Mark The Builder just presented the bill (aaauuuggghh!) and announced that the erstwhile shed is now completely ready for occupancy as The Studio (or so its soon to be occupant thinks it's called). Pictures of the completed work will be on Kodak's site soon, and on Sunday, September 14, we are going to have a private Open House to inaugurate it (pictures of that will also follow soon). This weekend John will be moving his office appurtenances out there, with the help of our trusty gardener Aurelio and perhaps a buddy of his, to drag things down stairs and around corners.
This milestone will engender the next big effort inside the cottage itself, and this one is mine to do -- with everything out of the Guest Suite except our trusty old leather sofa and one small wooden two-drawer file cabinet, I shall begin with a relatively empty canvas.
As you who have been following this blog-site faithfully will recall, this old bedroom/bath area of the original cottage is to become a combination of a Sanctuary/Retreat for both myself and our pilgrim guests. It's really a one-person-at-a-time space; the bedroom area is long and narrow (approximately 8 feet wide, 16 feet long); and the very small bath beyond it is even narrower and shorter in length. I am both excited and challenged by the task of creating a place of comfort, beauty and peace in this space.
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I will be there soon! Keep it simple, Ma, keep it simple...
Ah, Trees: you'll have to look at my guidebook, "The Not So Big House" when you are here. Simple is peaceful, small is beautiful. That's my goal.
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