Glenavon, Canada

Not your average. Our kids' first homes were sailboats on Canada's west coast, travelling place to place. In summers we travel extensively in camper-vans (growing out of that at the moment, with adolescent kids). Western Canada visiting family and our favourite places. Our house is in Saskatchewan on the Canadian Prairie. We homeschool with no mandated curriculum and like a quiet life, spend every second winter in Bali Indonesia. We are spiritual, not religious. Laid back. Might be described as hippy by some. Nonsmokers non-drinkers. Our home is a charming but rustic, 1940s house with 2 bedrooms on the main floor and a large master bedroom garret with dormer windows. A full unfinished basement downstairs with a workshop and lots of functional tools for projects large and small. A garage that is also a workshop. Fancy? No. Modern? No. Finished to perfection? No. The floors in the kitchen and living room are wood and they are old and need refinishing. It's all a work in progress and we expect it will take years and will never be perfect because imperfect has character. We aren't fans of "new build" housing. We prefer "cabinesque", affordable, something with soul and character.