Wednesday, November 2, 2011

corner view: dream

My mom's bedroom was a tower room when she was a little girl, and I always dreamed of having one of my own. At first, I probably had visions of living in one like a princess who needed to be rescued.


Then, I had visions of living the life of an artist in a French garret (until I realized that I'm not artistic and je ne speak pas francais).


(I wish that I had (a) an i-phone and (b) the hipstamatic app to take these pictures with a long-ago, dreamy look.)


Now, I walk around town and see these great tower rooms and hope that the women of the house use them in a Virgina Woolf Room-of-Her-Own sort of way: as a place to breathe, create, and, yes, to dream.


Sweet dreams, everyone! For more dreams around the world, visit Francesca's site and follow the links in the comments section.
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11 comments:

  1. Menthe BlancheNovember 2, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    Waouh, I like these houses! These house towers make me dream. I would like to visit them ;)

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  2. FrancescaNovember 2, 2011 at 5:20 AM

    I'd love to have a tower room too, one with four windows on the four walls - and have a view of the world all around!

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  3. tanïaNovember 2, 2011 at 6:24 AM

    When I was a child I also dreamt of a tower room! These houses are amazing, magical in a way!

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  4. swigNovember 2, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    what kind of dreams may be dreamt in all those towers? greetings from Paris (where tower-houses a rather rare…)

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  5. HeatherNovember 2, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    "Dreamy" photos - and I laughed at your comment about living in France until you realized you aren't artistic and don't speak French. Minor issues :-)

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  6. nadine paduartNovember 2, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    no worries, the instamatic look has landed here! and swoon, swoon with ya. the sights of these tower rooms!
    and you walk amongst them.
    now, that's what i call lucky!
    n♥

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  7. IsabelleNovember 2, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    great collection of houses ... and thanks for the inspiring link you gave me, I saved it in my favorites !!

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  8. KristinNovember 2, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    this houses are beautiful.

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  9. Karyn Taylor-MooreNovember 3, 2011 at 3:48 AM

    Gorgeous houses. Magical towers. You say you are not artistic . . . but there are more ways of being artistic than just being able to wield a paintbrush. You are artistic all right. No denying it. Keep dreaming . . . and that tower room (that room of your own) may one day be yours :-)

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  10. AnonymousNovember 3, 2011 at 4:35 AM

    I have also dreamt of living in a house/apartment with a tower room :)

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  11. flowtopsNovember 3, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    Your neck of the woods sure has a lot of towers! Love them all, probably because towers is the one thing you'll almost never find in Dutch houses.

    Nicki

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