Cartoons and comics have lived inour hearts since childhood. Back inthe day, ormaybe even now, wewanted tolive like our favorite cartoon heroes byliving intheir houses, going totheir schools orhelping them todotheir work. After many years, we’ve gotten achance toactually put ourselves inthis fictional world! Snow White’s cottage with its “melting” roof, the life-size SpongeBob pineapple house, and acozy, eco-friendly hobbit’s hole... all ofthese houses came tolife tomake our dreams come true.
Today, Bright Side wants toshow you 10exact replicas offantasy homes that everyone can actually visit.
1. The Simpsons’ house
Back in1997, 20th Century Fox had anunbelievable promotional idea: tocreate afull-sized, livable replica ofThe Simpsons’ house inNevada, USA, and give itaway inacontest. Itcost approximately $120,000 tobuild the real-life house with identical features ofits cartoon version, both inside and out. However, the contest winner took the $75,000 cash prize instead ofthe house. Today, The Simpsons’ house issimply apiece ofcommercial real estate.
2. The house from movie, Up
Carl and Ellie’s small, adorable, colorful house was sopopular and inspiring, itwas actually built in2011as apart ofone little girl’s Make-a-Wish Foundation wish. Itwas designed with accuracy and attention toevery small detail: from the weather vane and the mailbox outside tothe photos onthe walls, the light switches, and floorboards inside. Right now the house issituated inUtah and can bevisited bytourists, soeveryone can take some nice shots and feel what it’s like tolive inthe fairy tale for alittle while.
3. SpongeBob’s pineapple house
SpongeBob SquarePants isloved byall generations, and his pineapple house atthe bottom ofthe ocean has become avery alluring place. Well, there’s noneed todive into deep waters tosee itsince the exact replica ofitalready exists onland and has everything we’d want tosee initlike underwater decor, arustyTV, ashell phone, and even alife-size replica ofGary! This villa was created byNickelodeon and Nick Resort Punta Cana and islocated inthe Dominican Republic.
4. The “Hobbit Hole” house
Designer, builder, and family father Simon Dale decided tobuild aneco-friendly house inharmony with nature. The house isconstructed from oak shavings with stone and mud walls and straw bales inthe floor, walls, and roof. Its solar panels provide electricity, the skylight inthe roof gives natural light during the day, anearby spring gives clean and fresh water, the underground air cools the fridge, roof water isused for the garden, and the toilet isused ascompost.
5. The Flintstones’ house
In1976, the architect William Nicholson made ahouse inorder totest new building materials. This dome-shaped building was named after The Flintstones’ house because itresembled the stone age home the family livedin. The house issituated inCalifornia, completely white inside tostay cool inthe summer and costs $4,000,000.
6. The Barbie house
Many little girls dreamed about living afancy life inahouse just like Barbie had. Now their dreams can come true, thanks tothe 10,000-square-foot pink plastic doll residence inFlorida, called “Barbie, the Dreamhouse Experience”. According toits builders, the house took more than 100 gallons ofpink paint and 20pounds ofglitter.
7. Minnie Mouse’s house
This adorable Minnie Mouse house can befound atMickey’s Toontown inDisneyland both inFlorida and California. Don’t let the design fool you— the house may look cartoonish, but it’s fully equipped inside, just like areal house!
8. Snow White’s cottage
This one-of-a-kind house was inspired bySnow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The builders spent 30years tocreate this masterpiece. The house islocated inWashington and has nosquare corners anywhere, the wood beams are hand carved, the roof looks asifithas melted over the structure, and everything isjust asrough and character-filled asanything Walt Disney drew.
9. The Jetsons’ futuristic house
Here, everything isbackward: The Skypad Apartments from the cartoon were inspired byfuturistic buildings from the early 1960’s, atime when people tried tofantasize how apartments would look inthe future. The Jetsons’ apartment, inparticular, was inspired bythe Chemosphere, afamous building inLos Angeles.
10. Bruce Wayne’s manor
The Bruce Wayne Manor intheDC comics about Batman was inspired byWollaton Hall inWollaton, Nottingham, England. For the film, The Dark Knight Rises, Wollaton Hall served asWayne Manor.
Have you ever wanted tolive inthe house ofyour favorite fictional character? Did wemention any ofthem? Share them withus inthe comments!
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SpongeBob SquarePants / Nickelodeon, nickresortpuntacana / instagram
