Bolig's Most Beautiful House Contest

<div align="center">Hello, dears. We are finally in Peru. Not totally settled yet but on our way to getting everything unpacked and in its place. I still don't have internet access yet, but hopefully I'll be back to my daily posts very soon.<br /><br />Onto our home tours then!<br /><br />Norwegian Bolig Pluss magazine holds an annual contest for the Most Beautiful House. Here you can see the homes that came out in the first and second place of the 2010 contest.<br /><br />First place went to <span style="">Helene Helgesen from Bergen.</span><br /></div><br /><center><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-10.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-11.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-11.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-12.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-12.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-13.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-13.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-14.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-14.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-15.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-15.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-16.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-16.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-17.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-17.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-18.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-18.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-19.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-19.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-20.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-20.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-21.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-21.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-22.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-22.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-23.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-23.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-24.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-24.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-25.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-25.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-26.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-26.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-27.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-27.jpg" /></a><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340145" id="image_340157" order="1" style="display: block;"> </a><br /><a href="http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/?action=view&current=620-28.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Imkifus/620-28.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></center><div align="center">Second place went to Hilde Sagland from Sandnes.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340156" id="image_340154" order="8" style=""><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340154/0/500/620" /></a><br /><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340145" id="image_340157" order="1" style="display: block;"><img alt="Sosial stue" src="http://boligpluss.no/image/340157/0/500/620" /></a><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340138" id="image_340139" order="4" style="display: block;"><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340139/0/500/620" /></a><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/related" id="image_340150" order="11" style=""><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340150/0/500/620" /></a><br /><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340149" id="image_340145" order="2" style=""> <img alt="Ekstrastue" src="http://boligpluss.no/image/340145/0/500/620" /></a><br /><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340155" id="image_340156" order="9" style=""><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340156/0/500/620" /></a><br /><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340149" id="image_340145" order="2" style=""><em></em><em class="imgCaption"></em></a><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340139" id="image_340149" order="3" style=""> <img alt="Sølvfarget vegg" src="http://boligpluss.no/image/340149/0/500/620" /></a><br /><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340154" id="image_340141" order="7" style=""><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340141/0/500/620" /></a><br /><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340141" id="image_340140" order="6" style=""><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340140/0/500/620" /></a><br /><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340139" id="image_340149" order="3" style=""><em></em><em class="imgCaption"></em></a><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340140" id="image_340138" order="5" style=""><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340138/0/500/620" /></a><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340140" id="image_340138" order="5" style=""><em></em></a><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340155" id="image_340156" order="9" style=""><em></em><em class="imgCaption"></em></a><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340150" id="image_340155" order="10" style=""><img src="http://server0.static.wa.supportingservices.dk/image/340155/0/500/620" /><em class="imgCaption"></em></a><br /><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/340156" id="image_340154" order="8" style=""><em></em><em class="imgCaption"></em></a><a class="imgMain img620 imgGallery current" href="http://boligpluss.no/article/53422-hjemmelaget-luksus-i-sandnes/gallery/related" id="image_340150" order="11" style=""><em></em></a><br /><span style="">Hope you enjoyed today's tours!</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-size:78%;" >Photography by Sveinung Brathen</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><a href="http://boligpluss.no/">Source</a></span></div>

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Farmhouse in Malaga

<span style="">Tradition and careful elegance cohabit in this old-style rural farmhouse located in Sierra de Ronda, Malaga, in Spain. It was quite run down when </span><span>the owners, from England, bought it</span><span> and transformed it into this </span><span>relaxing and inviting home.</span><span> </span><span>I'm sure </span><span>white on white lovers will rejoice. Come and take the tour!</span><span></span><p> </p><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/un-porche-de-campo-bien-acondicionado/porche/vista-general/649696-1-esl-ES/Vista-general_large.jpg" style="width: 505px; height: 392px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/un-porche-de-campo-bien-acondicionado/porche/porche/649700-1-esl-ES/Porche_large.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /><br />Sitting area with wicker furniture at one end of the long front porch.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/un-porche-de-campo-bien-acondicionado/porche/piscina/649704-1-esl-ES/Piscina_large.jpg" style="width: 499px; height: 587px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/un-porche-de-campo-bien-acondicionado/porche/porche-madera/649708-1-esl-ES/Porche-madera_large.jpg" style="width: 499px; height: 587px;" /><br />Teak table and chairs make up this dining spot in the porch by the pool.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/el-reino-de-los-tonos-neutros/salon/salon/hacia-exterior/649721-1-esl-ES/Hacia-exterior_large.jpg" style="width: 499px; height: 587px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/el-reino-de-los-tonos-neutros/salon/salon/estar/649725-1-esl-ES/Estar_large.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/el-reino-de-los-tonos-neutros/salon/salon/salon/649729-1-esl-ES/Salon_large.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/el-reino-de-los-tonos-neutros/salon/salon/salon-hacia-libreria/649733-1-esl-ES/Salon-hacia-libreria_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 590px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/un-gran-comedor-con-dos-mesas-juntas/comedor/comedor/649745-2-esl-ES/Comedor_large.jpg" style="width: 501px; height: 389px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/recordando-a-la-campina-inglesa/comedor/cocina/649757-2-esl-ES/Cocina_large.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/luminoso-y-con-sabor-rustico/bano/bano-hacia-banera/649769-1-esl-ES/Bano-hacia-banera_large.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/luminoso-y-con-sabor-rustico/bano/bano-hacia-lavamanos/649802-1-esl-ES/Bano-hacia-lavamanos_large.jpg" style="width: 499px; height: 587px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/blanco-sobre-blanco/dormitorio/dormitorio/649843-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio_large.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.elmueble.com/var/elmueble/storage/images/casas/de-campo/vn-un-cortijo-renovado/blanco-sobre-blanco/dormitorio/dormitorio-2/649847-1-esl-ES/Dormitorio-2_large.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 589px;" /><br /><br />Hope you enjoyed this tour as much as I did! See you tomorrow!<br />All images from <a href="http://www.elmueble.com/">here</a>.

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Country House in Virginia

Located about 50 miles from Washington, D.C, owner Diana Cummings, a horse enthusiast, worked with Virginia architect Mark Buchanan to build a French-inspired country house; and with interior designer Shoshana Datlow to make the interiors elegant but rustic and welcoming at the same time. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheavenlg_ss1.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheaven_ss1.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 426px;" /></a><br />Buchanan was inspired by a 17th-century French single-stall-wide horse stable. He used local fieldstone for the exterior.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheavenlg_ss2.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheaven_ss2.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 425px;" /></a><br />A pea-stone courtyard fronting the house is shaded by a black iron tonnelle, or arbor, with a bamboo roof.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheavenlg_ss5.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheaven_ss5.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 786px;" /></a><br />A pet door in the mudroom allows the homeowner’s two dogs, two cats, and even visiting dogs to pop in and out on their own schedules.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheavenlg_ss1.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheaven_ss4.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 418px;" /></a><br />An American chestnut farm table under a rustic antler chandelier in the kitchen. Architect Mark Buchanan incorporated natural elements such as weathered Douglas fir ceiling timbers and oak-plank or limestone-tile floors.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheavenlg_ss3.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheaven_ss3.jpg" style="width: 551px; height: 422px;" /></a><br />A Cordova cream limestone fireplace is flanked by Harden Furniture armchairs, with the backs covered in fabric from Kravet’s Museum of New Mexico Collection. Interior designer Shoshana Datlow finished the plaster walls with a three-color wash, creating a warm, mellow ambience. The classical bronze on the mantel is <em>Woman with Deer,</em> circa 1900, by Karl Bitter.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheavenlg_ss6.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheaven_ss6.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 430px;" /></a><br />French doors in the den open to a sheltered courtyard and views of the Virginia countryside. An inviting gold armchair, floor lamp, and built-in bookshelves designed by architect Mark Buchanan make the room a cozy reading spot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheavenlg_ss7.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.traditionalhome.com/images/img_horseheaven_ss7.jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 675px;" /></a><br />The spacious master bathroom with a lofty vaulted ceiling and windows that look out on the garden. Simple plantation shutters provide privacy and keep the space light and airy.<br /><br />A pity there isn't a photograph of the bedrooms. This will have to do then, hope you enjoyed today's tour!<br /><br />Photography by Ron Blunt<br />All images and information from <a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">here</a>.

Country House in Virginia

Located about 50 miles from Washington, D.C, owner Diana Cummings, a horse enthusiast, worked with Virginia architect Mark Buchanan to build...

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