We all have hobbies, but how far would you go to build your life around them? More than spending extra income on his hobby, a man has literally built his life around it!
A man from the Oklahoma area decided to literally build his house around his hobby. Paul Phillips is a contractor in the Skiatook area and has built many homes over the years.
A man builds a house by a pond with a hole in the living room so he can fish whenever he wants.
We all have hobbies, but how far would you go to build your life around them? More than spending extra income on his hobby, a man has literally built his life around it!
A man from the Oklahoma area decided to literally build his house around his hobby. Paul Phillips is a contractor in the Skiatook area and has built many homes over the years.
As he built other people’s houses, he realized he had his own dream house that he had the potential to build – a house that would allow him to practice his hobby any time of the day.
What kind of hobby could inspire a man to do something like this? Fishing. Know that Paul even has his own favorite laс – the Oologah laс. He regularly went to his favorite place on the laс and spent hours doing what he loved the most. Unfortunately, he recently learned that he was no longer allowed to fish there.
“One of these days I’ll have my own place and no one can tell me I can’t fish there,” he told local news. Deciding to act on his сonviсtion, he bought land, rented a backhoe and dug his own pond.
Once he had his own pond, he found a contractor to help him build his house. The house was around 1,850 square feet and had three bedrooms, bathrooms and a large living room – with a twist.
The living room had a big hole in the floor that you can open. The four par four hole was built right next to the fireplace so he could cast a fishing line into the pond from the comfort of his own home!
His neighbors were amazed at his dedication. “The lady next door loves to fish and the lady here can’t wait for spring to come to hear the frogs bawling,” he told reporters.
The carpenter Mr. Phillips hired admitted that he had never done anything like this before, but it was a fun project to take part in! In addition to the living room, the back of the house has a terrace which allows him to receive friends and organize his own fishing parties.
Paul has big plans for his home. This ambitious project is only a first step for this dedicated man. Eventually, he wants to sell his house so that he can modernize it. He imagines a bigger house with a bigger pond, and eventually, bigger fish!
We can learn a lesson from Paul here! If you don’t see your dreams in life, build them! Paul has certainly acted on his beliefs and built a house that he is absolutely in love with. He’s probably in his living room right now with a line in the water!
This house was already so amazing to begin with that we can’t imagine how awesome the new one will be. Happy fishing, Paul! Click on the video below to listen to Paul’s story and take a peek inside his home!