Aesthetically appealing: five hand-crafted homes
North Star Lodge, 43777 Hwy 82 Aspen, Colorado, US, $12.95m
Where: Overlooking the North Star Nature Preserve in Aspen, a ski resort in winter and hiking haven in summer in the Rocky Mountains. Aspen-Pitkin County Airport is a 25-minute drive, with connections to Chicago and Los Angeles international airports.
What: A seven-bedroom, six-bathroom lodge with 8,836 sq ft of living space and 7.72 acres of land. There are also five fireplaces, two hot tubs and 4,000 sq ft of decking.
Why: Hand-built by carpenters, the lodge includes wooden beams from Yellowstone National Park, bark-lined walls and hand-crafted antique tiles, which depict tales of America’s discovery by white settlers. Throughout the house branches have been shaped into staircases, chairs and chandeliers.
Who: Sotheby’s International Realty, sothebysrealty.com, tel: +1 970 925 6060
House on Taha’a Island, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia, €1.65m
Where: Overlooking Hurepiti Bay on Taha’a, part of the Leeward Islands along with Bora Bora in French Polynesia. Raiatea airport is a 25-minute boat ride, where a half-hour flight takes you to Faa’a international airport in Tahiti.
What: A three-bedroom, three-bathroom house, built to be environmentally sustainable. The property is set within three hectares of land and an outdoor terrace leads on to the garden and a stretch of private waterfront.
Why: The house was made by local carpenters in a traditional Polynesian style with a thatched-palm roof and noble hardwood throughout the interior, including the handmade rope and wood spiral staircase.
Who: Sotheby’s International Realty, sothebysrealty.com, tel: +689 689710331
Apartment on Campo Santo Stefano, San Marco, Venice, Italy, €8.9m
Where: On Campo Santo Stefano, a square in central Venice, less than a 10-minute walk from St Mark’s Square. Marco Polo international airport is 35 minutes by water taxi.
What: A six-bedroom apartment in a 15th-century palazzo, with both a private and canalside entrance. There’s also a smaller “mansarda”, or attic property, and roof terrace.
Why: The main apartment is filled with 18th-century frescoes and paintings by Rococo artist Pietro Antonio Perotti.
Who: Venice Sotheby’s International Realty, venicesothebysrealty.com, tel: +39 041 522 0093
48 Sloane Square, Knightsbridge, London, UK, £6.95m
Where: Above Colbert, a famous brasserie on Sloane Square. Heathrow international airport is a 40-minute drive.
What: A three-bedroom, three-bathroom renovated apartment on the second floor of a building dating back to 1904.
Why: The dining room walls are lined with green Chinese silk and gold-leaf wallpaper.
Who: Russell Simpson, russellsimpson.co.uk, tel: +44 20 7225 0277
House near Jerusalem, Israel, $5m
Where: In Sho’eva, a moshav, or small settlement, about 25 minutes’ drive west from Jerusalem city centre. Ben Gurion international airport is about half an hour’s drive.
What: A five-bedroom, four-bathroom house with nearly 5,400 sq ft of living space and large wooden beams, perched on a hillside. Outside, a rose garden and swimming pool overlook the valley beyond.
Why: Parts of the house were hand-crafted by the current owners, who are artists and architects, including the stone walkways and waterfall beside a separate outdoor artist’s studio.
Who: Sotheby’s International Realty, sothebysrealty.com, tel: +972 3 771 0977
FT Weekend Festival 2017
Returning for the second year, the FT Weekend’s annual festival celebrates arts and ideas with speakers including Simon Schama, Gillian Tett and Lucy Kellaway.
Saturday September 2
Kenwood House Gardens, London
10am-8pm
Go to ftweekendfestival.com for tickets. Cost is £85. FT subscribers save £10
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