Room with a view

When you have a house in the woods, it's hard to go wrong with a window view. The views from the house are great, as are the views from the guestudio. But I have a new favorite perch, one that looks like it will make for good birding come winter. Here, have a look for yourself.

Here's a slightly more magnified view.


Pretty nice, huh? Some might say that the seat looking out onto this is "fit for royalty." Can you guess where it is?

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Here's a hint, it shares the room with this:


That's right, the best seat in the house is... the throne!

Nice views can be had from the main room, too, though. It looks really nice during the day when lots of natural light is streaming through the windows.



I can't WAIT until its finished!

strange obsession

One aspect of the guestudio that I fretted over for a long time was the flooring. I knew I wanted a hardwood floor, and that I wanted it to be light in color, and it had to be rustic-looking. After much searching and consideration, I finally decided on some lovely handscraped flooring from Lumber Liquidators. It is birch ("Matterhorn Birch" by Virginia Millworks, to be exact), and it is exactly what I was looking for. I'm a bit obsessed with it, actually. I love it. The natural variation, the character, the charm - I find it... inspiring.



If you would like to see a timeline-style view of the guestudio construction, head on over to my Flicker page here. We're getting there!

Labor Weekend - Guestudio update

Hope everyone had a good Labor Day weekend. I had hoped to spend a little time outdoors at some point, but there was just too much to do. Dave and I labored all weekend long and managed to prime and paint the entire guestudio! Here's the progress report.


The last time I shared photos of the place, the drywall had just started to go up. Here is the main room as it stood with the drywall just hung.

Here we have the same room, with the beginnings of the drywall taping and mudding process.

Fast-forward to today, when we got those walls painted!

Same view, but taken from the loft.

Speaking of the loft, here is looking up toward the loft, pre-drywall.

Drywall hung, waiting for tape and mud.

The scene as of today, all painted. Sorry for the shadows, but I didn't feel like using the flash.

A view from the outside, with all the siding hung. It's got trim around it now, too, but I haven't taken a picture since they hung the trim for some reason.

Looking back toward the parking area. Emmett is the official greeter of both the house and the guestudio.
There you have it folks. Lots of progress made in a short time, but still lots more to do. I'll try to keep you posted.