Holy Cow - My Dream House IS Affordable!

First, I know I promised to post every day, and was going to put this up yesterday, but our internet was down.  And a shame, too, because I have THRILLING NEWS!  My prayers for an affordable modern home of my dreams for our land out in West Virginia were answered when this fabulous, fully furnished modern home popped up on Gilt.com.  And mein gott, it has all the furniture i would have picked out, too!  

 

It even has the Stem entertainment console i asked for!

And solar powered lighting and a green roof!!

It's like God read my mind, flew over the piece of land we own, picked a design that would blend seamlessly with the rocky forest and glassed the walls so we could always feel like we were outside, enjoying the Almost Heaven-ly views, then did a quick search of my drool-worthy design cache (or has been reading my blog), and then put it on sale for a mere $310.

Lo, i failed to specify that i wanted a life-sized modern home.  Ever notice how god is really good at exploiting the loopholes? She must be the world's best lawyer.

I've been trying to decide how to justify purchasing this despite the fact that i have no children and we have no space in our house.  I think it'd be hilarious to build our little shed out in WV and bring this out there and call it good.

Anyway, this "Emerson Dollhouse" comes from a company called Brinca Dada, which is a couple of architects (of course) who decided to make toys that adults would like to play with, too.  I wonder, though, whether children would actually like this.  It isn't brightly colored plastic, the dolls look like art mannequins and, worst of all, appear to lack all clothing and accessories (which is really all any little girl playing with Barbie cares about - except for the making out with Ken/Christie part):

I guess, though, looking back, i had more fun playing with my mom's art/architecture supplies than with my own toys, and i never had a Barbie dollhouse, despite requesting one for several Christmases.  My mother said we were too poor (and we were, and she did get me the swimming pool one year), but i can say with reasonable certainty that if the Emerson Dollhouse had been available in the 1970s - even if it were $310 - i think she would have found a way to get it. Being part of the feminist movement, however, and a tomboy to boot, my love of Barbie made my mother want to vomit.  She'd get them for me upon occasion, but they usually came with a lecture or accompanied by a smile with gritted teeth.  I compensated by climbing trees (in dresses and patent leather shoes), playing with snakes and toads, and bringing home stray animals - all of which she heartily endorsed (except the attire).  Anyway, i think i would have loved to play with this as a kid.  I'd sure love to play with it as an adult!

I can't decide if god is trying to make up for teasing me with the dollhouse or tempt me with this offer from Gilt:  Get $1000 Ligne Roset store credit for $500.  This means i could get the Stem console for half price!  Oh, wait...nope, it's limited to one per customer.  God really does have a sick sense of humor.