The family i just bought my new second hand pine furniture from (that i am going to distress and make shabby chic as discussed in this very forum ...see i do listen) anyway they are selling everything and moving into a barge on the Thames. 

I don't think id like the idea of my home being in water, what if it leaked into your bedroom. But then there is the ability to just up and move and have a holiday without ever having to leave your home.