grace
I am no architect but I had this dream to design my own home and for this we had to shift to a semi rural town as buying land in the city was beyond us. We got land at a cheap rate. I gave up working and started on my mission – to realise my dream.
I only had the engineer and everything else was planned by me. I had to fulfil my husband’s wishes of white to be the predominant colour and I succeeded. I used marble chips for the exterior and marble paste finish for inside walls
It took us almost a year to decide on its name and we christened it SOLITAIRE
Solitaire faces the East and that brings us the rising sun each morning It has the ground and first floor with 3 bedrooms, three toilets, a kitchen and a hall that takes care of dining, entertainment area and the visitor’s lounge. There is also a pantry – the space used under the staircase.
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Have you designed your own home?
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Do you have a terrace garden?
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Does your house/flat face the East?
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Does your house/flat face the East?
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I don’t really have many dreams. In fact I am not sure I have any.
Another word for dreams is ambition You surely have those
Is it in Indonesia? Plants are so big.
I live in India and I do have trees as that is what is needed more than flowers. I do have flowers but tress are more important
Nice views of the house you designed. Its very nice and I know that has been a lot of work…
Thanks. It did take time but I enjoyed every moment of the planning
Well congratulations it is wonderful to see people’s good dreams fulfilled.
Wooow, your home is truly stunning. You are a real genius for arranging your home. My home is on the south side.
Not really a genius but I so wanted to design my own home. Facing the East is what is normally recommended
My parents have already built the house so I did not have the opportunity to tell my opinion ?
I partly reform the apartment I rent. And I dream of a village house. You are a very practical person. I’m glad you made your dream come true.
We gave up our city life and do not regret taking that decision
I will be designing mine shorty, but its going to be a small compact house.
Have you already done the planning. It took me years to do it (lol)
Designing and decorating home is big fun.
Indeed it is and I was grateful to my husband that he gave me a free hand. He only wanted that it should be white and I pleased him but it was not easy
You are very creative. I love your house and gardens. Mine faces the north.
The belief is that it should never face the South
Really beautiful. You did a good job.
That’s beautiful. When it comes to beautifying a house and its compound, leave it to women. They are so good at it.
My husband gave me a free hand.