When we mused about favorite places and dream houses, Sophia turned to her cabin in Big Bear.
By Middle-School Blogger Sophia Bottine
You drive through the gated neighborhood
And find my house
You park in front of the driveway.
As you get out, you notice how beautiful it looks,
The sunlight shines on the top of the brown, sleek roof
And hits the nearby trees
To the left and to the right there are trees, scrub, and overgrown plants.
There are not many though as the snow has frozen all of them away.
You then go towards the front door
It’s on a platform
With a lounging chair in front of a sliding door on the right
When you go up the short stairs
You see a “Welcome” rug in front of a door
–a large, beautiful, wooden door
There is another “Welcome” sign above the door with a cartoon bear,
This time, it’s in French.
You go through the front door
And immediately enter a long hallway
With a neither narrow or wide flight of stairs to the left
A large dog bed under the stairs
And a medium-sized bedroom
That bedroom is mine
Inside it, there is a bed in the middle
And a brown desk in the back right corner
There are bedside tables next to the bed
With books filling them and a large lamp on top
On the left, there is a closet with a small window above the clothes
There aren’t many clothes, it’s quite empty
And there are spiders crawling and hiding in corners
You get the chills and go out and into the bathroom
It has a green, glossy, counter on the right
A shower on the left
And a toilet behind the shower
It’s a very minimalist bathroom, pretty but kind of empty.
You’ve seen enough so you go back out into the hallway
Further down the hallway, there are washing machines to the left
A garden in front of you
And a master bedroom to the right
You decide to go into the master bedroom first.
As you enter it, you notice how big it is
There is a small TV in front of you
A fireplace in the far right corner of the room
And a sliding door leading outside,
A large bed to the left
And once again, two bedside tables accompanying it,
As all bedrooms should
There is a walk-in closet
With a large wardrobe carrying all the pants and belts,
You get out of the closet and to the room right next to it,
The bathroom.
It has two sinks with a fake orchid on top,
A shower and a bathtub to the left
A small window near the ceiling
And yet again, another fireplace at the end of the bathtub
You leave the master bedroom and head outside
You open the glass door and step through
You’re now on another platform
There are many chairs to the right for no reason at all
A dart-throwing game, covered in dust from the lack of use
And a jacuzzi with a cover on top around a corner
There is another small staircase leading to the garden
You don’t go down, there isn’t much to see
Just a few mounds of dirt and very few patches of grass.
You decide to go back inside and go up the large flight of stairs
There are a few pictures on the wall, depicting a family
Finally, you reach the top of the stairs
You’ve now entered the living room
A large, grey, “L” shaped couch sits in front of you,
A fireplace with burnt wood inside
And a large stack of wood next to it,
On top, a large TV
And a lengthy, wooden hanging shelf with candles under it.
To the right there is a billiard table,
Near the window, an aesthetic lounge area
And behind the billiard table a green countertop with a few pictures
And a printing machine
You notice a bedroom that you hadn’t seen before
There is a powder room next to it
You head towards the bedroom and open the door
The first thing you see is a bunk bed with a ton of stuffed animals
And a large, homemade Barbie house in a corner
A blue desk stands next to it
With a closet close by.
You open the closet door
And immediately notice that it hasn’t been cleaned in a while.
There are piles of clothes in a corner
And there’s no way to tell the dirty from the clean.
You then go into the bathroom
This too, is dirty, but there are no clothes on the ground
Just a few splashes of paint and nail polish on the countertop.
You get out of this bedroom
And go near the kitchen
There is a large dining table to the left
With a wooden chandelier in the shape of antlers
A bench surrounds one side of the table
With three chairs where it doesn’t reach.
There’s another lounging area to your right
And a dog bed, next to the kitchen countertop
You go into the kitchen
It’s like any other cabin kitchen
Green tiles on top of wooden counters
A sink near yet another window
And a pantry to the left
The pantry is filled with snacks and spices
And a small refrigerator carries all the drinks.
The big refrigerator is near the stove and the oven
You get out of the kitchen and living room
And go outside, through another sliding door and onto another balcony.
This one has a barbecue on it
With sunbathing chairs, dog toys,
And some tall chairs with a round table in between them
A flight of stairs leads down to the garden.
You’ve now seen all the parts of the house.
You go back inside and lock the door
You go to the bedroom and close everything you opened
Then, you go downstairs and lock the doors leading outside
And close the downstairs bedroom’s door
Finally, you open the front door once more, lock it behind you
Head down the small stairs and down the driveway
Past all the scrub and overgrown plants
And into your car
You think about the house,
It’s cozy, calming, with a touch of nostalgia in it
You can see that it’s dear to the owners
And how much they love it
The sun barely hits the top of the roof
It’s almost sunset
You take a final look at the house before driving away…
