So we’ve traveled all around the world for my Favorite Vacation House Styles series but for the seventh and final style, we are sticking closer to home. I would call this one American Farmhouse and this house is one of the prettiest examples I’ve come across:

Love the fabulous floor to ceiling shelves, ladder and wide plank floors:

staircase painted red:

the pretty, soft color palette:

and all of the wood throughout the house in the architecture and furniture.

This house is extremely well-designed but still very relaxed, as a farmhouse should be.

This style is very country but one of attractions of a vacation house is to have the contrast to my everyday. So there you have it – my top seven Favorite Vacation House Styles. I hope you enjoyed the series! I have many others (I told you I’m obsessed!) so look for it to run again in the future.

I’m now back from Tokyo so we’ll shift out of vacation mode tomorrow and get back to decorating!

(Photos: Country Living)

 

My fifth Favorite Vacation House Style comes from the Greek islands.

I’ve been smitten with these historic whitewashed stone houses ever since my visit to Santorini which by the way, could very well be the most picturesque place on earth.

I’m not sure which island this house is on but I’ll take it regardless!

How sweet is this little outdoor space?

Five Favorite Vacation House Styles down, two more to go!

(Photos: Marie Claire Maison)

My next Favorite Vacation House Style can be found on the coasts of South Africa.

There’s something very special about the light there. It’s one of the first things that struck me when I visited and that has stayed with me.

It makes the white houses along its coasts even more brilliantly bright.

I think this house is a great example of what I’m talking about.

The neutral palette and all the natural elements are perfectly suited to the landscape.

There’s a really beautiful, desolate quality to many of its beaches that’s also very special.

We’re half-way through my Favorite Vacation House Styles. Any guesses to what’s left on the list? I’ll see you Monday with number 5.

Have a great weekend!

(Photos: Journal de la Maison, November 2010)

Number 2 on my list of Favorite Vacation House Styles is not very original. (Who doesn’t want a house in the South of France?) But you knew some kind of French house was going to be on the list, right?

There’s nothing I can say about Provence that hasn’t already been said a million times. It is everything everyone says it is. And the houses! Oh, the houses!

I particularly love this house because it also brings in a lot of Swedish pieces and for me, it doesn’t get any better than French and Swedish together.

 

 

Nope, it doesn’t get much better ….. except maybe for tomorrow’s house! Wait until you see it – it’s to die for.

(Photos: Art & Décoration)

Welcome to my brand new series Favorite Vacation House Styles! If you’re a regular reader of FTRB, you already know about my obsession with vacation homes. So while I’m away on my own vacation, I’ll be showing you examples of my top seven styles for vacation houses.

A few months ago, I showed you my dream vacation house on the island of Formentera. For those who aren’t familiar with Formentera, it’s one of the Balearic islands in the Mediterranean off of the Spanish coast. The slightly rustic and exotic feel of the houses in that part of the world is my favorite style when it comes to a vacation home. Here’s another great house on Formentera I came across recently.

So this is my absolute favorite style but I have some very close seconds to show you next.

(Photos: Le Figaro)