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I have no idea if that Dutch is correct or not, but I'm a foreigner, and I'm allowed to say things that don't make sense.
Here's the story: When I first visited Delft I thought it was just as pretty as the famously picturesque city of Bruges. I thought (at the time) that living there would be amazing, because everyday you'd be surrounded by beauty, which I reasoned would surely enhance your life somehow. Soon after, I discovered the fun of funda, and I spent a lot of time checking out real estate trends in different cities (I still do it, but I make no apologies for this seemingly wasteful behavior. Let's just call it a "hobby").
Lately I've been more in the mindset that living in a city with diversity and a bit of bustle and energy is more my thing, but I still love this house.
This pretty little lady was built almost 100 years ago! She's 110 square meters, including 3 bedrooms, 2 balconies, and 3 fireplaces with hookups for wood stoves. With a tram stop at the front door, she's also biking distance to Amsterdam, and is just north of Rembrandt Park. At 249,000 (400/mo.) what I would do to live here and fix this place up. *sigh*
Well, at least what I've seen on this website leads me to think so. This real estate site has lovely homes for viewing and some stunning images of Stockholm. I have to admit, after seeing this.. I'm sort of wondering what it would be like to live there. Alvhem.
I spend a lot of time reading design blogs and websites, shamefully perhaps far more than I do reading the newspaper. Surely I appreciate a lot of what I see.. interiors, architecture, furniture, art, green concepts; but the other day when I opened Desire to Inspire, I broke into a sweat.
The Wheatsheaf House is hands down the most beautiful space I've seen this year. As a matter of fact, starting right now, I am going to have a best of the year list, and this is my sole inspiration.
What I can't get over is the luminous, sexy, humming, toasty amber warmth that emanates from this house is stained plywood! The simplicity of this design is what makes it so stunning, and the juxtaposition of it against such a barren natural landscape leaves me dazed and giddy. This is a design based on feeling really good without being complicated. The only thing missing for me, is the mention of whether this build includes any green or sustainable technologies.
I need to move to the woods and live in a house like this (my version would have a catch basin for rainwater and solar energy :P)
