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John and I began looking at and modifying house plans during the winter of 2012.\u00a0 We both had a vision which verbally was identical, yet I had no idea it was mentally the same until I found a plan with an accompanying picture.\u00a0 I sent it off to John through email telling him the exterior was my dream house.\u00a0 He replied that it was his as well.\u00a0 Thank goodness!\u00a0 I had hopes we\u2019d be on the same page of this undertaking from start to finish and it seemed we were headed in that direction.\u00a0 Unfortunately, our exterior dream house was not our interior dream house.\u00a0 The sq. footage was too little and the modifications to increase its size proved unfeasible to our budget.<\/p>\n

We scoured the internet choosing several plans.\u00a0 None of them was ideal.\u00a0 Again the outside was right, but not the inside and vice versa.\u00a0 We finally came across one we liked both inside and out even though the sq. footage was shy of what we felt we needed.\u00a0 We contacted our proposed builder who said the house could easily be modified.\u00a0 He put us in touch with an architect and talks began to pin down the changes necessary to accommodate our needs as well as many of our wishes.<\/p>\n

Among the things we needed was privacy.\u00a0 Privacy for my sister and for us.\u00a0 We needed common area.\u00a0 We needed a brewery (ha!\u00a0 John needed one, I simply needed John).\u00a0 We needed a breezeway between the detached garage and the house (ha!\u00a0 I needed one, John simply needed a brewery!)\u00a0 We wished for large porches.\u00a0 We wished for a pantry.\u00a0 We wished for a sewing\/exercise room.\u00a0 We wished for a well appointed kitchen.\u00a0 We wished for a welcoming home, one of warmth that would facilitate the family gatherings I hoped to rekindle and would welcome friends with an accompanying unspoken \u201cglad you\u2019re here\u201d to our spoken one.<\/p>\n

We had several phone conversations with both the builder and architect and drove down from New Jersey once to meet with them.\u00a0 Also during the visit we found ourselves a rental property to house us and our two houses of belongings.\u00a0 With tweaking, we settled upon a plan we hope will fulfill the house of our dreams that falls within the range of our actual budget, a home we\u2019ll share until the end of our days.<\/p>\n

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Lee-Hall Farm Exterior Image<\/p><\/div>\n

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First Floor Plans<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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