A New Dream House

Looking for a place to live in Sweden is ridiculously difficult. Especially if you don't have the money to purchase your own place. Actually, it's easier to buy a place of your own here than to rent, and more often than not if you're only able to afford to rent a place, you'll have to sublet. Sometimes even sublet a SUBLET. It's insane. We were very lucky to find the place we did - and really, I promised to take photos for you so I should get on that.
Anyways, the search for a place of our own was an arduous task, full of lots of page refreshing and sending out mass emails to people... and many times I found myself dreaming of just buying some land somewhere and building a yurt.

I know what you're thinking. I mean less of a Mongolian style yurt...


...even though this is pretty, I want something a little more habitable - like this:

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Pretty amazing right? As I slowly get rid of all my childhood belongings and stuff that I hold onto for no apparent reason other than sentiment I find my dream home changing. In 2010, it looked like this. Last year, I dreamed of this:

by Jonathan Levitt

In some sense, I still do dream of living in the above home. It's so beautiful and peaceful looking. In fact, just let me live inside of any of Jonathan Levitt's photos for a little while. Check out his work here. 

But as of this moment I am still loving the idea of buying a piece of land, but building something that is unique to me. I love the way houses look. Architecture makes a lot of sense most of the time. I however, relish the thought of living somewhere that is absolutely one of a kind, and you can't get that in a modern home. 

No, these days my dream lies in creating a home like this.

My very own hobbit hole. Something about living in a low-impact home really appeals to me, as long as it is also beautiful and functional. To view more information about the homes above, and to see more photos, visit Simondale.

I won't lie - I think about these sorts of homes and wonder how I would be able to have the convenience of internet and indoor plumbing, not to mention wondering about how to use and clean an outhouse... *shudder*. Winter. Outhouse. No.

But I wouldn't mind a DutchTub to go with my cool hobbit-style house. If not for everyday bathing, but for a fun way to relax and take in the lovely surroundings...

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Does your dream house change as time goes by? What does yours look like?

(also, Happy 500th Post to my blog! Hooray!)