What's your vacation fantasy: ocean breeze or mountain air? Cottage or compound? Historic or modern? This week, the Remodelista editors visited some of the best summer rentals we've ever seen. (Want to go in on a share in a Berlin houseboat with us?)
Above: This will be the most useful post you'll read all summer: Editors' Picks: 15 Favorite Vacation Rental Resources. Shown here is the Selsey Beach House in West Sussex, England (Julie's an admirer).
Above: Here's "our" Modern Houseboat in Berlin. Is that Izabella floating in an inner tube in the distance?
Above: Too cheap to rent? You're in houseguest territory. You'll need clever Summer Hostess Gifts, and yes, you're looking at an elegant, walnut-clad countertop compost bin.
Above: After the houseboat, let's head to A Floating Farmhouse in Upstate New York. It sits at the edge of a waterfall in the Catskills...
Above: Back to the hostess gift suggestions: a Magic Fly Repeller. Fill with water and suspend near food. Then watch the magic.
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