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Why do people put so much importance on having a beautiful home? Well, for starters, a cozy and nice environment can help reduce stress. When we come back home after a stressful day, we want to return to a safe haven. For some, that’s a little cottage surrounded by lots of greenery. For others, it might be a modern house with a sleek design.
Whatever it is – we all like aesthetically pleasing things. And so does this online community that’s dedicated to beautiful houses. Their mission statement is simple: they want houses to be more beautiful. Whether that’s through home design, architecture, interior, or decorating.
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This Small Stone House In Edinburgh, Scotland
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I could most certainly live here.
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Old Gatehouse In Northern Ireland
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Wow, looks to be kept in decent shape as well!
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Victorian Townhouse Adorned With Wisteria Blossoms In San Francisco, By Zorymory
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Are you sure it's not cake?
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The r/beautiful_houses community is not particularly big yet, but it still boasts a considerable 20k members. They link the Most Beautiful Houses In The World blog as one of their main sources. The website features everything from modern homes to famous ancient buildings. And it's not all about the exterior and the architecture. They also welcome innovative interior design and decor ideas. What is a beautiful home? Let's see how interior designers and architects define it. Designer Anne Lubner quotes Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, saying that there is no place like home. "I define a beautiful home as one that pleases the souls of the people who live there. It's a feeling of comfort, of feeling in tune with your surroundings."
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Forest House
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This is Watersmeet in north Devon. The house was built as a hunting lodge, but is now a National Trust cafe. The walks around here are as stunning as the lodge. :)
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Stone Cottage In Bristol, England. Nestled Away, Out Of View, Lies One Of Nine Unique Cottages, Laid Out Around An Open Green. They Were Built In 1811 To Accommodate Retired Staff From The Nearby Blaise Castle Estate. By Jameslloydcole
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Peppy Peppy Community Member
That’s just down the road from me , it’s very cute
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This Adorable Chapelbank Cottage Is Over 400 Years Old And Located In The Small Historic Village Bourn In South Cambridgeshire, England
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aside from the effort required to maintain the roof, its beautiful.
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For architect Peter Mason, a beautiful home blends in with its natural surroundings. "For an architect, spectacular scenery is always both a challenge and an opportunity. It demands that the land should speak for itself. Even the smallest of homes on the most modest of budgets can become part of the wider expanse. It makes little difference whether it's a small part of the wider landscape or an enclosed jewel in the cityscape." Interior designer Julie Rawding might sound quite radical, but she believes that a beautiful home is "the most important thing" one can do for themselves. The designers at Krista + Home list some reasons why. First, we spend a lot of time in our homes, especially those who work from home. Second, we socialize with our family and close friends there. And lastly, we do most of our self-care rituals at home, be it meditating, taking a nap, reading a book, or taking a bubble bath.
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Beilstein, Germany
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Mark Mark Community Member Follow
Where can I get this as a puzzle?
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Houses Are Better When They Are Surrounded By Trees
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Rachel Ratty Rachel Ratty Community Member Follow
my heart broke a little when I found out that that Forrest Gump house was not real - it was just built for the movie apparently - this one is Beautiful!
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My Dream House
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Are you Hansel or Gretel?
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We often associate the aesthetic value of a house with money. It's logical: the more improvements you want to make in order to make it more beautiful, the more money you have to pay. If we were to measure a house's beauty by how much it's worth, Buckingham Palace would then be the most beautiful house in the world – as of 2023, it was worth $4.9 billion. However, keep in mind that it is not privately owned.
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Casa Batlló, Barcelona. The Building Was Built In 1877. It Was A Classical Building Without Remarkable Characteristics. It Was Redesigned In 1904 By Gaudí And Has Been Refurbished Several Times After That. Casa Batlló Is Identifiable As Modernisme Or Art Nouveau In The Broadest Sense
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Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member Follow
Just for a minute there I read the doors as Casa Bouche Audi....
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Hampshire Lake Home
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STUNNING.
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Residence In Napa California
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Peppy Peppy Community Member
That’s my kinda house
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A famous English architect, William Winde, designed Buckingham Palace in 1703, and the 2-year construction period finished in 1705. Until 1762, it was the property of the Dukes of Buckingham. And, listen up, Bridgerton fans, King George III then acquired it and made it the queen's residence and called it 'The Queen's House.'
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English Cottage With Thatched Roof
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Amy E Amy E Community Member Follow
Bowl cut cutie
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Winter Cabin In Hocking Hills, Ohio, By Levimkelly
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this is my dream house.
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Llanrwst, Wales
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Beautiful place, floods every winter...
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It's strange calling Buckingham Palace a 'house.' It contains 775 rooms, including 19 staterooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms. It's no surprise then that it's also the third biggest house in the world. There's also a swimming pool in the palace. King George VI apparently ordered its construction so that his daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret could have privacy.
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Low-Energy Organic House Design With "Wild Slate Roof", Germany
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Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member Follow
My house has small windows. That's going to very dark inside
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My In-Laws Built An Earth Home Strait Out Of The Shire About 30 Years Ago. Still Holding Strong Today
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"Excuse me while I go mow my roof"
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Bled, Slovenia
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I keep saying it... Slovenia is the most beautiful place I've ever been. The place we stayed (maybe an hour's drive from Bled?) was even prettier than Bled, I think. I mean, loads of places are beautiful, but I feel like people don't know about Slovenia so I feel the need to be an ambassador!
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Europe's most expensive private residence is Villa La Leopolda in the French Riviera. It got its name from its owner, the infamous King Leopold II of Belgium. Some notable owners are industrialist Gianni Agnelli, Canadian financier Izaak Walton Killam, and, until 2022, Brazilian-Monegasque billionaire and socialite Lily Safra.
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The Castle House, A Restored 1872 Gothic Revival Victorian House, Stillwater, Minnesota
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S. E. in Indiana S. E. in Indiana Community Member Follow
Perhaps they could have made the garage match the house.
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Fallingwater House, Pennsylvania, By Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935. After Its Completion, Time Called Fallingwater Wright's "Most Beautiful Job" And It Is Listed Among Smithsonian's "Life List Of 28 Places To See Before You Die"
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Fallingwater is beautiful, but I think that it is a bit overused
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Kaiyuan Senbo Treehouse Resort, Hangzhou, China
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S. E. in Indiana S. E. in Indiana Community Member Follow
Very beautiful.
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The late French fashion designer Pierre Cardin's The Bubble Palace is also on the list of one of the most expensive homes in the world. The 'house' is worth approximately $420 million and has been available for rent following Cardin's death in 2020. Hungarian architect Antti Lovag designed the retro-futuristic palace in 1989, and it took a whopping 14 years to finish construction.
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A Little Ray Of Sunshine ☀️
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Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member Follow
Fine example of broekie lace there
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Renndølsetra, Norway
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I believe that's the North Mountain from Frozen
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Japan
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Shiitake House!
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Taking the 9th place in the 2023 most expensive homes race is Beyoncé & Jay Z’s Malibu mansion. The definite value of the house differs when looking at different outlets, but the number is around $200 million. The creative mind behind it is Japanese architect Tadao Ando, who has many celebrity homes under his name. He also designed the Pulitzer Arts Foundation Museum in Missouri, The Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois, and the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Catton House, West Vancouver, Canada, Designed By Arthur Erickson And Geoffrey Massey In 1967
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Yay, daylight!
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Quiet House Nestled Between The Trees In Portland, Oregon
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So, so dark inside.
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Alpine Refuge From World War I Located At 2760 Meters, Monte Cristallo, Italy
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You must really want to get away from people if you live there
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You might be thinking: where are the teach-billionaires we all love to hate on this list? Well, one of them, Bill Gates, is right at the bottom of the top 15. The estimated value of the Gates residence is $130 million, and apparently, it took seven years to build. The estate's name is Xanadu 2.0 (any Citizen Kane fans?), and it's situated in Medina, Washington. The mansion overlooks Lake Washington and also has "an artificial stream filled with real salmon and trout, as well as six kitchens, seven bedrooms, a trampoline room, a library, and a computer-controlled maple tree, for when the 50 gardeners don't get time to look after it themselves."
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Dream House
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but can people who are outside see you in bed?
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Is The Black House A Trend, Or Here To Stay
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Loving this house!
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Traditional Houses In Kyoto, Japan
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Does it have a second floor inside the roof?
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Note: this post originally had 49 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Of course, money doesn't always equal a beautiful and, most importantly, cozy house. I personally always liked Frank Lloyd Wright's philosophy that homes should be "functional and humane, focused not only on a building's appearance but how it would connect with and enrich the lives of those inside it."
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Bilja M Bilja M Community Member Follow
I've been to Italy last summer, it's incredibly beautiful, and houses are amazing! It's difficult not to be completely charmed by everything including houses.
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Almost all buildings here were built before the rise of Brutalism, or modeled on pre-Brutalism lines. It's done so much damage to our sense of architectural style.
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As pretty as they are, my fear of living on the ground floor makes half of these still just plain creepy.
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I've been to Italy last summer, it's incredibly beautiful, and houses are amazing! It's difficult not to be completely charmed by everything including houses.
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Almost all buildings here were built before the rise of Brutalism, or modeled on pre-Brutalism lines. It's done so much damage to our sense of architectural style.
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As pretty as they are, my fear of living on the ground floor makes half of these still just plain creepy.
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