{"id":75,"date":"2015-03-23T22:45:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T22:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/?p=75"},"modified":"2015-03-23T22:47:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T22:47:46","slug":"what-its-like-to-live-in-your-dream-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"What it’s like to live in your DREAM HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was Christmas Break 1984. I could not\u00a0wait\u00a0<\/em>to go across town to my aunt and uncle’s house, where my two beautiful,\u00a0older\u00a0<\/em>GIRL cousins lived. \u00a0They had the\u00a0it\u00a0<\/strong>house. \u00a0They each had their own rooms; one was done in blue, the other in pink. \u00a0But more importantly, they had….wait for it…a\u00a0basement!!!!!!! \u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Aka: KID ZONE! \u00a0An honest-to-goodness\u00a0storage room<\/del> basement!<\/p>\n

That unfinished basement was like a castle in the eyes of my 7-year-old self. My two brothers and I, along with our two cousins, created\u00a0Oscar-worthy<\/del>\u00a0live performances….musicals to be exact. \u00a0I mean, Grandpa Homer was the only person in our “audience” who actually sang along and encouraged us. After all, our creative talent came from him – he often played his guitar and his Kris Kringle’s Kottage plastic kazoo simultaneously (“There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea…”). But still, The Cousins Five (usually the Cousins Four because we often had to fire one of the “cousins” — I won’t name names, but anyone who knows my family could probably guess which one of my brothers I’m referring to!) produced several impressive performances. \u00a0In our productions, my name was always Cindy.<\/p>\n

Back to the point.<\/p>\n

My cousins’ house was my childhood dream house. \u00a0I loved<\/em> that place. \u00a0The terra cotta tile and deep rust-colored accent wall in the foyer was my favorite. \u00a0It felt so warm.<\/p>\n

They had the Barbie Dream House, too. The one with the elevator.<\/p>\n

So what makes a dream house? \u00a0Everyone has his\/her own ideas, and I believe those ideas can shift over time and through stages of life. I have come to realize that my dream house is not one particular structure or style; it’s not located on a particular side of town, or in a certain neighborhood. It doesn’t matter to me whether it’s located on a big plot of land that is the “Midwest American Dream;” or in a subdivision; or on a busy, main-drag city street. I’ve lived in all of those. \u00a0And every single one has been my dream home for that moment.<\/p>\n

*Side note: it’s March 23rd and we have accumulated over 2 inches of snow today, so my\u00a0dream home\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>today is on a beach somewhere in a tropical location, far away from Northern Indiana.<\/p>\n

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Not even cool.<\/p><\/div>\n

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With each one of my clients, I do a lot of listening. I listen to their stories, because in their stories I gain knowledge…in how they use their space, interact with one another, and the things they value. My goal is to guide them in creating a space or even a whole home environment (sometimes even an office!) in which they feel not only comfortable and welcoming of guests, but where at the end of the day they can look around and say, “This is home.” ” I love it here.” “I am blessed to be here.”<\/p>\n

Let your space reflect you.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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It was Christmas Break 1984. I could not\u00a0wait\u00a0to go across town to my aunt and uncle’s house, where my two beautiful,\u00a0older\u00a0GIRL cousins lived. \u00a0They had the\u00a0it\u00a0house. \u00a0They each had their own rooms; one was done in blue, the other in pink. \u00a0But more importantly, they had….wait for it…a\u00a0basement!!!!!!! \u00a0Aka: KID ZONE! \u00a0An honest-to-goodness\u00a0storage room basement! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-narrow-your-palette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jjordan.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}