Thursday, May 28, 2015

A Literary Dream Home

Even if you're not currently on the market for a new house, you might want to be . . . if you happen to have $3.9 million laying around, that is. The house that inspired The Great Gatsby, the very home that F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda lived in, located in Great Neck, New York, is for sale. Curious to see some pix? Click HERE.

I probably won't be making an offer, but it did get me to thinking what would the ultimate literary dream home look like? What kind of extras would it have?

Library
With a mandatory roly-poly ladder and wingback chairs.

Coffee Station
A cute, little French press and espresso counter in the kitchen.

Jacuzzi
For all the kinks incurred by sitting in front of a keyboard all day.

Mullioned Windows
Preferably overlooking a garden with plenty of pathways.

Window Seats
Perfect for day dreaming.

Brick Walls covered with Ivy
On the outside, of course. 

Fireplace
For those cold and dreary days, there's no better place to cozy up and ponder.

Wrap Around Porch
With plenty of rocking chairs and swings. And don't forget ferns.

Secret Passages
Just because.

That's my list. What's on your literary dream home list? Leave your ideas in the comment section.

3 comments:

Southern-fried Fiction said...

An office made for a writer, preferable with large windows overlooking a lake within a forrest with mountains in the distance.

Betty Thomason Owens said...

I like all your ideas, especially coffee station. I would add to my list, a secret garden.

Carrie Lynn Lewis said...

My dream house is actually a private railcar. You know, one of those deluxe passenger cars restored and remodeled into living quarters. A home on wheels... or rather a home on rails.

That necessarily limits a lot of the finer things, but I can't think of anything I'd like better than writing as we rocked along a scenic stretch of the Santa Fe or Union Pacific lines. Or through the mountains where CSX and Northfolk Southern wander. Bliss!

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