Dreaming of “that” home is a daily deal for me these days. I have begun to fall in love with the cottage style…and the idea of living a little off the grid of a city in an adorable bungalow along a nice path, possibly by a lake or the ocean (one can dream, right?) PS. I don’t want my cottage for vacation use, I want it for an everyday getaway.
The comfy look, the lightness of the and the noise I can hear echoing through the walls as the kids play..sounds poetic and like a perfect place to have a family.
Here are some realty sites for cottages and bungalows.
When I was 23, I bought a bungalow, fixed it up and loved it for a few years. I opted to sell (which looking back may not have been the best move. But, it was my introduction to old homes. It was this ugly peach color with a screened in porch. I invested a bit of money, had the interior painted, the floors redone, the bathrooms redone, the porch tiled, the front yard landscaped…and resold it (not for a profit..but I did sell it).
It was at that time that I knew I was an old home person. The modern cookie cutter neighborhoods of today and the ranch houses of the 80’s just don’t do it for me. The character and feelings that a house from the turn of the century (this one was built in 1931)give you are just inspiring and warm. I hope that Adam and I are able to find a place, in a part of town we want to live in, that allows us to add charm to the character and make the house ours.
I even had a garden back then too!
So, as we begin or I guess continue our search for an apartment or place to live, I still have my eye out for the perfect rental property that will enable us to have our old wood floors, big ole windows and charm of the past.
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Intentionally and incrementally. Most families who live this way did not leap from conventional to adventurous overnight. They built remote work capacity, paid down debt, tested longer trips, and had increasingly honest conversations about what they actually want from their lives. The leap feels bigger from outside than from inside.
Different for every family. For some it is long-term travel. For others it is weekend adventures close to home. What connects them is intentionality about how time is spent and a preference for experiences over accumulation. The version that fits your family is the right one.
By finding stability within the adventure rather than treating them as opposites. Routines, rituals, and family rhythms travel with you. Familiar foods, bedtime routines, and predictable family dynamics provide stability even when the location changes. Kids need consistency in relationships more than consistency in geography.
That people are fundamentally similar across cultures in what they want for their families. That comfort zone is a smaller circle than it feels from inside. That the things worth having in life require effort and discomfort to get. And that time together doing hard interesting things is the most reliable source of family closeness.
By getting clear on why you made the choices you made and returning to that clarity when the outside noise gets loud. Most families living unconventionally describe an initial period of explaining themselves that gradually gives way to just living the life. The explaining becomes less necessary as the results become visible.
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