so if i had done all the correct and proper bits like helping family/charities etc and was able to choose my home.....
it would be set in approx 30 Acres of farmland, approached along a tree lined avenue of blossoming cherry trees ( im planning on being so rich they would blossom continously!!lol), with post and rail fencing. Grazing these lush green fields would be my selection of horses- my greatest passion, which i currently fore go whilst in the iva
the gravel drive would sweep around a wide arc and the house would come into view. looking like a traditional farmhouse. with beautiful hanging baskets tumbling
double width honey oaked doors would open into a light double heighted entrance hall. with sandy coloured flagstones.
downstaris there would be a huge kitchen which would encorporate a traditonal 4 door aga, big belfast sink, beautiful handcrafted cream cabinets topped with granite worktops, and the other end of the kitchen there wouldbe a well worn "country chic" table to seat 8, somewhere for family life to take place, and a comfortable sofa- this room would be the real heaqrt of the home- somewhere to cook and chat and catch up on one anothers lives. This would lead out into a boot room/utility for our wellies and coats. then leading out through a stable door into a courtyard kitchen garden, which as a sun trap would have table and chairs set.
From the boot room you can access the single story wing of the property, housed in here in the pool area, a large free form pool , complete with slide and jaccuzzi.
A lounge big enough to accomodate all my close family, done in rich warm colours and big comfortable sofas- a real open fire as a focal point, leading through to an orangary- somewhere to catch the late evening sunshine. which in turn would have double doors leading out into the kitchen garden.
A dining room that could seat 16, so when my family visit we dont eat in shifts!! this room wouldnt be used very often- most informal family meals would be shared at the kitchen table.
An office to keep all our important papers- big enough for two desks, so my husband doesnt keep messing mine up!!
A masculine grown up, " playroom" where hubby can have his playstation/cinema surround sound etc
back by the front door there would be a downstairs wc/cloakroom.
the wooden staircase would have a half landing and then turn through 90 degrees to the second floor.
All the doors would be handcrafted and match the honey coloured wood of the windows and front doors.
Upstairs there would be 4 double bedrooms each with ensuite, ours would have double aspect with windows front and back, allowing views accross the grazing horses to the woods that border our property....
there would be a smaller less obvious set of stairs that lead you up once more to a large attic room- this would be the childrens den! decorated to match there interests/ages
accross the kitchen garden a path leads you past the manicured and well tended lawn and beds ( the gardner would maintain!) towards a traditional stable block, set around a courtyard. you enter through the archway under the clock tower. All the woodwork around the stable block is painted royal blue. theres 8 large airy stables that look out onto ane another, each with tradtional stable doors, but also with opening windows in the back walls, allowing any stabled horses a view at all times. A large tack room, Hay barn and horsebox storage area complete the block. there is a large archway leading out into the parklands, as you look accross the rolling pasture you can see the menage to exercise the horses, the post and rail paddocks, some with grazing horse, some left resting and some growing hay- all giving the children hours of fun to run and explore... a track runs the perimeter of the fields , somewhere to hack on the horses, leading you towards the woods that border the stream at the foot of my land....
off to the otherside of the stable block is a triple garage to house my husbands ever changing love of cars- me i drive a landrover discovery. climb the stone stairs to above the garage and you will find my workshop- here i would continue to design and make the wedding cakes that i currently do- just on a much more selective and grander scale.
now i just need my numbers to come up! oh to wish
