Last week I blogged about my desire for a house in the country but since the possibility of owning a country home is not in my immediate future, I’ll just have to live vicariously through the lives of others…like Paul Siskin of the design firm Siskin Valls.

Paul is currently in the midst of building a country home from the ground up and is documenting the process on his blog on Interior Design Magazine’s website.

Above is a model of what his dream country retreat will look like when it’s finished. This is the view from the back. It’s …