My Dream House 23/1/2009 (1st english essay of this year)

We see many different types of houses today. Due to the constantly improving efforts and ideas of architects, many of the houses we see nowadays are designed very creatively and attractively. However, not many people are rich enough to buy their ideal house, so, like me, they just have to be content with their current one. Although I have seen both the exterior and interior of many houses, none of them matches exactly the description of my own dream house.

My dream house is four-storey high. The colours of the walls of my house will change according to the weather. When it is warm or hot weather, the walls will change into different shades of blue. On the other hand, when it is cold, the colour of the walls will switch to different shades of my favourite colour - pink. If the rain has just stopped, the walls will be rainbow-coloured to match the rainbow in the sky. The floor of my dream house is covered in rose-coloured tiles in cold weather. When it is warm, however, the tiles will become dark-blue. The roof of my dream house is made of a transparent material, enabling me to see through the roof. This is because I love watching the clouds in the sky.

My dream house consists of eleven rooms. The sitting room and the kitchen is located on the ground floor. There is also a toilet. In fact, there are toilets on the ground floor, first floor and second floor. There is no toilet on the top floor of my dream house because, as I mentioned earlier, the roof is made of a transparent material. The sitting room of my dream house is very big, spacious and comfortable. There are curtains hanging from the ceiling to make the room seem even bigger. The kitchen is also quite big, but half of it serves as my dining room. There are nine windows in my kitchen, to ensure it will not be too stuffy.

There are no escalator in my house. This is because walking upstairs is a good form of exercise. Thus, if you proceed up the stairs to the first floor, you will see two bedrooms, a study room, and a toilet. One of the bedrooms is for myself, whereas the other one is for guests. My bedroom is big, with a queen-sized bed and a few diamond-paned windows. There is a big wardrobe and a dressing table. Besides, there are also little fluorescent stars and moons on the ceiling. The other bedroom is for guests. It is furnished almost exactly as my own room, except that the wardrobe is not so big. The study room is wide and airy. There are bookshelves lining the four walls of the room. Besides, there are also two vases of flowers in the room, in order to make the room look more pretty and smell more fragrant.

On the second floor of my house, there are only two rooms, that is a mini gymnasium and, of course, a toilet. The gymnasium is for me to carry out my daily exercises. There are many types of exercising apparatus in this room. This room is the perfect place for me to help me keep fit and maintain a slim figure. Due to the many exercising apparatus - from dumbells and skipping ropes to running machines - the room is so big that it takes up three quarters of the second floor.

The computer room and the rest room are on the top floor of my house. If I want to play games, I will have to climb three flights of stairs all the way to the top floor. Thus, this is to help me not to play so often. Even if I do go up, it will help me to tone the muscles in my legs. The computer room is quite small, with one computer and a rack for me to put all my CDs and diskettes. The rest room, however, is almost as big as the mini gymnasium. It is a room for me to simply relax after a hard day's work. There is a mat for me to just lie down and look up at the sky through the transparent roof. Besides, there are also many soft toys - bears, dolls, bunnies, clowns and many more - for me to hug and play with. Some people may think I am childish, but I also have a small corner just for Barbie Dolls. Other than that, there are hundreds of storybooks in this room for me to read at leisure. Lastly, there is a swing at a corner of the room. In short, this room is a room next to paradise.

This house is only a dream, a fantasy for me. Actually, as long as our house serve as a roof and four walls, we ought to be grateful and give thanks to God. The things that matters most is not our house, for the main use of a house is to provide a place for shelter, what matters most is the family within our house. Therefore, let us place our highest priority not on our house, but on our home.