I'd like a house near a calm and peaceful place. My house would be fairy centered with colors of burgendy, purple, various shades of cranberry and red, gray, and maybe gold. My windows would overlook a lake or pond. I'd like to live in the Europe somewhere and stroll around. Well thats my dream.

Yeah, but you don't have to heat up the *whole* place, you can just heat the most used rooms - living room, bed-room, dinning room etc.

So for all those who've answered, say particularly those in love with Victorians (single-paned windows, chicken-wire and plaster instead of sheetrock... I'm just sayin'... ) is this a direct correlation to your personal style? For my case, I'm less of a Victorian-inspired goth and more earthy, Celtic and hippy-like. That and my environmental views lead me to want to use sustainable methods of living, which translates into the type of home I'd like to have.

Saying this from what i've thought about the topic it'd probably look like half halloween haunted house meeting with punk rock/rockabilly. But I guess it'd be more easier to describe if you saw my bedroom in my apartment.

A perfect example of my perfect house is one that looked like the Hawthorne classic, "The House of the Seven Gables." When I first read that book, I just thought, "To live in that house would be a dream come true." To say how that reflects my style, I'm more of a Victorian goth. I love that sense of dark and aristocratic, or perhaps that sense of bygone romance, or something along those lines. It's a sense of beauty I regret has been dead and buried for sometime.

http://www.massachusetts.worldweb.com/Photos/Dwellings/10-1379.html

That's a beautiful picture of the kind of house I would either have built or buy though I think I'd have it built since really old homes suck up money for repairs and modifications.

Not to be a pedant, Autumnsheart, but you do know that isn't Victorian architecture, right? It's actually mid-17th century First Period. (The Victorian period was some 200 years later.)

Luna - just tryin' to share knowledge

I know this may sound a little cliche for my "dark lord wannabe" attitude, but a medieval-style castle with a huge private tower (think Baradur/Orthanc from LotR).
I love grandeur and extravagence, so the interiors would be a little less scary and more magnificent than a crumbling old fortress though, but still with that element of ominous foreboding.
Lots of dark colours (grey, black and reds for the mostpart) and lots of marble floors, walls and pillars/columns (if you've played Deus Ex, the Hong Kong Illuminati HQ is a perfect example).
Of course, I'd have to have my own army of darkness to put in it as well.

As for reflecting my personal style, I'd say the love of formality and the colours definitely relate to me. I'm a slightly more corporate goth in style, but I also draw from medieval aspects when I can (can be slightly difficult), so the "grandeur" and "extravagence" fits in more, than say, a earthen or Victorian style (although I do love that too).

It's great reading about everyone else's dream homes, there's some gorgeous ideas here!

I've just got to add something that I forgot to put in my post yesterday - I'd have deep, cushioned window seats (the kind that are actually set into the window) for me to curl up in when I'm reading/daydreaming

Lunamoth - you asked if our dream houses related to our personal style.. I'm not sure in my case, because although I love castles I don't particularly wear Medieval clothing or anything. I've got more of a yearning for a wardrobe filled with corsets and long, elegant netted skirts... *goes off into daydream about FairyGothMother*

The front door would be 5 feet wide, eight feet tall, 6 inches thick of good stout wood with a huge Celtic styled knocker. The door way is designed to make me feel as though I am an eternal child walking into the warm embrace of the home. Also, give decent heft and closure to the Mormon's, Jehovah's Witnesses or any othe group trying to peddle their craft upon me. Get out.

The entry way would be, essentially, a great room linking together the kitchen, diningroom, and family room as a whole. Furniture which has comfort and functionality (of course style). No clutter. Open and inviting is the emphasis. Plenty of wood with a light finish (not a fan of dark stained wood, the beauty is in the grain).

Master bedroom with a King size bed and bathroom with a clawed foot bathtub able to fit William Taft. Other bedrooms as required. Basement for my den cluttered with my style and interests. Of course the wife will require her extra rooms also.

The yard and gardens should have the wild feel. Nothing over pruned. The house would be located and position where A/C is not required. the summer heat is broken by opening the correct set of windows to allow the wind to push the air through the house. Heat in the winter is limited to just the necessity. I believe in dressing warm and snuggling down under a heap of blankets.

And maybe a bowling alley.

Whaddya mean maybe?

I hope you plan to serve a bucket 'o pony bottles with every game.

'Maybe' as in number of lanes - undecided.



Where would the world be without the rewards of hope. Bring your own shoes and they must be awful.

As I live in a house that when it was built was described as a 'Victorian Workmans Cottage' then just a bigger version of this would do nicely, but the location would have to change, somewhere like the house in Bednobs & Broomsticks, where you can see the coast one way and fields and trees the other. Dream On. LofG

Um, that was embarrassing, making a mistake like that. Well, I guess then I'd like to live in a house like the one pictured or an actual Victorian house. I was under the impression that the house I provided in the link was representative of Victorian style from discussion in class when I got to read it. Oh well, sorry. But in any case a house with that type of foreboding appearance would fit my taste as I'm a bit formal and enjoy an antiquated look.

One word. Airy. Large windows, white walls, big open spaces. I hate small cramped rooms. A big bathroom, with none of those little-hole-in-the-wall windows you can see in most bathrooms. I want *light*, people. Not too much furniture. Warm tones; browns, reds, maybe some orange or yellow accents. A bit of an Art Deco influence, nothing exagerrated, though. Maybe some plants, if somebody else takes care of them. I can kill a friggin' cactus. Sofas/armchairs the same color as the cat, trust me, it saves a lot of trouble.

I'm not really sure about the architecture of my ideal house, but the decor would be quite the mess, mixing border-goth and victorian with a wee bit of art nouveau. Lots of black, deep blues and reds, and a whole lot of sepia.