10 Remote Rustic Hideaways Perfect for Summer
Ever fancied your own remote summer house? Take a virtual tour of these beautifully designed and brilliantly located bolt-holes
If you long to get away from it all, hang in a hammock for a week, listen to birdsong or work on that novel, these picturesque, middle-of-nowhere pads, in the UK and abroad, will set your pulse racing. Whether you prefer to overlook a lake, the sea or miles of unspoiled forest, take a virtual tour and let each one inspire your next getaway – or even your next home.
Inside, you are rewarded with fabulous views at every level, over fields and towards the sea.
Go contemporary in Canada
Canada is not short of space or natural beauty, and this lake house in British Columbia takes advantage of both. A vast terrace for sunbathing or stargazing and a lake for swimming are teamed with simple, contemporary architecture that sits unobtrusively on the land.
Canada is not short of space or natural beauty, and this lake house in British Columbia takes advantage of both. A vast terrace for sunbathing or stargazing and a lake for swimming are teamed with simple, contemporary architecture that sits unobtrusively on the land.
Be beside the seaside
If it’s the British seaside you love, this modernist home on the beach at Camber Sands in East Sussex will float your boat. Seen from the shingle, it’s a stylish, contemporary home, but the views from inside are just as striking…
If it’s the British seaside you love, this modernist home on the beach at Camber Sands in East Sussex will float your boat. Seen from the shingle, it’s a stylish, contemporary home, but the views from inside are just as striking…
Looking out from the beach house in Sussex, you can enjoy views over the sea to the horizon. No pool required, clearly!
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Nip off to a National Park
This beautiful holiday home is tucked away in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon. Inside, it’s all natural stone walls, slate floors and original chunky beams, but with a view that’s this lush and secluded, you may not notice the enticing interior.
This beautiful holiday home is tucked away in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in Devon. Inside, it’s all natural stone walls, slate floors and original chunky beams, but with a view that’s this lush and secluded, you may not notice the enticing interior.
Disappear into the dunes
If holidays are about disappearing for a while, it makes sense to vacation in a home that’s almost invisible! This beautiful house seems to camp out in the dunes in Denmark, its grass roof and low position helping it to blend in.
If holidays are about disappearing for a while, it makes sense to vacation in a home that’s almost invisible! This beautiful house seems to camp out in the dunes in Denmark, its grass roof and low position helping it to blend in.
Escape to the isles
There’s no need to take a holiday from contemporary style, just because you’re away for a few weeks. This traditional cottage on the island of Tiree, in Scotland, has been modernised and extended, with a contemporary utility wing and a rear living house.
Its owners now live in it for half of the year, welcoming family to join them while they’re there, making it a long-term holiday home.
Gen up on how to stay sane when having guests over this summer
There’s no need to take a holiday from contemporary style, just because you’re away for a few weeks. This traditional cottage on the island of Tiree, in Scotland, has been modernised and extended, with a contemporary utility wing and a rear living house.
Its owners now live in it for half of the year, welcoming family to join them while they’re there, making it a long-term holiday home.
Gen up on how to stay sane when having guests over this summer
Go off-grid
This eco-friendly bothy in Galloway, Scotland, sits on farmland and is completely off-grid. Its neat little pyramid roof sections include integral solar panels and skylights for stargazing.
This eco-friendly bothy in Galloway, Scotland, sits on farmland and is completely off-grid. Its neat little pyramid roof sections include integral solar panels and skylights for stargazing.
Consume the view
This is the kind of view anyone seeking to get back to nature would like to wake up to. This bedroom is part of an architect-designed home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the US. The house’s design aims to immerse those inside in the sounds and sights of the forest. A stream nearby brings the sound of rushing water, and large windows open the cosy rooms to the outside, so you feel as though you’re actually in the woods, even when you’re inside.
This is the kind of view anyone seeking to get back to nature would like to wake up to. This bedroom is part of an architect-designed home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the US. The house’s design aims to immerse those inside in the sounds and sights of the forest. A stream nearby brings the sound of rushing water, and large windows open the cosy rooms to the outside, so you feel as though you’re actually in the woods, even when you’re inside.
Make for the woods
Many of us dream of a cabin in the woods, and here it is! Escaping to this neat little Swedish bolt-hole to swerve the rat race, cook outdoors or work on that novel would be a simple delight.
Many of us dream of a cabin in the woods, and here it is! Escaping to this neat little Swedish bolt-hole to swerve the rat race, cook outdoors or work on that novel would be a simple delight.
Take to a lake
This home in Idaho, in the US, snuggles between trees overlooking a lake and seems to disappear into the landscape. With wildlife on tap and privacy a given, how could you visit it and not relax?
What would your dream bolt-hole look like and where would it be? Let us know in the Comments below.
This home in Idaho, in the US, snuggles between trees overlooking a lake and seems to disappear into the landscape. With wildlife on tap and privacy a given, how could you visit it and not relax?
What would your dream bolt-hole look like and where would it be? Let us know in the Comments below.
Designed as a sort of log cabin for adults, this minimalist home in Sweden makes the most of its view. As you walk up through each level of the house, you can see up to the next, so the impulse to keep climbing is great. The entire house is made of wood, inside and out, and as this image shows, it also does service as a climbing frame!