Dream Home: Front Yard, Foyer, and Livingroom

So more on my dream house. This is the Front Yard, Foyer, and Living-room edition.The general theme of the front yard is classy yet whimsical. There are a lot of tit-bits and details that make the front yard fun. The living room, however, is very lodge-like as it incorporates the unfinished beams and open design from the bedroom and the kitchen as well as a stone fireplace.

The path leading up to the house is fun and a bit childish. Overall it draws the eye to the path and makes it pleasant.


There are fun details like fish floating in the grass


And wisteria creeping over the patio. I love wisteria. I love the way it looks, and I love the way it smells. I can't imagine my joy coming through the front door and smelling such amazing things.


Pots overturned with fragrant flowers or pretty flowers such as lobelia. I'd also have my red lilies that I've had with me since graduation out front.


There must be a front porch swing! I love moving chairs, and nothing so much as swings. I don't think it would have 4 posts, more likely it would only have two, but either way I could rock myself in the mornings with a cup of coffee.


Again, moving chairs are important. So I need rocking chairs out front. That way if my friends want to join me in the moving chair business while they are over parting.


Another whimsical detail that I thought was cute.


I like to have a durable and plainly visible house number for friends who have not been over our house before. This was something cute and something I could easily make. Makeing things for the house adds character to it.


I want a unique door that accents the front yard. It needs to be both whimsical and classy.


I'm going to have the front door knocker of my childhood home. Don't let my brother tell you he's getting it, because it's going to be me. It looks a lot like this except brass and prettier.


The Foyer is going to be fancy yet still slightly whimsical. The walls will be a sky blue with gold accents.


There will need to be a table in the foyer for important things to be put on. I want it to match the walls.


And then there will be my dream: The mirror wall. This will be only one wall that will make the foyer seem bigger than it actually is, as well as spreading natural light all over.


The living room is the first room after the foyer. It is full of wood and natural light. Therefore there will need to be lots of windows! I absolutely adore wooden rafters!


Then there needs to be a great stone fireplace with a gas fed fire. This way I can sit curled around it in the cold winters when the house is frigid.


The downstairs bathroom will be stone and plants. It will also use the grey water system to save on the water bills.