Post a photo of your ideal house

It depends on the moment, but this is one I've loved for years.

OP is that from that Keanu / Bullock movie?

Can't find the perfect one I like, but I've always liked the idea of a cabin in the woods.

This London home:

I love a home that takes advantage of its location.

OP house is a no. All sorts of things would wander into that house out of that lake.

This place.

Located in a posh Chicago suburb.

Can you image owning this and Fallingwater?

R9, is that the Home Alone house?

On the beach in Malibu

R11 Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Slide number 4

The Craigallian Estate, right outside of Glasgow.

....

"The Proposal" (film) house -

In addition to the home's waterfront exterior, surrounded by old-growth evergreens, the interior's wooden beams throughout the home are spectacular.

This

That's funny R4 - I looked at a house in Albert Street, London, recently. They were asking too much money for it and it's not selling.

Something like this would be nice - I'd like to live in the flats of Beverly Hills and this would do.

The Waterford's house from A Haindamid's Tale - it's in Hamilton, ON. So beautiful...

A nice Victoria

From @HBO's A Handmaid's Tale - I'm not drunk really

r19 marry me!

Somewhere idyllic with green, rolling hills, fresh air, and mountain views.

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R25 =

This - "Villa Rosa"

It's my favorite 'Disco.'

R27 = fan of >

Brian Keith's ultra-cool, indoor/outdoor, split-level California ranch home from "The Parent Trap." Sadly, it's just a set.

I love the Mrs. Doubtfire house, too. It's a zillion dollar property in SF.

This lil ol' shack:

I could be happy in most of the ones shown, but Twelve Oaks from Gone With The Wind, has always seemed nice to me, especially with the drive.

r34 = Miss Lindsey

r31. Yesss. The original Parent Trap somehow mixed the 60s/spanish aesthetic perfectly. To try and duplicate it would be a mistake but on screen it was phenomenal.

Here

R32, that house is too symmetrical, like two boobs.

Darryl Hannah's gorgeous house in the 1987 film "Roxanne."

The Cullen house in the movie "Twilight".

594 S. Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles CA Quaint and private!

If I ever win the lottery, I'm buying a little cabin in the redwoods like this one.

This house.

R40 That’s a lot of windows for a vampire house?

R45 Yeah but didn't sunlight just make vampires "sparkle" in that universe.

More mid-century glory.

Oh that living room!

Lottery goals. Large, but not obscene.

This is probably less expensive than where some of you live today.

I'd feel overwhelmed having a house with too many rooms -- so much upkeep, cleaning, and maintenance. Although I suppose if you can afford such a mansion, you have hired help to take care of it all.

I love those timber-framed medieval houses in Germany and France. I know they're probably not very fun to actually live in due to their diminutive size and old age but they're oh so cute!

Somewhere like this looks perfect. Right near the McKenzie River in Oregon. Green, lush, and mossy.

Just something modest.

R55 again

The Razor House, La Jolla. For a long time, I've loved it. I've never seen Iron Man but I was told this house was the inspiration for the Iron Man one. I'd want this house on a smaller scale:

I don't find that design to be very inspired, R20.

I knew the owner of this place:

A cozy, little cottage in a mountain valley like this.

Hmmm, I'm starting to think the house is secondary to the view that I want every morning when I wake up.

r54, I was just reading the book on the Vanderbilts, and it mentioned that no one (including the family) liked the place. It was gifted by some monarch, but nearly impossible to financially manage, hence the desperate marriage to a Vanderbilt heiress. They said the decor was too much and meant to show off (like an 18th-century trump hotel) and the dimensions were way off (think Spelling Manor) with the kitchen like 200 yards from the dining room creating a logistical nightmare for serving warm food to large parties. Even for the time period, the bathrooms were tucked away in far of sections of the palace, which annoyed Consuelo Vanderbilt and their guests.

It is also dark and full of very tall rooms. The living spaces were like an afterthought and rather dreary. It was all about the public areas which were overdone. I'm glad QEII threw Trump's dinner in that place given the feelings of the palace.

As for a dream house (I know you were joking) avoid, avoid, avoid.

R4...nailed it!

My favorite too! My dream home.

R60 Yeah I much prefer George Washington Vanderbilt II's Biltmore Estate, it is still grand but not overwhelming.

This

R57, that looks more like the lobby of an office.

This one.

Diane Keaton's house in Something's Gotta Give. It can be decorated exactly like it was in the movie, too.

R59 That's the Upper Svaneti valley in Georgia. The Svan people who live there are known for being batshit crazy.

The Villa Riviera @R56 is a masterpiece of 1920's Chateauesque architecture. LOVE.

The copper roof is stunning, and there are whimsical elements like the gargoyles that flank the windows along the roofline.

I don't need or want a huge mansion. The right unit in this building would be magical.

Somewhere here would be a dream.

R64, I had a friend tell me it looks like a giant mausoleum. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but the view and the isolation is intoxicating to me.

That building is falling apart R68. They did a major face life about 10 years ago and it already is looking like crap. Full of old people, I see ambulances there all the time. It's God's waiting room.

R67, re: the batshit craziness, that's a shame. That is a beautiful location. It looks like somewhere a monastery should be.

I always liked the windmill house in Deathtrap

.......

And Christopher Reeve too of course

The Ky Governor's Mansion after the Petit Trion. It's actually large enough to be a little grand without being oversized. I would choose a different colored brick for some color but I'd make it work.

R69 where is that?

Cinque Terre in Italy (village of Manarola, to be exact).

I'm not R69, but I'm thinking Italy. Amalfi Coast?

Nevermind.

Too much whimsey?

R81, did you mean this one?

This shape shifting tower which is actually under construction. It would rotate that fast, more of an optical illusion. No different than any of the rotating restraints or bars at the tops of hotels. But imagine 360 view every day.

R71 if you're referring to the appearance of the external paint work, the HOA sued the contractor that did that work in 2008 and recovered over $2M. They used incorrect materials when doing repairs on some of the cosmetic cracks, for example, resulting in inconsistent appearance of the paint and improper adhesion in certain places. The funds are sitting in the HOA's reserves until it is ready to be re-painted (any time now in my opinion). It is definitely not "falling apart"....one of the best constructed buildings in town. They do not build things like this anymore. The architect studied the seismic impact earthquakes on building structures in Japan before he designed this. It performed extremely well in the 1933 earthquake that wiped out many buildings constructed during this era.

I'd want a medium sized flat. 3 bedrooms max. Open roof terrace, possible pool. Great views in a city.

I wouldn't want to live in the middle of nowhere. Imagine running out of milk and coffee 20 miles from the nearest shop. Oh no!

Yes thank you R81

Something like this.

R82 looks like something out of a Thomas Kinkade painting.

R76 The KY Gov's Mansion is alright, but looks like a bank to me. When It comes to Governor's Mansions, I've always liked the South Carolina one.

Anything on Lake Como

My house.

Only 'cause your mom cleans your room, R92.

my home...in my (our) heart

r89 if we are throwing out Governor's mansions then I will add NJ's.

R91, that house seems way too flat. What a waste of space.

My dream home ever since I first saw it in 1974.

I love houses made of stone.

Another one

Kennedy Compound.

OP's and R1 are my favorite so far.

I have always loved this home and come back to its pictures every couple of weeks for some real estate porn. It's in New Port, RI. If you click through the images, the decoration is just so warm and inviting. I would like to build a family and grow old in that house.

I'll take zees one.

R84. I have been inside The Villa Riviera. It's not that impressive. Its dated and smells like the set of the Golden Girls. Units are small, windows are small, almost no parking, Single pane windows on a busy street corner means lots of noise and no insulation from the cold. I know it withstood the earthquake but I doubt that the Architect had actual data to study back then as you claim Most of the big building in LB withstood the earthquake, it was mostly 2 story bricks that fell. What did we know about earthquakes in 1920? Also the same HOA that had a NO JEWS clause on the books and didn't want to remove it up until the 1980's.

r102 it didn't show the home. Here we go.

More old fashioned

R106, is that the old set of the Flintsones movie?

Flintstones*

Anne Bass’s spectacular Paul Rudolph house in Fort Worth.

I wouldn't mind a simple pool like this one which Patty Hearst played in when mommy and daddy were still together.

Wayne Manor.

R104 I was a homeowner there at the Villa Riviera for years. It's not everyone's taste, I get that. "Dated" is a subjective term. It is 91 years old so of course it's not current design. For people who like old historic architecture, that's part of the appeal. People who love this building really love it. The windows are beautiful in units where they've been maintained or restored properly, and the units are larger than many of the other 1920's highrise buildings in the area (Cooper Arms, the Sovereign, the Artaban, the Lafayette). Also there are many instances of adjacent units that were combined decades ago to form much larger units. Some of those are really cool.

Regarding the architect and his seismic studies in Japan, that's not my "claim"....there is written history about the building and the architect.

The point about racist/exclusionary clauses in the HOA documents-that is not something that was ever acceptable but the building was converted to condominium titles in 1991 and there is certainly nothing like that in the documents now. Unfortunately most buildings in this area had similar clauses in their documents (no blacks, no Jews, etc) in the old days, but nothing like that has existed in decades. There are people from all walks of life in the building. Some move on after a couple of years because living in a historic building does not meet their needs for modern features, others stay for 30+ years.

Casa Malaparte.

(as my summer home)

Yes, I would live in the pool room.

huell houser's volcano house

[quote]R112. Regarding the architect and his seismic studies in Japan, that's not my "claim"....there is written history about the building and the architect.

Link Please, Wiki says nothing of the sort.

On airbnb now

For fucking gorgeous men and blowing up religious nutjobs.

Shangri La... Doris Duke’s house on the slopes of Diamond Head.

R116 - paragraph 6 (see link). I read something more extensive about the architect but to be honest I can't remember where. I'll try to find it.

Oops R116 I forgot the link.

I feel like freezing my whole body to eternal youth.

A ra-sha-sha apartment on Fifth Avenue or Central Park West, or perhaps at The Apthorp or on Gramercy Park.

for a little inspiration, that je ne sais quoi

LOL R120. That's an HOA propaganda page. My HOA claim bullshit like that too. The heard, type of claims become fact. How about a link to a news article stating the claim?

This desert home.

I like this one as well.

Maybe one day.

R124 that is a written history that the HOA pasted into their old web site. I don't know the original source or author for that write-up. If you need some link that magically will provide "proof" of the architect's credentials and studies of seismic forces on building design, perhaps entertain yourself by doing your own research. If I find the additional material I saved somewhere, I will post it. But so far I can't remember where I read the architect's bio. Sorry to disappoint you so much.

Also sorry to hear you hate the building so much. Everyone has different tastes and likes/dislikes and like I said the Villa is not everyone's taste.

Enjoy the thread.

Lakeside Plantation, circa 1830's, Batchelor, LA.

1810 house on Nantucket.

R68 R71 R84 When I looked at a unit there in 2012, the place had parking and laundry issues (community) that I didn't want to deal with. Do you know if anything has been done on that front.

This modest mountain view home east of the Cascades in Oregon

The house from The Uninvited. I think it's in Canada.

This incredible rambling low-country house in South Carolina. It’s more a compound than a singular house. Different rooms tied together by screen porches.

Nine Bay Drive | Kapalua, Maui

A cottage on the shore of a dark Scottish loch.

R1 i like it too.

R29 I envy her bedroom and backyard. I don't think I could deal with the swans though.

Conrad Black's old house in The Bridle Path neighbourhood of Toronto.

Oh, and I'd also need plenty of money to run and maintain such a house.

I'll take Manhattan

100% serious. Give me a vintage New Moon travel trailer like Lucy had and I'll be happy.

Google Casa Malaparte in Capri. a dream.

R37 and I need to hook up. I'm obsessed with Georgian homes. Sigh.

R125, I like that one as well.

I've always wanted to live in The Dakota.

My ideal address:

R143 see R113.

r148 See my fist in your face.

r148, see this:

Check this one out, too, r148:

R151, gorgeous.

I saw this place was a Tasteful Friends thread years ago. It's really the ultimate in odd taste and good architecture. The story of the gay owner, having his second stroke, giving hundreds of millions to charity, then jumping off the terrace when he was no longer able to walk down into the subway to get around. I'm sure it's been given a proper renovation since. The views are far better than shown in the video. South east facing, views over the park, Central Park South/Midtown Skyline, then to the south a front row view of the whole of the Majestic.

Home Sweet Home!

I like the corrugated metal roof. It's almost like they were already going for that farmhouse look.

[quote][R148] See my fist in your face.

Anger issues, much.

Anything MCM (yeah, I know, everyone’s tired of it). The style really soothes me.

[quote]Anger issues, much.

Nothing your reining in your control issues in won't fix.

162 East 64th Street

This mid-century gem for the winter months.

Not everyone, R157 I will never tire of it.

Emma Stone's house that's currently up for sale isn't too bad. I don't like the bathroom though. Now if only I had 4 million dollars to spare.

Not me, R157. I love MCM. The more authentic, the better.

Something overlooking Big Sur.

I would love to live in a Mid-Century Modern.

Beautiful home in the Makaha Valley, on Oahu, with a nice view of the ocean. Currently for rent at $8500 per month.

Or an Eichler home. Or an Eichler-like home.

I rather like this one:

Something along these lines, minus the extension at the back.

After I get rid of the current tenants, though - the ones there now have trashed the place.

Cliffside in Austria

So many lovely choices. Ideal for me, though, would be something modern and woodsy. Not urban, not desert. Something that feels like a secluded modern treehouse.

How do you even get Domino’s delivered to some of these isolated cliffside homes?

This will do. Brad Pitt’s Interview with a Vampire house

This looks pretty. I've always a house "with a pond."

[quote] Nothing your reining in your control issues in won't fix.

You must must be new to DL,

Sad.

Thanks for introducing me to the Villa Riviera. I had never heard of it before this thread.

For those who like MCM, this Case Study House is only 850Sq Ft.

R179 that penthouse unit you linked to has been on the market for quite a while. It is abnormally large with a very strange layout / poor use of space. The huge "great room" is spectacular if you see it in person (the ceiling height is something like 30 feet in the center of the room and you can't really get a sense for it from photos) but most of the rest of the unit is a gut job. The bathrooms can probably be saved. It would be cool to have just that great room, the kitchen, and 1 of the bathrooms and have it like a loft style apartment.

The corner unit at the other end is much better but still overpriced.

R73 beat me to it.

The DEATHTRAP windmill house.

My ideal home could NEVER be in a building with other people, where you have to deal with all those petty neighbor things such buildings entail, whether they are the fanciest of buildings or a tenement.

When it comes to MCM I love 860 and 870 UN Plaza. It's a twin-towered building and it's as mid-century as it gets. It's next to the UN and was formerly home to Bobby Kennedy and Walter Cronkite. It doesn't get any more MCM.

R174 why Dominos?

It's the best pizza.

Ewww.

Ok now we KNOW you're trolling R187. Nobody on the planet thinks that.

For the view lovers

820 Fifth Avenue, where every apartment takes up an entire floor and 99-year-old Jayne Wrightsman rules the co-op board with an iron fist

R190 very nice!

[quote]820 Fifth Avenue, where every apartment takes up an entire floor and 99-year-old Jayne Wrightsman rules the co-op board with an iron fist

Jayne Wrightsman rules the co-op board at age 99?

Hmmm. I just read on wikipedia that she was born in Flint, Michigan. She did well for herself.

349 West 86th Street

Couple rooms down, couple rooms up, a few outbuildings, nice lawn.

With a little spray paint and magic markers this would be ideal.

My Dream House - It has the best of everything in Kula, HI.

The Beresford at 211 Central Park West

r201 = Marjorie Morgenstern

those of us who walk here walk alone.

[quote]R201 = Marjorie Morgenstern

Sorry, I'm not Jewish. That apartment in The Beresford has more impressive views than 33 Riverside Drive.

Whoosh, r204. That's all I have for you, whoosh.

[quote]Whoosh, R204. That's all I have for you, whoosh.

Yes, I'm sure you're an expert on minor literature.

r202 Nope. Marjorie Morningstern lived at 300 CPW, The Eldorado. It's where Ansel Elgort grew up and where Faye Dunaway left scars.

Oh, thank you, R207. Why was I so convinced it was the Beresford?

r208 Same architect, same street, same year.

r204 That apartment in the Beresford doesn't have 'views'. It's in the back of the building and looks out over townhouse backyards. If it was facing the park it wouldn't have been on the market for 5+ years. The owners were featured on some news program because they divorced but were still sharing the apartment. The woman had a new man living with her in the main portion of the apartment and her ex husband took up residence in the servants wing. If I can find the clip, I'll post it later.

Something along these lines, with a bit of a backyard (but not too much).

I love those modern houses. I just couldn't live in one.

r204 Found it, and it's brought to us by Elizabeth Vargas.

I built this humble shack as a tribute to myself!

Don, it looks like you went broke and lost the house. Call me, we'll talk.

Interior shot

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Exterior view of R217

I want a moat with my house!

This list wouldn't be a proper list of ideal houses without Katharine Hepburn's Fenwick, Connecticut house. It's really not even the same house anymore. Hepburn didn't maintain anything. The original wooden house was destroyed in 1938 by a freak hurricane and they rebuilt in brick, but even then the sea came in the house during bad storms. The house was raised well above the water during it's renovation.

Dick Clark lived like Fred Flintstone high above Malibu. The land the house is on in in a protected area so in order to get permission to build they had to design a house that would blend into the landscape and not be visible from far away. It's got a bit of a Golden Girls feel to it. I'd love to visit.

This is my ideal house.

In Britain's Malvern Hills

Home Sweet Home

I just want to go back to my penthouse. I found it while I was out shopping in the 80s and bought it on the spot. The new owners ruined my decor with all their sunlight. We had awnings over every window for a reason. Some of my final memories of being at home involve smoking lots of pot and and trying to drink through our multi-million dollar wine collection, as it was about to be seized by the Feds anyhow. When they kicked me out I wasn't even allowed to take my underwear.

the ruth madoff troll doesn't realize how irritating it's become.

I'd love a penthouse. Something with lots of rooms and closet space and views and modern conveniences.

Tickerage Mill, former home of Vivian Leigh. This is the best photo I could find.

I don't love the furniture and styling of the interior but this is a view I'd love.

This Lautner stunner on the ocean in Malibu would work for me:

Beautiful, but wouldn't you get tired of the direct, relentless sunlight, R231?

So many of these houses have no curtains. Would you be okay living in an aquarium with no privacy?

The Charlie's Angels house. I wonder if Brent Bolthouse still owns it...?

my dutch manor house, with husbear waiting out front

The White House and we're bringing back the humble sturdy folding chair.

Another vote for this one

Wow - I never knew that the house in The Fugitive (Harrison Ford movie version) was not a movie set. It just sold in December.

From the movie "Sabrina" - love this little cottage - it's on Martha's Vineyard.

Any one of the replica Mr Blandings' house RKO built as promo for the movie "Mr Blanding's Builds His Dream House" New England style architecture thought to be inspired by Royal Barry Wills

There's a Mr. Blandings replica in my real life neighborhood. It got some press when it was for sale last year.

Thanks for the interesting video R213 / Mrs. Ruth Madoff. I didn't realise the apartment in The Beresford belonged to Carol Levy herself. Bizarre how much her husband and her ex look alike. I wonder if they're gainfully employed or if they rely heavily on Carol to subsidize their lifestyles.

Yes, it does look like the duplex is at the back of the building. The floor plans show that the terraces face north so you have to look to the side to see the park.

I like the staircase, the bedroom, the kitchen and the terrace. Not too crazy about the way she furnished the dining room and living room.

R232 VERY good point! I live in a highrise condo with floor to ceiling glass in both the livingroom and bedroom, facing south. During roughly mid-April to mid-August, it is heaven because the sun is more directly overhead. I almost never close the shades. But during the winter (especially Nov-Jan) the sun is further south in the sky and just beats down on the place all day long, until the sun goes down. I find myself sometimes running the A/C in the afternoon during winter even if the temp outside is only 65F because it's like a hothouse.

r243 Well, it looks like Carol Levy got to keep her apartment. The original listing price was $20 million and it is showing as sold for $3 million. It's fair to assume that she ended up buying out her ex-husband for that amount. She really made the apartment her own. I'd love to see what it looked like when new. Bob Weinstein sold his south facing duplex in the building last year for $20 million which was apparently a loss. His views were fantastic, looking over the park, the museum and all the way down to Central Park South.

Last penthouse post from me. In "Laura Lansing Slept Here", Katharine Hepburn plays an author and her publisher tells her that she's not relatable because her last two books had 'penthouse' in the title. She quips back with "I am relatable! Just last night I had dinner with Clint Eastwood, Barbara Walters and Jackie Onassis, just plain folks!!!!!!!!!!!!"

This is the plain folks penthouse. Penny Marshall's. If walls could talk. I picture fabulous evenings around the fire, cigarettes, weed and pizza with the likes of Carrie Fisher, Whoopi, Beverly D'Angelo, Dan Akroyd and god knows who else. The possibilities are endless.

Beautiful

I've always wanted to live in the Beresford -- much less spooky than the Dakota!

R57, Don Burns (the client of Mackinzie Amadon/Ashton on Sean Cody) owns that.

Lancaster House. It's right next to Clarence House. It's always used to film scenes set at Buckingham Palace. It's served as the palace in Downton Abbey, The Crown etc. When Queen Victoria arrived for the first party held there, she told the Duchess of Sutherland "I have come from my House to your Palace."

R40, that's mine too.

R175, that’s Oak Alley in Louisiana. The number of Oak trees leading to the house is the same as the number of columns surrounding it...

R225, is that in McLean? That looks like my parents' neighbor's house. They live near Colin Powell.

Whitehaven. I first found out about Whitehaven from Ali Wentworth's Wikipedia page. She grew up there with her father and mother, Muffie Cabot, Nancy Reagan's White House Social Secretary. I Googled the house because it had a name, and it's now Bill and Hillary's D.C. house.

This isn't the utterly most perfect and elegant apartment in all of New York, but it would suit me perfectly, as it's a block from Broadway shopping, a few blocks from the IRT, and one block from Riverside Drive, which is so much colder in winter. Really, that one block can make such a difference. It could be any apartment, really, at 325 West End Avenue, but this looks like a nice one.

And yes, Beresford Queen, I KNOW the Beresford is more fabulous. But CPW is such a long walk for shopping.

And here's the link: 325 West End Avenue

300 West End Avenue. Tina Fey has owned multiple apartments in the building. Harry Belefonte once tried to rent an apartment but was turned down because he was black. He and a group of investors then bought the building. Every apartment is huge.

I wouldn't want to live where Tina Fey lives.

West End Ave is so blah and out of the way. Never understood why it’s desirable - other than some of the apartment sizes. Even most of the lobbies are blech.

The bungalow from The L-Word, but I want it to be in LA ,not Vancouver.

Basically, r259, it's a good place to live if you want Broadway to be where you do your shopping.

My family and I visited this house when it was up for sale in Westfield NY. My siblings and I could swear it was haunted. Built in 1960.

Just a little cottage in the mountains.

You'd have fun with visiting trick or treaters here!

1860, r262.

I never thought I'd see a house with a roof that looked like Trump's hair.

Moonlight and magnolias.

This is mine. An absolute stunner, IMO, and perfect for me in terms of both style and location.

If only I'd had that $23 million handy...

bab's upper west side apt is up for grabs!

If I had to live in Kansas, I'd want to live in the house that safely flies and lands you in a world of Technicolor and friendly midgets and beautiful witches and slap-happy apple trees.

Sugarbaker house of course.

Everything about this including the location, etc:

r269 Thank you!! I've wanted to see Streisand's old apartment forever. I knew Mariah Carey tried to buy it but was turned down by the building. Dolly Lenz told her to dress and act like she was going to a funeral. She showed up in a limo with an entourage and in a super short skirt.

The library looks awesome.

Cute row houses in Brooklyn, NY, one subway stop from Manhattan. They have wonderful back yard decks and gardens.

Not the place in OP’s pic. Flood risk. Water in the house plus flood insurance (mandatory) would be a fortune.

1932 N. Burling Street, Chicago. Asking price $45 million. So nouveau riche.

Well if we can have London palaces why not Spencer House and it's sublime plaster!

I mean!

I don't know if I could live in one but converted churches always come out so beautiful.

Not this one. How gaudy can you get, though I kind of like the kitchen cabinets.

935 Hillsboro Mile, Hillsboro Beach, Florida

Here!!!!

I would take a Liberace year to enjoy the Tasteful decor, then bulldoze it all.

A folly in England.

Cute little IG.

Is "folly" English for something foofy?

And something very grand: Jasper Conran's Apartment, New Wardour Castle. AKA, the dance school in Billy Elliot.

In the finale of Six Feet Under it got a gay renovation. Now it needs one in real life.

1164 Morning Glory Circle

R253, the house at R225 does look a lot like upscale homes in and around McLean, VA. It's actually in Dobbs Ferry, New York. It's gorgeous!

I have a lot of design ideas for dream houses. This “necklace house” is similar to a fantasy home concept I have, although I don’t have a big family so would not need or want a residence on this large of a scale (and one has to wonder at the narcissistic ego of the family patriarch who’s already decided that all four of his kids will remain living in his family compound for the rest of their lives). I also hope the architects used mirror glass that’s got some kind of UV coating to prevent bird strikes.

My little hideaway on the Clonazepam plains

The idea of Philip Johnson’s Glass House. I don’t think I can have a restful night’s sleep in the Connecticut countryside.

This would keep me grounded.

This would be my dream if in the Hollywood Hills.

The Gorham House on my favorite street (Adelaide) in my hometown (Santa Monica) basically meets all my requirements: Location. Spanish Mediterranean Architecture. View. Lap pool. 3-Car garage.

"Extremely rare opportunity to own a one-of-a-kind compound where ultimate luxury meets the beach on Santa Monica’s most coveted street, Adelaide Drive. Enjoy resortstyle living in the beautifully renovated historic “Gorham House" designed by renowned architect, Robert D. Farquhar, in 1910. A true piece of Santa Monica’s history that could never be duplicated. The property is situated on a flat ½ acre corner lot and is an entertainer’s dream with breathtaking white water ocean views, multiple courtyards, several outdoor fire pits, pool and spa. The main house is equipped with a designer kitchen, formal dining and living room, wine cellar, master suite with sitting room, plus 3 additional bedroom suites and den. Top-of-the-line finishes throughout, fully wired for television, sound, and security. Stunning guest house with bedroom, living room, two baths, kitchen, and gym. Upstairs is an amazing billiards room with bar and a state-of-theater movie theatre. Private and secure gated entry."

I'm supposed to hate R280 but I would have a good time being the resident manager of that being a frat house or vacation house filled with young adults. The crystal chandeliers must be removed from the kitchen - grease traps - otherwise its good to go. The alpha male or female of the moment can sleep in the Marie Antoinette bed. All extra necessary furniture should be white Ikea. But no huge parties! 1 guest per resident.

I always wanted to live on a luxury train.

Sidney's ranch from Scream 3 was cute.

2901 Broadway, San Francisco

105 Lake Avenue, Sarasota Springs, NY

The video in r285 is hysterical.

[quote]Have you seen the Sistine Chapel? Ghastly!

r299, I stayed at a B&B in Saratoga near that one. All the Victorian houses there are so pretty.

Mrs. Trunchbull's house from Matilda. It was also Martin Sheen's house (interiors and exteriors) in Catch Me If You Can and the interior also served as Martin Sheen's New Hampshire farmhouse in the West Wing.

Meg Ryan's house in Hanging Up. Diane Keaton directed the film and I've read that people think it may actually be her old N. Roxbury house, where Ryan Murphy lives now and is set to host Mayor Pete. Personally I don't believe they're the same house, but I'd love to know more. This house was also in an episode of the West Wing. It was Fidel Castro's Cuban palace. Diane Keaton did a massive renovation to the N. Roxbury house but I haven't been able to see what it looked like originally. It's possible that this is it.

Ryan Murphy's Diane Keaton house. Very similar but I don't believe they're the same house.

[quote]R299, I stayed at a B&B in Saratoga near that one. All the Victorian houses there are so pretty.

Do you remember the name and location of that bed and breakfast?

I drove through New York State about 10 years. I was going from Toronto to New York. I knew that Saratoga Springs had been a popular tourist destination in the earlier 20th century but I wasn't sure what it had to offer visitors nowadays. Now that I've looked up online the beautiful buildings that still exist there, I'm sorry I didn't make a detour to check it out.

659 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY

2221 Kalorama Road, N.W. in Washington D.C.

129 East 73rd Street

The Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port would be nice.

You mean to say you would spend each day of the week in a different house, R309?

r309 Yes...Rose.

Always liked the symmetry of the Beverly Hillbillies mansion.

Beverly Hillbillies Mansion: 750 Bel Air Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90077

Boathouse Row in Philadelphia. I first saw these in the opening sequence of it's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I think they're more like rowing clubhouses. I don't know if any are actual homes. It's not often you see Victorians that look great decked out in neon.

Daytime. There's too many to get into one photo.

Beautiful - though none of them are residential houses. But plenty of great old buildings to choose from in Philadelphia.

A Cape Dutch house in Montecito, Ca. Everything is perfect: location, setting & interiors. Except for Oprah and Gayle as neighbors. 1599 E Valley Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Thanks to r317 I have now fallen in love with Cape Dutch houses. I want one!

r305, it was this one:

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

Looks like bliss OP

I find it very interesting almost everyone's ideal house is very grand. As I age I crave simplicity. Something compact, contemporary, and extremely well organized with water views or city lights.

Lovely house, R319. Do you mind if I ask what you looked at and what you did in Saratoga Springs?

r323, I was only there for one night so didn't get to do much, but we got to look around Saratoga State Park and the Racing Museum, there is also a shopping district with some nice stores

It's too big for me, but I really, really like the Edsel Ford Home and grounds:

The Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, NJ. Owned by a Victorian era "confirmed bachelor"

Thanks, R324.

Russian Hill, San Francisco

R328 BLOCKED! EEK!

I am supposed to know the significance of that?

uiyuiyu

Not One Hyde Park. It's full of sketchy people.

This place in Newport just sold for around $4 million. It's so proper. Proper grounds, proper landscaping, proper stairs, proper outdoor pool, proper indoor pool, a proper carriage house. The original kitchen and baths are great to see.

R333 I love that one. I like the classic tile work in the bathrooms and that the kitchen is the old style with the swinging door with the little window in it. I hate open concept and tend to really like old architecture and all the details.

This reminds me of a "house version" of my current favorite that I posted upthread. Here again for convenience....the interior decor is a bit lacking but it has so much potential.

Looks like a Realtor hocking the Villa Rivera discover the DL. Give it up already, we don't need 15 pics of the same old folks home. Place smell like stale urine.

Yes, please stick to your ONE ideal house in one post.

I'm not a Realtor R335. Consider taking your bitter nasty attitude somewhere else. This thread is to share thoughts about dream homes. If you're not interested, there are other things you could do with your time. Bye bitch.

How about you make your own thread about the house you want to discuss in detail, R338.

Love R333 too. Classic, not over the top, beautiful grounds. Hopefully someone doesn’t turn it into a McMansion with white marble tile and inset lighting.

Because I felt like posting about it on this thread R339.

Mid century modern in a highrise condo format. The building is shaped like a cylinder.

Kevin Sessums renovated historic Loft in Hudson NY, maybe the most glamorous space in the US ?

Sessums home looks like a dump!

Tom Ford's former modern, zen Texas horse ranch would do nicely:

^^[italix]New Mexico[/italic] horse ranch

R339 is blocked for me. Takes a LOT to bring me to actually blocking someone here.

Kevin Sessums walk up looks like a dumpy drug den house. Why are the beds on floor?

Proper beds cost money.

R348, maybe going for a Japanese design element?

Villa Camilla, Lake Como

Tower House, Holland Park, London. One of Jimmy Pages's former residences.

A grand house in the middle of a major city has always been my idea of a dream home. I've never liked the countryside or the suburbs.

Cambridge Gate, London

23 Holland Park in London - home of David and Victoria Beckham

Yveline - 19th century hunting lodge on a private island 26 miles from Paris.

Needs a bit of Reno but I love it!

Garrett County, Maryland is a beautiful secret gem of a place.

What is the asking price, r355?

Lasata, the East Hamptons summer home of the Bouviers. But I'd live in it year-round, because I like walks on winter beaches.

[R357] - €1,295,000 (£1,116,912)

3 West End Road, East Hampton NY

I wonder if there's still a lingering smell of cat pee.

R360, I read an interview with Sally Quinn and she said on rainy days, you could still smell a faint whiff of cat pee. The house was beautiful after she re-did it. But she said it would have been drastically cheaper to just buy a new house.

She reused some iron beds they found in the attic, but she had them re-enameled. They were very pretty.

They eventually did sell it I believe.

Yes, it would have been cheaper to demolish the original Grey Gardens and build an exact copy but of course Little Edie insisted that the house not been torn down. Ben Bradlee probably thought his wife was nuts for wanting to buy the place and go along with Little Edie's condition. You probably know that the inside of the house was full of fleas and they attacked Bradlee and Quinn when they were looking over the place. Really too bad the Beales weren't more rational and didn't sell the place as soon as it started to deteriorate and used the money to buy a much more modest house that they could afford. What a way to live.

The ad I linked to says it has been sold.

The Newport mansion is quite a pile for 1873!

[quote]They eventually did sell it I believe.

The wikipedia article about the Grey Gardens estate says: "On December 20, 2017, the house sold for $15.5 million to a private buyer."

The kitchen at Grey Gardens leaves a little to be desired. It appears they put all the appliances and plumbing along one wall. The stove, fridge, cooktop and sink are all along one wall. But, it's easily solved, and possibly already changed.

Weird -cloth lounge chairs in the kitchen ?? Isn’t there enough room to have a separate breakfast/coffee seating area?

I can't imagine how much money Bradlee had to spend to fix the place up.

I feel sorry for the animals that lived there. They don’t look happy in those pictures.

It must have taken a long time for that beautiful house to have peeling wallpaper and so forth. But looking at the restored version, it looks very expensive to maintain. They should have sold it and bought a small cute cottage, I agree.

R366, really bad staging. I don’t think the owners had that.

Crystal Springs, Barbados

I could live hear all winter.

That villa on Lake Como did it for me. Wow. A dream.

A remodeled home in Fenwick. Co-Ownership of the Saybrook Point Lighthouse included. It's on Connecticut license plates.

The Obamas toured but did not buy another Fenwick house.

Rounding out Fenwick

Fogelvik Castle in Valdemarsvik, Sweden. For one thing, I'd live in Sweden. Additionally, I'd live on a peninsula, away from people.

Plas y Dduallt

Grey Gardens

Axel Vervoordt’s castle in Belgium is stunning! Grand but very comfortable.

R68 Quick! One of the two penthouse units is up for sale! Nearly 2900 sq. ft. 35-ft ceilings in the Great Room from the roof line. Currently asking $1.2 million.

my tastes are simple. simple and cozy.

[quote]I could live hear all winter.

So long as your internet connection can hook you up with Babel.

R382 that unit has been on the market for almost a year and a half. I saw it and loved the "great room" with the 30 foot ceilings but that was the only room that didn't need a gut job. Well, the bathrooms maybe could be salvaged. They look better in the photos than they do in real life. It needs probably at least $250K of work. And the floorplan is truly strange. Lots of unusable space.

Not picky here. I just want a Craftsman house.

yeah a craftsman is my favorite style of house. it's such a logical house that doesn't give up its beauty.

r387 i’ll see your craftsman and raise it to a craftsman bungalo

Log Dutch colonial farmhouse.