​ ​(1) I live in absolute luxury. I have a house with two​ bedrooms, two​ baths, a kitchen with​ appliances, carpeting, and nicely painted walls. ​ What? You​ don't think​ that's luxury? I certainly​ do, especially when I compare my house to our first house. Let me tell you about it.
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​(2) After years of apartment living during​ college, I got married. My husband and I decided to build a house. We bought some landlong dash​flat, treeless​ land, that islong dashand looked into our options. We could spend a lot of moneylong dashwhich we​ didn't havelong dashand have someone build a finished house for​ us, or we could go a less expensive route. We took the cheap route and had a shell built.
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​(3) Now, this shell home was not exactly luxurious. A shell is basically the bare bones of a​ house: the​ roof, side​ walls, windows, and exterior​ doors, but nothing else. There are no interior​ walls, no​ flooring, no ceilings​ (other than the roof way up​ there), no electrical​ outlets, and no plumbing. ​ Basically, we had a wooden box.
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​(4) To save​ money, we moved into our wooden box. We had the bare minimum electricity and plumbing installedlong dash​outlets, overhead​ lights, sinks,​ toilets, and showers. Imagine a​ kitchen, though, that has nothing but a​ sink, a​ refrigerator, and a couple of card tables. We had no​ range, no​ oven, no​ dishwasher, and no garbage disposal. We had a microwave and an electric​ skillet, and we bought a refrigerator. Cooking with the​ skillet, we could look into our bedroom. In​ fact, from the​ kitchen, we could see into every room in the house since there were no walls anywhere. At that​ point, we realized that no matter how much we loved each​ other, we needed to put drywall on the bathroom walls for privacy.
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​(5) Perhaps the funniest part of our shell house was the living roomlong dashso to speak. I have a​ beautiful, black grand piano. There it sat in a corner on a plywood​ floor, with a background of pine studs and electrical wires. Just for​ fun, I nailed a huge nail into a stud and hung a picture in the living room.
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​(6) In​ time, we made​ rooms, added​ cabinets, painted,​ tiled, and​ carpeted, until we had a regular house. But by​ then, we had decided to move on. I learned quite a bit from my​ house-finishing experiences, and I now feel that I could survive in most situations. ​ Nonetheless, I​ don't think​ I'll leave the luxury of our current house anytime soon.
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Part 1
What dominant impression does the writer​ convey?

A.
​open, empty space
B.
a cute and cozy environment
C.
an elegant and luxurious home
D.
extremely tight quarters