House Designs

One of the many things I do in my spare time, (Which by the way is not often) I find that I will look on realtor.ca and find places that are for sale and need to be fixed up.  Between looking through the pictures of the places, and the dimensions that the realtor has placed on the advertisement.  I try and draw up what I think the place might look like.  I use the exterior pictures for placement of windows and sometimes they help you figure out which was a room can go.  Now I know that I am not always right, as I am not actually going to go through the place but most of the time I can come up with a pretty decent idea of what it look like.  Then I let my imagine go.  I remove walls, flip things, make things bigger or small.  Rearranging all that I can to get a more functional layout.  Then I start to dream of what the floor would look like, paint colors, window coverings, light fixtures, doors, etc.  How would I place the furniture, and which kind of furniture would look best.  Sometimes I even get right into picture placements on the walls.  To most this would sound like a waste of time, and for others they wonder why I don't do this type of work for a living; My only reply is I enjoy doing this now, but to have someone telling me that they want it done a certain way, or to hear them criticize my ideas would only ruin the fun of it.  Would I one day want to make one of these designs a reality, sure would.  BUT, it would be for me, and myself to enjoy.  Something of fun, not work.