No, I'm not moving--but I just finished reading a book about a woman who bought a tiny cottage on Cape Cod and moved it to a different site. 
The memoir follows her progress as she discovers the little house, secures permits, clears the site, and begins renovating the cottage.
Her goal is to place the cottage close to her home, build a breezeway of sorts to join the two buildings, and then use the new space as a badly-needed office. The author works at home as a bookstore designer, and until that time had been using her bedroom as office space.
I was impressed--and a little envious. My "office space" is a small desk in the living room. Everyone else in the house thinks that it is their office space as well. There's always someone rummaging in my desk for stamps, scissors, or an envelope, and my favorite pens keep disappearing. But at the same time, thinking of the household disruption that she (and her cat) endured, and multiplying it by the five people in my home, I couldn't help thinking, "Better her than me!"
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2 Responses to “Moving the Whole House”
WOW! That's a lot of work just to get office space! So this was actually a true story?? Seems like a lot of work just to get office space! I do wish I could do that though...I have a corner of my living room sectioned off, and that takes the place of an office in my home. Thanks for the coupons!