Have you ever wondered what it’s like to experience the life of an insect crawling across the ceiling of a room? This unique place featuring inverted rooms can help you do that!

This attraction came to my attention earlier a year or two ago in one of those Instagram reels which automatically play as you scroll through your feed. I can’t remember exactly but it was something along the lines of the most unique buildings in the world. A few places in Japan covered on Tokyo Fox many moons ago in the ‘Tokyo Modern Architecture‘ series featured in the list and one of the other buildings was this one which I was completely unaware of.

The phenomenon of Upside-Down House has spread throughout the world and there are multiple locations in various places such as Poland, Australia, South Africa, Estonia, Nigeria, Canada and the UK. Several of these quirky houses can be seen in the latter but the one I visited at the very start of this year was in west London.

I had seen pictures online of the house exterior, but I just thought that was the frontage for a museum-like place beyond. I was wrong as it really was just a regular house turned upside down. Hmmm, maybe the clue was in the name of the place!!

Experiencing this place with someone else is thoroughly recommended as you can then take each other’s pictures. Photos without a person in them are fairly pointless as you’ll be able to see in this post where some are included to show what the five rooms actually looks like before the pictures are rotated. I was accompanied by my friend Mostyn who I had just met up with at the nearby White City Underground station.

1. The bedroom in the attic

The ground floor entrance is technically the attic remember as it’s all upside down. It’s decked out to look like a teenager’s bedroom with some basic furniture, framed pictures on the walls and a skateboard!

2. The bathroom

Doing a handstand on the sides of the toilet is not something too many have ever done or would even want to! Now you can though! Be aware though that the whole experience can be quite disorienting and dizziness may happen!

3. The bedroom

On the lower floor of the house but technically upstairs in this place is a double bed, huge rug, framed photos, plants, chairs and a chest of drawers. As a child, I no doubt attempted a similar position on the beds in my family home! It should also be noted that this house is all open plan so there are no doors to rooms.

4. The living room

Don’t look too closely through those windows as everything outside is the right way up! Creating the illusion of doing a handstand on a chair or poof is great fun and allows an appreciation of life from a different perspective.

With hindsight maybe I should have laid face down to get that authentic feeling of being a creepy crawly (or Spider-Man!) on the ceiling!

5. The kitchen

I didn’t feel the need to create any shots in this room as I was totally satisfied with what we’d done in the other parts of the house. It really is a place that will put a smile on your face with surreal photo opportunities aplenty. It’s very much designed for the Instagram generation as it is all about the photos. There is supposedly a time limit but around 20 minutes is probably all that’s needed.

• Upside Down House is located at Westfield Square, Ariel Way, London W12 7SL, UK. It is open from 10:00 – 20:00 on Monday to Saturday, and from 12:00 – 18:00 on Sundays.

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