A home that marks the transition from fantasy to reality: the Paris apartment in the movie, Before Sunset

A home that marks the transition from fantasy to reality: the Paris apartment in the movie, Before Sunset

Fantasy home: the womblike comfort of the cave in For Whom the Bell Tolls

Fantasy home: the womblike comfort of the cave in For Whom the Bell Tolls

Fantasy home: the Chelsea townhouse that reflected sculptor Louise Bourgeois’ psyche

Fantasy home: the Chelsea townhouse that reflected sculptor Louise Bourgeois’ psyche

Lost in Almodóvar: my Madrid fantasy home

Lost in Almodóvar: my Madrid fantasy home

Fantasy home: the glamorous cave complex of César Manrique

Fantasy home: the glamorous cave complex of César Manrique

Fantasy home: a summer of solitude in Provence, inspired by the 2003 movie Swimming Pool

Fantasy home: a summer of solitude in Provence, inspired by the 2003 movie Swimming Pool

Fantasy home: the clutter and comfort of Catwoman’s pink pad in Batman Returns

Fantasy home: the clutter and comfort of Catwoman’s pink pad in Batman Returns

Fantasy home: a safe and stimulating outdoor space, inspired by An Angel at My Table

Fantasy home: a safe and stimulating outdoor space, inspired by An Angel at My Table

Fantasy home: comfort and chaos in the Brooklyn pad in Moonstruck

Fantasy home: comfort and chaos in the Brooklyn pad in Moonstruck

Fantasy home: the consoling power of Salman Toor’s blurred and dreamy paintings of domestic scenes

Fantasy home: the consoling power of Salman Toor’s blurred and dreamy paintings of domestic scenes

Fantasy home: life on the road in a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, inspired by the movie, True Romance

Fantasy home: life on the road in a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, inspired by the movie, True Romance

Fantasy home: an actual Ivory Tower to escape to, inspired by The NeverEnding Story

Fantasy home: an actual Ivory Tower to escape to, inspired by The NeverEnding Story

Fantasy home: a kitchenless house in an entire city inspired by a century-old utopian dream

Fantasy home: a kitchenless house in an entire city inspired by a century-old utopian dream

Fantasy home: taking up residence in the Grand Budapest Hotel

Fantasy home: taking up residence in the Grand Budapest Hotel

Fantasy home: a desire to take over Rosings Park, Pride and Prejudice’s most stately abode

Fantasy home: a desire to take over Rosings Park, Pride and Prejudice’s most stately abode

Fantasy home: a homesteader’s life inspired by the movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Fantasy home: a homesteader’s life inspired by the movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Fantasy home: a Knightsbridge flat inspired by the atypical student pad in the movie, The Souvenir

Fantasy home: a Knightsbridge flat inspired by the atypical student pad in the movie, The Souvenir

Fantasy home: A festive fixer-upper inspired by the house from It’s a Wonderful Life

Fantasy home: A festive fixer-upper inspired by the house from It’s a Wonderful Life

Fantasy home: the eerie symbolism of The White Lotus’s Sicilian palazzos

Fantasy home: the eerie symbolism of The White Lotus’s Sicilian palazzos

Fantasy home: a cluttered New York loft inspired by US teen drama, Gossip Girl

Fantasy home: a cluttered New York loft inspired by US teen drama, Gossip Girl

Fantasy home: an artist’s studio inspired by Van Gogh’s Yellow House, in Arles

Fantasy home: an artist’s studio inspired by Van Gogh’s Yellow House, in Arles

Fantasy home: a desire to recreate the past, just like the film, Good Bye Lenin!

Fantasy home: a desire to recreate the past, just like the film, Good Bye Lenin!

Fantasy home: a stay at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo inspired by Lost in Translation

Fantasy home: a stay at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo inspired by Lost in Translation

Fantasy home: teleported to the Midwest by the music and cover art of cult classic album, American Football

Fantasy home: teleported to the Midwest by the music and cover art of cult classic album, American Football

Fantasy home: the consoling emptiness of Harry’s apartment in When Harry Met Sally

Fantasy home: the consoling emptiness of Harry’s apartment in When Harry Met Sally

Fantasy home: a Parisian apartment inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s film La Chinoise

Fantasy home: a Parisian apartment inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s film La Chinoise

Fantasy home: a Portuguese seaside house filled with the strange sweetness of life

Fantasy home: a Portuguese seaside house filled with the strange sweetness of life

Fantasy Home: the mid-century modern star of Tom Ford’s film, A Single Man

Fantasy Home: the mid-century modern star of Tom Ford’s film, A Single Man

Fantasy home: what a country house can teach a diehard city dweller

Fantasy home: what a country house can teach a diehard city dweller

Fantasy home: a place that brings the outside in, like Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico adobe house

Fantasy home: a place that brings the outside in, like Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico adobe house