WINTER SUN
~ Summer all year round ~
Main idea
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.
Looks
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 for some reason is always beautiful. 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.
Practical
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.
Entrance
If you walk in though the garage via the lock 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.
Living room
There are many seatings in the living room and there is a big bed/chaise lounge were you can lie and watch TV. It has a backrest so you also can sit and lean your back. 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.
Dining
If you want to sit and eat by a table when watching TV you can sit by the end of the left side behind the kitchen bar.
Kitchen
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 in the kitchen for when several people are cooking.
Study
We spend a lot of time in front of the computer these days so it's nice with a study where you can see the TV and feel like a part of the living room.
Porch
The porch is under roof and has room both for a sofa set and dinner table. The sofa set is not in the way for the view from the sofas in the living room.
Winter garden
This is a room that is supposed to feel like the outside as much as possible with shylights so it feels 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. If your plot leans a little you can have a couple of steps down to the winter garden.
Second floor
On the bedroom floor you don't have to walk through big social rooms when going disheveled to the bathroom. The parents bedroom is on one side of the house and the childerns rooms on the other side. Carpeting floor in all rooms. One bathroom has a bathtub if you want to bath small kids or yourself, the jacuzzi in the pool room is for more people. French balcony for airing beddings.
Second TV room
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 windows to the winter garden makes the room fell less trapped, but the window is not too big so you feel like an animal in a cage.
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. Over the big guest bed there is a loft that leads you to a litlle playhouse so yo don't have to have a playhouse outside that makes the garden look messy. I want the garden to be as simple, natural and easy to take care of as possible. Under the stairs you can have a automatic cat litter box, some dry cat food and a water tap that automatically make sure there is always water for the cat or the dog in case you have to be away for a few days or is just lazy. When giving the cat everyday food you have the kitchen.
Plot
I think this house would fit nicely on this Swedish plot that I once saw for sale.
Rooms: 10
Garage: 1184 ft² | 110 m²
Basement: 2045 ft² | 190 m²
Winter garden: 1302 ft² | 121 m²
Second floor: 4187 ft² | 389 m²
Ground floor/built-up area: 2798 ft² | 260 m²
Living space: 9030 ft² | 839 m²
Work in progress
I am now working on a detailed drawing of this house with furniture and everything similar to my images below...
Smaller version
Here is a 200 square meter smaller version of this house. If you don't have a basement it is 300 square meter smaller.
Rooms: 10
Living space: 7190 ft² | 668 m²