If I Lived in a Cottage by the Sea: My New Dreambook!

I’m SO excited to lastly allow you to in on a little bit secret, a artistic facet passion I’ve had for the previous yr (and one thing enjoyable for you!)

Let me introduce you to If I Lived in a Cottage By The Sea, my new (digital) Dreambook and the way it got here to be!

Years in the past, the If I Lived Right here collection on The Impressed Room weblog introduced collectively so many kindred spirits. I’m a dreamer and a homebody—and far to my delight, so are you!

We linked over our shared love of charming properties, cozy nooks, and dreamy settings—romanticizing what life may be like if we lived in a little bit coastal cottage or a quaint retreat by the ocean.

However for us, dreaming wasn’t nearly escaping actuality—it was a option to uncover what we really love and produce extra of that feeling into our on a regular basis lives. Positive, we would have wished for the dream residence (okay… possibly greater than a little bit typically!), however we didn’t keep caught there. As an alternative, we gathered inspiration and located artistic methods to seize the feeling of these dreamy areas—proper the place we have been.

Whereas I not solely dream of a cottage by the ocean (my dream got here true!), the humorous factor is—I nonetheless love to dream about them. I at all times have, and I at all times will.

I think about it’s sort of like somebody who loves golf (for the document, I’ve solely performed Putt-Putt!). Simply since you’ve performed as soon as—and even stay on a golf course—doesn’t imply you cease fascinated about golf. Am I proper? 🙂

A few yr in the past, I began experimenting with an AI design program as a part of a artistic collection we have been engaged on for our HomeBody neighborhood. The aim was to assist HomeBodies visualize concepts for his or her properties. It was enjoyable—however I rapidly discovered that working with AI has its quirks! Nonetheless, I caught with it, discovered as I went, and earlier than lengthy, I noticed how a lot I cherished dreaming up cottages by the ocean. It turned a enjoyable and surprisingly inspiring passion—all from the consolation of my sofa. 🙂

I made a decision I couldn’t hold this to myself– I wished to share my “cottage by the ocean” desires with others who, like me, love quaint, cozy, and character-filled properties.

And that’s how the Dreambook was born. With the assistance of AI design instruments, I might dream up charming areas and pair them with little “If I Lived Right here” tales—each a artistic escape, crammed with particulars I imagined in a comfy, seaside residence.

Romanticize Your Life & Dwelling

If I Lived in a Cottage By the Sea is supposed to be a enjoyable escape—a little bit daydream you’ll be able to step into anytime. However in case you’re somebody who likes to dream (like I do!), it doesn’t have to finish there. You should use that dream as inspiration to deliver a feeling into your actual residence, irrespective of the place you reside.

I really like that nobody really lives within the Dreambook cottages by the ocean—they have been created by me with AI design instruments, purely for inspiration and dreaming! And I really like that they could be a little bit quirky or imperfect at occasions, to me, that’s a part of the attraction! Even when a dream residence feels a little bit excessive or not completely reasonable, it might probably nonetheless encourage us. This is the reason I really like the Dreambook! We are able to think about ourselves at residence in any of those areas, kicking off sandy footwear and letting the ocean breeze drift by way of open home windows!

As I shared in my books Love the Dwelling You Have and A Beautiful Life, creating a stunning life and residential isn’t about perfection. It’s about intention, contentment and even discovering pleasure in romanticizing the life and residential you have already got!

In my HomeBody Gathering Place programs and The Impressed Room weblog, I like to encourage folks to note what conjures up them—after which discover sensible and artistic methods to seize that feeling at residence.

That’s precisely what I hope this Dreambook will do for you: spark your creativity, gasoline your creativeness, and gently remind you to make life pretty—proper the place you might be.

In the event you’ve ever dreamed of a cottage by the ocean—whether or not you reside in a single or simply need to recreate that coastal feeling—you’re a kindred spirit. I hope you take pleasure in this Dreambook as a lot as I cherished creating it for you.

Come dream with me of a cottage by the ocean.