Things that make you go 'Wow' when visiting other peoples' houses

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Cool books, music, DVDs

Musical instruments

Period features - I'm jealous

Water features

Leather furniture

Antiques

I have a hall that some of you would like - large and panelled with floor to ceiling/wall to wall stained glass at one end. Sadly, the pinball machine hides some of it....

I love walking into homes that have been built up from scratch with bits added here and there as needs change. Odds and sods in nooks and crannies, that kind of thing.

That's so cool Californifrau!

Actually squarer - the pinall machine has just earned a wow from me and dh (I sure play a mean pinball!) and am at you having a hall buig enough for one

Big garden with lots of interest, big rooms, house with some character - probably older house, oh and I would love a indoor swimming pool.

We have a pinball machine in the garage, along with 3 other arcade machines, DH collects them and I wont allow them in the house.

Californifrau lucky thing just looked at the link and its gorgeous!! One day ......

FMF - lol at you sure playing a mean pinball! Its an old Williams game - Taxi if you know it? This is quite a pinball house - in the front room we have backlit pinball glasses. Used to have 4 games at one point. Our hall is really quite big - it's where I'm doing my computing from right now (although couldn't fit 2 pinballs!)
Jenkel - how mean!

A big kitchen table and tea in the pot and visitors come and go throughout the day, helping themselves to tea. Then you all stay up all night sitting around the table, eating, drinking, talking and singing. (Kids might have to be teenagers by this point to ensure long lie-ins)

A bathroom you can actually walk around in.

Secret doors/rooms/gardens - a feeling of Gormenghast