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Lots of people will see this as sacrilege, but this brings to life one of my favorite childhood fantasies. When I was a kid stuck in Mass (at least twice a week), I used to mentally redecorate our church into my own huge bedroom, including converting the baptismal pool into a jacuzzi! I wanted to take out all the pews and use it as a giant dance floor (hey, I was 10).

Little wonder I'm not a believer. :)

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! This is one of my fondest dreams. I remember reading a YA novel many years ago about a family living in an old church and I've wanted to live in a church ever since. It would have to be deconsecrated, though, since otherwise I'd feel as if I needed to make a trip to the confessional/laundry room after every debauched weekend!

i'd LOVE to! there are two churches on mt. auburn in watertown, ma being converted into condos. they are taking the longest goddamn time. which is great, for me, because maybe when they FINALLY finish i'll be in a position to buy :) yeah, right.

what timing! We're on our last vacation day and are staying in an old dutch church in the catskills, and we love it.

We just moved into a church that was converted into condos in Atlanta! We were so lucky to get the old choir loft--our windows are 13 ft tall and let in the most beautiful light. The building has so much character, but is finished with modern bamboo floors and fixtures. White, light and airy, we definitely consider it heaven.

Hell yeah!

The church thing wouldn't bother me. We have a former church next door now a boatyard. By the way this programme is so boring the houses are great but it is so repetitive.

funstraw - where?

Do tell!

a small church or school house would be great

I would totally do this.

they look so pretty and with many over hundreds of years old it would b sad to knock them down, i think this is great, especially as most churches go unused in the UK. i'd love to live in one, all that light and space, and gargoyles to keep the salesmen away.

I have friends that lived in a GREAT old church for over a year. It was great for parties because the whole floor plan is open on the bottom (entryway, kitchen, living, dining) and then there were two floors of loft space going up into the rafters, which gave them three bedrooms and a bath! Not to mention that they also had a balcony off of the topmost bedroom, which looked out over the whole city. It was just beautiful... But they had to move out because of the rent and EXORBITANT security deposits due to the enormous stained-glass windows.

We still mourn the loss of that place.

I agree--so many of those old churches and chapels are just so gorgeous and some have interesting histories. It would be a shame to knock them down. I'd much rather someone convert a church to a home than have it torn down. I think it would be wonderful to live in one.

Here on Capitol Hill, a church was converted to condos.

A former convent in Delmar, NY, was converted to a restaurant -- "The Heavenly Inn" -- when I was a kid. I don't know what the structure serves as now.

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Absolutely. It would feel quite comfortable.