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the dark hues of maren ingeborg gråblomst

CAPTURING THE WINTER

18/03/2018

So today I went outside to capture the magic that surrounds this house. All within a ten minutes walk or less. The photos are way brighter than usual, because they’re taken with the purpose to sell the house… So please accept this my “dark followers” 😉 I love the moody stuff, but I think some increased exposure on a crispy Norwegian winter day can be quite nice as well!

 

 

 

 

This is a masterpiece of a tree hut since I made it (almost) by myself, haha;) And it has the best view!

I put much work into photographing this house for sale. Where others would have spent a half day of work, I think I’ll seriously use 40-50 hours to work this out. Maybe because it’s new to me to photograph for sale, or maybe I’m not “good enough”, or maybe it’s because my brain have to think much more commercial than usual. Or maybe I’m on my way to do a bloody good job, ha ha! I don’t know, but what I do know is that I do my best, and I always do if I’ve put my mind on to something.

You see our house, right? It’s placed on a little top, and can you imagine how it looked  hundred years ago? Tiny trees and no one else around… One of the greatest things about the house is that it has a “modern” standard, but the old details and style are still here. We actually had to put it trough an energy test the other day (which all houses that are to be sold in Norway have to do), and it ended up being as “energy good” as a a new house from 2010, that’s pretty amazing, right?! It’s what we call “category C” here…

Skiing everywhere…

The snow was glittering and the shadows were soft. The lake (Mjøsa) had some cold haze above it, and it looked like magic. This is actually a small part a huge golf course, you just can’t see it right now. But all year around you can stroll around here on paths that will take you far far away…

Even the moose can stroll around here, but this one didn’t seem to care much about the path!

If you continue ten minutes on this path you will see my favourite house of all favourite houses in the area. It reminds me of the “mini castles” around in Czech.

This is a pretty place! Atlungstad is the name of it… It’s the “head office” for the golf and has tours and happenings during season, because it’s an old distillery.

The world’s oldest paddle steamer in timetabled service (!), Skibladner, stops here during summer. I went with it once for making a short film! Gosh, feels like it’s twenty years ago, but it’s more like… maybe two and a half?! The name of the film is Promissum, and we even received a prize for best script. Quite unbelievable… Anyway – I want to go again, but without script and camera!

I was sunbathing and swimming here all by myself (or with my husband or daughter) several times during the summer. It’s not crowded at all. And they sell ice cream… And maybe beer…

The people buying this will be lucky, I have to say. I’m glad I’ve enjoyed it while I had it. I will probably never swim here again, and it feels a little weird…

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  1. rebecca says

    18/03/2018 at 20:34

    I believe you have “captured the magic” beautifully!
    What a special place – inside and out.
    And what interesting surroundings.

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    • villabetula says

      18/03/2018 at 21:07

      Thanks Rebecca. It is a special place for sure, and I hope many people will be interested <3

      Reply
  2. Audrey says

    24/03/2018 at 17:44

    Oh my…this is just beyond magical! What a beautiful house!! and the color!!! pretty in Pink, such a lucky person to buy this. The surrounding is beautiful to! what a view! really!!!

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    • villabetula says

      24/03/2018 at 21:23

      Thanks <3

      Reply
  3. Olga says

    27/03/2018 at 17:43

    Such a beautiful house! And a spectacular location. You did a great job with the pictures. I don’t think anybody else could have done a better job. I’m especially impressed by the picture with the glittering snow. Maybe I’m too amateur a photographer but I think that must be hard to capture. And you did it!

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    • villabetula says

      28/03/2018 at 21:22

      Thank you!

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And by the way - my name is Maren Ingeborg Gråblomst and I’m Norwegian. Gråblomst means grey flower.

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