You’re getting to build the house of your dreams in Wales, so…
1) Where do you build it?
2) Tell us a little about the design and style?
3) What name do you give the house?
4) If you could chose one original piece of Welsh art/craft/artefact for your home what would it be?
5) Tell us about the housewarming?
And because I loved last week’s answers so much…
6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it
You’re getting to build the house of your dreams in Wales, so…
1) Where do you build it?
2) Tell us a little about the design and style?
3) What name do you give the house?
Something lovely and made-uppy-ish like “llonyddfa” or something.
4) If you could chose one original piece of Welsh art/craft/artefact for your home what would it be?
5) Tell us about the housewarming?
And because I loved last week’s answers so much…
6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it
What is your favourite quote?
“I used to have one of them but the wheel came off.”
1) Where do you build it?
On the edge of a forest, not too far from the sea, not too far from a river, with hills/mountains in sight. Should give a lot of scope.
2) Tell us a little about the design and style?
Low rise (cos we’re getting on a bit), although it might have an observation tower.
Always fancied building something in a kind of hollow square, i.e. with 4 separate wings, so family, etc, could stay and have their own “wing” and privacy. With a central “courtyard”.
3) What name do you give the house?
Tŷ Bach … (not! 
)
My parents-in-law used “Dyma ni” which I like, but I’ll try “Dychwelyd Gartref”.
4) If you could chose one original piece of Welsh art/craft/artefact for your home what would it be?
Bit of a cliche, but I’ve always fancied a Welsh Dresser.
5) Tell us about the housewarming?
Pretty boring: the usual gas central heating I’d think.
6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it
6) Who would be your guest of honour at the real house-warming?
If I had a time machine, Philip Madoc.
Or possibly Wynford Vauhan Thomas.
Mercifully still with us: Dylan Iorwerth.
Aberystwyth
As it has to be built, the design would be based on replicating traditional housing techniques, but on a modestly grand scale so lots of rooms and none of this open plan nonsense, nice thick stone walls (I hate modern housing), So things like a proper outside ty bach, proper inglenook range in the nice large kitchen, high ceilings. Grounds large enough for a decent orchard, tropical greenhouse, full sized croquet court etc. Sustainability built in, the home would generate all it’s own power from renewable sources.
And maybe a small tower with a reading room at the top with 360 views and a dumb waiter for carrying books up and down. A dungeon…sorry cellar with soundproofing for the music room. Basically traditional with new things to suit me.
Twr Y Ddraig Las
I would have to start looking at them and then decide
Lots of bands, freshly brewed beer, ridiculous variety of cheeses, squillions of home made cakes, a grand croquet tournament and all gathering round the bonfire as the night drew to it’s close
The underground high speed Maglev system I’ve just imagined.
More like REbuild. Castell Y Bere.
Like a castle. Only more so.
Already has one.
Celyn. A harp. Actually I’d want loads of them. And the castle would be the head-quarters for the new guild of harps and harpists. You know you talk about a “pride” of lions or a “flock” of birds? I was just wondering what you would call a group of harps.
A “string” of harps?
We’d raid the local farm for some meat (sorry Mr. Williams-Wynne 
️) and we’d have loads of bbqs. And archery. With prizes, but the prizes will be kisses or Pices-ar-y-maen. And non-stop harp music. And a race to the top of Craig Yr Aderyn. And anyone could come. As long as they spoke a little Cymraeg.
And because I loved last week’s answers so much…
You, Mr. Putin, Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim Jong Un sit down for a paned o de. Who brought cakes and who pours?
I did and I do. ‘Cos I invited them and they graciously accepted.
Well, obvs, at least two would be standard furniture in a dream house
Furniture? I wouldn’t sit on one…
I’ve only just realised I was dreaming, I thought I was for real…
