Caitlin+Connally's+English+Project

For the english aspect of the Housing Project we had to write an essay describing our ideal home. My home is a shabby, old apartment on top of a restaurant. I admire the vintage style it has. Simple, black and white photographs like Elizabeth Taylor are placed randomly across the wall. The photographs provide a nostalgic journey through time. They help me appreciate the past, admire the present and greet the future. In my apartment are shelves full of books. The hours of reading replace any need for screened television. Books give me hours of pleasure even after they have been put down. I sit in my renaissance styled armchair, gazing at the city lights wondering about the hidden thoughts behind the author’s words. Pen and paper are the tools I use to communicate with friends and family far away, as I have no time for hi-tech mobiles or answering machines. My phone is normally unhooked as it is a restaurant phone and its incessant ringing disturbs the serenity of my household. I choose to live on top of a restaurant because the bustling and clanging calms me. It is like watching a gigantic television, you can see and hear them but you don’t have to be embroiled in it yourself. The smell of rice and curry from downstairs wafts up to my apartment enticing me to go down. My choice to live on top of a restaurant comes from living in a quiet household. Here the clanging of pots creates a rhythmic percussion sound and makes me feel I’m not alone. Watching the people
 * __MY IDEAL HOME.__**