My fiancé and I have two completely different visions of our dream homes. He is adamant that someday he will have his dream home. I support him in all his dreams and aspirations except this one. This one annoys me to no end because he talks about it nonstop and won't even work on a compromise with me. I have a more realistic and homey vision of what my dream home is. I love windows and natural light but I do not want to live in a glass box in the middle of the woods. I've seen too many horror movies. We have 3 young kids and I love living in a neighborhood where my kids can just walk or ride their bikes a couple houses down to their friends homes. I grew up in a small house at the end of a mile long driveway in the middle of the woods and couldn't stand it. I like privacy but it freaked me out every time i would be outside at night or there by myself. Anyway, the first picture is my foance's dream home and the second is more what I dream of raising my kids in and growing old in. Simple, spacious, warm, homey, welcoming. Not a glass box in the middle of the creepy wilderness that I'd be afraid to move around in with all crazy top notch contraptions that take forever to figure out. I'm so frustrated that I can't convince him to come up with a more realistic design. Just over the whole topic.