LA CASA

Some of my dearly beloveds are getting impatient with the pace of the house-that-isn't-ours-yet tour.

So let's wind it up.

The front.  We hope to paint it other colors and make the door on the left a window.  Also, a new door on the right with windows.  We've met Gloria, our neighbor on the right.

The bathroom which will continue to be just that:

The service area for the hot water heater, washing machine, etc.

Outside the kitchen/bathroom area, the covered and tiled hallway ends and a patio ensues.  There, halfway through the house, is a big lime tree that really needs pruning.  Job #1 for me.

Then there are two rooms we don't have photos of.  The first will be the kitchen, 12 x 15.  The design is already done.  The next will be the dining/sitting/garden viewing room, 12 x 9.

The patio extends alongside and behind these these last two rooms and provides access to the pièce de résistance: 

THE GARDEN

My sister has already made a planting design for us.

Now some of you dearest friends and relatives may be thinking, "but where will we sleep when we visit?"  Not to worry.  We have not forgotten you and we're anxious for you to come see us.  There will be two single beds in the front room and they can be moved together to make a king size bed.  Privacy?  Yes.  The carpenter will be making two folding screens, in the middles of which I will hang the revolutionary women (or rather their names).  So you will be sleeping with revolutionary women, so to speak.  We also have other fold-out thingies and we're planning to put a futon in the dining room, where you can sleep with a garden view.  So come on down.