey to Saving — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 03:17:06 +0000

j3edwards Ha, oh wow, I can’t imagine using a bedroom as a closet! But I do hear you on that – closet space can be really important. I wouldn’t mind sacrificing some of the living space we do have for more closet space. That would actually free up some space as we wouldn’t have to use dressers!