i save photos of things i can never have

May 8, 2026

Do you ever run across something you really like while scrolling on the Internet and save the photo even though you know you can never have it?

ME TOO!

I love about everything in the photo above. But… the only things I could possibly replicate is the candle on the bar and adding a cutting board to decorate my existing countertops. No fireplace, and no fancy cabinets to paint that taupe color — and the chance that I’ll ever have granite countertops in a pole barn is right at 0%.

Still… I pull photos like that and store them in an app to access later. And then, I never do.

Crazy thing is… I’m happy where I am and with what I’ve got!

I have no desire to move… or even get new kitchen cabinets. A gas stove may be a future purchase, but it won’t be a beautiful brick fireplace. I do plan to get my weed sprayer and fill it with floor dye to touch up the concrete — and I don’t have one saved photo of that in my trusty app.

I figure it’s ok to admire stuff you like even if it’s not a good fit for your lifestyle. I mean… that candle lit on an audubon in the saved photo above would be a fire in 5 seconds after being hit with Merida’s tail of death. That doesn’t mean I can’t like it. 🙂


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