Main idea

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This is a house for a country with a cold climate because it has a winter garden with a swimming pool in it so it feels like you have summer all year round. 

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Looks

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Beige/grey stone house with red/orange window frames. Partly inspired by this and this house. The window frames will be in red/orange wood inside as well which creates a warm, cosy felling instead of all white. The roof has moss on it. The front of the house has a functional (funkis) style and part of the winter garden is in one floor which is always beautiful in a cool way. Some windows are square shaped and gives the house a more mixed look when not all windows are in the same shape. I love squares, that is the most simple thing there is.

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Practical

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There is an elevator with doors just like the other doors in the house so it feels like a cosy home and not a hotel. All windows and glas doors have smart glass, witch is glass that can switch from transparent to frosty if you want privacy or less light. The windows has built in solar cells. The house of course also have central vacuum cleaner and air conditioning. 

 

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Entrance

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If you walk in though the garage via the wind catch you don't have to see a boring laundry pile for example in the laundry room. The garage is attached to the house so you don't have to go out in the cold to get there. The house has an elevator for disabled people or for heavy suit cases.

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Living room

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There are many seatings in the living room and a round chaise longue that feels comfortable to sleep in. Over the the livingroom it feels protected and cosy so it's not open up to the second floor like it is in the winter garden. The living room have privacy from the front of the house.

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Dining

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If you want to sit and eat by a table when watching TV you can do so at the dinner table.

 

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Kitchen

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Of course it's lovely with kitchen islands so you can cook and talk to people in the living room at the same time. There is a countertop trash chute, big built in rubbish bins and two sinks for when several people are cooking. The pantry is not super close to the kitchen but the kitchen have so much capinets that you can have a lot of food there. 

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Study​

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We spend a lot of time in front of the computer these days so it's nice with a study close to the living room were people mostly hang. 

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Porch

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The porch is under roof and has room both for a sofa set and dinner table. There is also a fire place for cosy summer nights.

 

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Winter garden

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This is a room that is supposed to feel like the outside as much as possible with shylights creating light and one part of the winter garden has high ceiling so it feels spacious. Between the sauna and the winter garden there is an aquarium so you feel calm when watching the fish swim at the same time as you can watch the beautiful view in the backyard. The hot tub is round beacuse it feels more natural when people sit in a circle. A fountain in the corner for a realxing sound. The pool in the smaller version of the house could be a endless pool, which means the water can be turned on to flow so you can swim forever.

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Second floor

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From the bedrooms floor you don't have to walk through big social rooms like the TV room when going disheveled to the bathroom. Carpeting floor in all rooms on the second floor except the hallway. One bathroom has a bathtub if you want to bath small kids or naked by yourself, the hot tub in the pool room is for more people. French balcony in the hallway for airing beddings. In the corridor there are two sliding doors, one to close to the winter garden if you don't want noice or hot air from the pool room and one to make the master bedroom and one of the bathrooms into a ensuite. The master bedroom is soundproof for hanky panky. There is also a master bedroom on the first floor if you want even more privacy. ​

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Second TV room

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On the second floor there is a TV-room with a door you easily can close so you don't bother the people downstairs with the TV sound or get disturbed yourself. And the narrow window to the winter garden makes the room feel less trapped, but the window is not too big so you feel like an animal in a cage.

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Basement
 

In the sound proof hobby room it can get as lound and messy as you want. It has a soft plastic carpet for working out, playing and for any accidents to happen. Extra high ceiling so kids can play and climb. One wall is painted with a whiteboard painting in some cool color and one wall has a wallpaper of the world map. There is a bathroom for guests sleeping over. Many people can sleep over on the big bed and it has a loft over which is fun to kids to climb up to, there is also cosy hut there. A stepladder can be pulled out to the lofts big window for emergencys. Under the staircase there is a playhouse so you don't have to have a one outside that makes the garden look messy. I want the garden to be as simple, natural and easy to take care of as possible. 

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          Site

If a plot slopes a little the garage might have to be a little higher and the winter garden a little lower than the rest of the house by putting in a few of steps. You can also choose to have the garage doors on the other gable.

 

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​          Work in progress...​

 

I am working on a detailed drawing of this house with furniture and everything similar to my images below.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​