Barbados Vacation Home: Inspired by “Lord of the Rings” The New York Times 2.24.09

Barbados Vacation Home: Inspired by “Lord of the Rings”
The New York Times 2.24.09

Another dreamy retreat from The New York Times International Real Estate pages — this time it's a 4 bedroom and 3 bathroom escape on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The 3,500-square-foot multilevel home was built in 1975 by Ian Morrison, a local architect, who took inspiration for the design from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.”

The majority of the rooms are open to the outdoors and the whitewashed interior walls help to move the eye towards the ocean views. The elegantly furnished property in the former British colony is listed at $2.5 million but the article states that "buyers can estimate cutting 15 to 30 percent off asking prices".

Check out the listing, For Sale in ... Barbados and all the pictures in the slideshow.

(Images: Wyatt Gallery)

Comments (9)

The hurricane force wind blowing the sh*t out of the curtain is awesome. I want to honeymoon here as it is sexy and clearly dangerous.

posted by Seaside on February 25th 2009 at 3:27pm
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I'm not seeing the inspirational connection from lotr at all - not for the habitat as a whole. Lovely space. Lovely book. The two hardly connect here.

posted by swingjingle on February 25th 2009 at 3:28pm
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It's a beautiful place but vacation homes always make me a little sad because you know they just sit there empty for 51 weeks a year. Maybe it's all the white and the giant table that looks as though no one has ever touched it but this one looks especially lonely.

posted by bigwavejen on February 25th 2009 at 4:14pm
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Cozy & hobbit-like...love it!

posted by woolyselva on February 25th 2009 at 5:11pm
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I see the connection with the movie. It's like a little hobbit house, all the wood and greenery, the low sloped ceilings. Maybe all the white is inspired by the elvin homes.

posted by TrueTex on February 25th 2009 at 5:24pm
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Plus they include how much they pay the caretakers a week. Ain't life grand.

posted by chicity1126 on February 25th 2009 at 5:49pm
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Hobbits on tropical vacation! I'm in love.

posted by Jenny in DC on February 25th 2009 at 6:21pm
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It's kind of like Hobbits meet Elves, here - it combines some of the curvy tunnel-like hobbit traits with the up-in-the-trees Elven feel.

I like it.

posted by SputnikSpak on February 25th 2009 at 10:57pm
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Love love.. although id have to go easy on my fake tanning lotion.. it would smear EVERWHERE on all that white...(!!)

posted by AMNY on February 26th 2009 at 11:42am
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