FINALISTS: "What does Amber House look like?"

Entries are in!  We whittled down submissions to the following 10 images, with our comments below!

The following are organized in alphabetical order.  We'll announce the winner of the giveaway this Monday!

1.  SUBMISSION:  AMELIA

Amelia Amber House

Amelia got the Colonial farmhouse feel we often envision for certain wings of the house.  We actually really loved this angle -- you can just imagine Jackson walking down the brick path to the side door.

2.  SUBMISSION:  ARIANA

Ariana Amber House

Definitely more European-looking than your typical Colonial.  But there's something very evocative of the spirit of Amber House in the composition of this picture submitted by Ariana.  Maybe the fog-shrouded hedges?  We'd definitely love to go exploring inside a manor like that.

3.  SUBMISSION:  ERICA

Erica Amber House

The windows on this abandoned old beauty are to die for!  Erica pointed out to us that the house is lacking Amber House's extensive additions, but that the tower was something she thought Amber House would definitely have.  (And she's right!  There's a tower in Sarah Louise's room!)

4.  SUBMISSION:  FARRAH

Farrah Amber House

Goodness gracious, this is a gem, isn't it?  Look at those third-story windows.  Do they even qualify as dormers, or do they get some other super-special name?  Missing the green shutters, but points for the blend of different architectural styles and the inclusion of a tree -- a plot-important tree! -- in the front yard.

5.  SUBMISSION:  HAILEY

Hailey Amber House

This is clearly a house that has been added onto over generations, don't you agree?  Shutters, a third story attic space, rural fence that Sammy might opine getting taking apart?  Check, check, check.

6.  SUBMISSION:  LAYLA

Layla Amber House

Layla also found a house that looks like its been around for ages, and tweaked every era, incorporating different architectural styles that all weave together into a lovely end result.

7.  SUBMISSION:  NELLIE

Nellie Amber House

We can just imagine Fiona drawing this sketch of her childhood home in the 1910s, can't you?

8.  SUBMISSION:  QUINN

Quinn Amber House

This place is eerily similar to the Winchester Mansion (the original inspiration for Amber House), and could definitely pass for a simple house that was made grander and grander over time.

9.  SUBMISSION:  SCARLETT

Scarlett Amber House

Scarlett let us know that she didn't dare suggest Amber House had peeling paint or boarded windows, just that she imagined the house as having similarly bizarre exterior additions and features.  (Someone buy this house and renovate!)

10.  SUBMISSION:  ZOEY

Zoey Amber House

It does look like a dead-ringer for the house on the cover, doesn't it?  But with more trees.  We love trees.  We also love the tower looming over the widow's walk.  (Kind of hard to see, but it's right under the tree line.)

HONORABLE MENTION:  BRITANNY

Britanny Amber House

Britanny's submission did have Amber House's green shuttered windows, multiple wings, and requisite three stories.  But Britanny managed to find the absolute PERFECT Hathaway House.  Seriously, this is exactly how we pictured it.

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