judygilpin Great rooms if you have tons of money !!! The living room with the slide was just previewed on HGTV's "Selling New York" for a cool 4 million dollars.

waterbabies That wine cellar is AMAZING! And I love the last pic with the waterfall at the door, I hope it never malfunctions though lol!!

Rough Linen We should have slides instead of fire escapes, think about it...

Hi-Lite Manufacturing Co. The moat in a Colorado Ski House with a remote controlled water fall that is activated by weight on a stone.

OH.
MY.
GOODNESS.

It's true. All the movies have been true. Amazing.

cvsharkey That last one; it's definitely worth going to look at the rest of the project.

vee22 Yea....ok......... Some people have too much money and too many stupid ideas. So ridiculous.

efpico It boggles my mind that the issue you have with the "Game Of Thrones" basement is the Coke sign.

I do, however, love the wine cellar waterfall.

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olldroo Samantha, as if these rooms weren't a hoot, your humour cracked me up. I could handle the backlit branches, they are amazing, and what my spiders would do with them would be even more interesting.

shirenu The "Game of Thrones" room looks cheap, plastic and cartoon-y, which is exactly what the current television series is not with its beautiful, rich, and dare I say realistic designs. The fantasy genre has long had the image of looking cheap and fake because most makers of fantasy television series and movies haven't had access to the same budget and quality of work as was available to Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, for instance. As a result, they've had to resort to using cheap effects and cheap props to tell their story. To me it looks like this room is portraying the old stereotype of fantasy equaling low quality and bad taste, which is really a shame. A dragon's tail staircase as an idea sounds pretty cool to me, but this execution is not.

As a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire series as well as Tolkien, I just felt the need to comment on how fantasy doesn't have to be tacky like presented here!

xenasmom I love those blue lights in the wine cellar. And the waterfall - though those stepping stones look like a sobriety test. If you come back wet, you're cut off! It's great that some people have the means to have fun with their houses. Why not??

vee22 Hear that sound???? That's the sound of your resale value on your house dropping like a rock. Who in their right minds would want to buy such ridiculous places in today's market? To those of you who will undoubtedly say, "why not, if they plan on staying in these houses, what's the problem"? Well you never know if you're going to get transferred or something in your life changes and you have to move, then you're stuck with a stupid non salable white elephant! LOL

Tyler Golberg Stairs are overrated. I'm putting in a slide.

beverlyalbers I have another thought for the room in Iran... My Great Dane and Irish Wolfhound would LOVE that bed! Just add a dog cookie container and they'd be in 7th heaven!

Bill Haigh vee22 - If you can afford to build in a one-of-a-kind feature like that, then you can afford to walk away from a lower resale value.

romeo1967 I think they are all ugly and impractical!

addisonsteel i bet romeo 1967 lives in a tract house... ;)

knappkitchen Is that mountain ski home for rent? so awesome.

Francesca These homes are a little (quite possibly a lot) over the top to even think that I would have that level of quirk in my home.

But I would love to visit their home...

Resale value? Is everything resale value?

Samantha Schoech I am pretty sure most people who commit to this level of personalization in their homes aren't planing on leaving them. Resale is not everyone's foremost consideration.
Also, I object to the Coca-Cola sign not because I love the room but because it is an anachronistic eye-sore.

wandm Very fun stuff, for sure. Is that first picture really supposed to be Game of Throne themed? I don't see it. Kind of made me think of some place in DisneyLand...like the Who Framed Roger Rabbit ride.

Using the word "stupid" to criticize a style or design...now that's what I call ironic.

sunnlover I don't think I could ever feel comfortable in any of these homes. But still fun to look at.

kellysmi I'm inspired! We're pulling out an old interior hottub on our main floor...maybe a slide to the basement is in order. Could be a fun DIY project and our young kids will never forget it! Hmmm, now to convince the husband....

Richard D. Wood This is where dreams are turned into reality. Mind bending to be sure.
R. D. Wood, Architect

astraea Yup, when money is no object, you can redecorate whenever you tire of your trend-associated decorating .. “Game of Thrones”?!

Do like the various slides; they look like fun, and can probably be removed when everyone grows up. Thought the uneven broken-brick doorway was novel, yet functional, but raw plywood? Sure, if you don’t mind pulling splinters from your kids’ hands & faces, when they stick their noses into the holes!

Trisha Rose – Take a look at this high-rise fire escape system; from Israel:

kruth Love the slides! It's the ascent that takes a little time.

custom-tiles.com Thought you might enjoy seeing this football-appreciation room. By the way, you may have guessed that our client is a fan of Alabama, in evidence on his printed ceramic floor tile.

framelady MABEY THE VERY RICH SHOULD PAY HIGHER INCOME TAX. BUT SPENDING KEEPS THE WORLD TURNING.

kcsandy Thanks for sharing! Art , personal interests, and design-no fantasy for those with deep pockets!

astraea @framelady .. the very rich DO pay higher income tax! A couple making $25K annually pays under $22% in federal tax, while a couple with $100K income pays 34.5%, and if they made $1 million, they'd be paying a 45% tax rate.

tammis Personally I don't really like any of these ideas/creations/rooms...if I had the opportunity to create/build/design a room with unlimited $ I sure would!!!

tinalo Comment on putting in a slide just makes me giggle cause I get butterflies just thinking of the slide down lol

Jan Yatsko Too bad the red panels by the white branches cannot be cabinet doors for storage. Boy oh boy the artist in me says "Paint that plywood wall in juicey bright colors...and let the kids do it!!"

azure757 Wow! Some comments needs to lighten up....but everyone does have the right to their opinion. Quirky for sure! If you have the $ ..why not have fun with it in your abode! I am SO glad there are artistic,expressive...even oddballs in the world. How boring the world would be without them!

kaz2 These are fun rooms and why not if that's what you like. Look at all the people that dress up and go to startrek conventions. What fun they have. Also how many remodel their homes every few years? So they might have something different later. If they have the money why not and as other Houzzers have said it gives others jobs to get the project done. Money goes around. Thanks for showing these fun places. LOL, it shows me how boring I am, lol Wouldn't it be fun to live like that.

romeo1967 Great they are fun rooms, just not cool for a nice home. I don't live in a tract home.

maddecorator That second pic reminds me of when my kids decided it would be fun to go down the laundry chute. Luckily, no one was injured.

lambypie Samantha, thanks for sharing these pics with us. The dragon tail staircase room looks a little bit on the steam punk side . These rooms may not be my taste, but still are fun to look at....something I think many people enjoyed when decorated "Model" homes used to be around. Remember those days, when high end builders used to put up spec homes?

frenchdecor Now I know, I need SLIDE because I have no patience to walk downstairs and fall sometimes skipping step.

spoiledblond695 love the slide to the basement )) beats the ole "laundry shoot" ( I remember my aunt had one when I was a kid and my cousins dared me to go down,which I did of course -lol) My current laundry room is on the 2nd floor. Thank goodness for innovated design.

feather57 Ok so the slide is a great way of getting down but how do you go up ? i do love the illuminated wine cellar though

kellysmi feather57 - A big rope with knots?

peterjh1964 The picture with a waterfall door to the cellar made me laugh... I guess it has built in it's own "too much vino" tester... if you can't step on the stone... you'll get cold shower...it'll remind you that... enough is enough!

astraea Wonder what that waterfall does to your homeowner's insurance; if a guest doesn't have great balance even sober, that will make for an interesting insurance claim.

lgro A little wild for my place - but I love the creativity. Certanily gets my brain cells firing. Some of those design options would look great on stage:)

CellularWindowShades.com Fun! Thanks for the glimpse into these homes.

311north Where is the thumbsdown button ? Put one of these in your house if you want people to think you have too much money and need to hear others say OOOHHHH.

waterbabies Who knew quirky rooms could be so controversial! Each to their own I say, and if you have an opinion there is a way to express yourself that doesn't have to offend people. The rooms are cool, that's not to say it is what I would choose necessarily but I certainly appreciate that we all have a choice here and wouldn't this world be boring if we were all the same!?

ragsangle Well that was fun, not my cup of tea but enjoyed looking at them. Isn't it wonderful that some people can express themselves threw their homes?

judithesl Re: resale value comments.
There are much stranger homes than these, like the castle home in Lincoln, MA, that get swooped up just because they are so quirky.
I found the piece rather inspiring. The question is how to take, say, clear acrylic and blue lights, on a much smaller scale, The slide was awesome.

anthonythurston I can't imagine living with any of these rooms.

Richard D. Wood We all know what it is to conform but to be creative I rate these A+

kennedytarheel When I first read this article, and looked at the photos, I thought, "I'd like to meet these homeowners; they know how to have fun." Then I read the comments and sensed that a lot of others felt the homeowners might be having too much fun. But....maybe too much fun is a good thing in today's world.

joanharpham way out there

jasmineaubert Welcome to the nightmare !!!! thank God i don't have to live in neither one of them -

sowmya_padki I honestly don't think these homeowners are planning on leaving their homes after doing so much work to them. And also, I don't think these are ridiculous or over the top at all, personally I would love to come home to one of these houses. It's all about the owners dreams and hobbies, but I am still very jealous of these homes - I would be very proud to live in such a fun, modern and quirky lifestyle.

mcd53 If you've been house hunting for a year resale value is everything. I can't believe some of they absolutely stupid things I've seen done to homes people are desperate to get out of now.

j0dy Ha ha great... shows lots of attitude and fun. Thanks!

Tammy Igo I didn't even see the Coke sign in the Game of Thrones room until someone commented on it! Ha!

I am thinking - slide - too! Our stairs honestly are not "standard" which is tearing up my knees. We are dreading the amount of work replacing the stairs will be...a slide may be the answer! (Probably not in reality...can't see myself in my business suit sliding out to work, but it's a fun little fantasy...would be fun to have when we are having a house party...maybe we can do a combo stair/slide...hell, may as well put in an elevator...duh)

shelleyshousz I LOVE the creativity, the guts, and the 'devil-may-care' attitude towards resale. If you don't like it, don't do it, don't buy it, and certainly don't let it bother you to the point where you feel so strongly about someone else's design choices that you get angry and call them stupid. Just paint your house beige inside and out, and hope that when someone goes to buy it, they love beige as much as you do, or hate creativity as much as you do. Meanwhile, I will continue to LOVE this website!!

gwen47 I hope to stay in my current house until they carry me out with a sheet over my head, and, while I probably won't go as extreme as these, they do give me some new ideas. I've already done some things not generally approved by the mainstream and people have loved them. Actually, lack of funds has been at the root of a lot of my creativity---out-of-the-ordinary doesn't mean expensive.

A lot of things can be done that aren't permanent if you're worried about resale.

More of this kind of article, please.

gwen47 A number of these look like they could be computer generated. Personally, I would appreciate it if anything computer generated would be labeled as such. Thank you.