this is the little shed, dare i say garage, at our new/ old house. it was once used to change oil and often to butcher wood into some fashion or another. i don't think i will be able to part with my grandpa's meticulous handwriting on the wall - the delineation of each oil change he performed throughout the entire 60's. i will find use for the tools and the spare wood. but i just can't see this sweet little building from a man's perspective. 
i can't look at it every day and not envision myself sitting out there with art supplies and a glass of wine. typing away on my blog. allowing the inner sanctum to be infiltrated by tiny hands and markers; bug jars and picked flowers. welcoming guests to unburden themselves after a long (not really, it just sounded more dramatic) road trip to the country. something a little more homey, no?
i can't look at it every day and not envision myself sitting out there with art supplies and a glass of wine. typing away on my blog. allowing the inner sanctum to be infiltrated by tiny hands and markers; bug jars and picked flowers. welcoming guests to unburden themselves after a long (not really, it just sounded more dramatic) road trip to the country. something a little more homey, no?
something more like this....
with a flagstone patio and walkway lined with flowers to the house. a fire pit? herb garden?
(photo courtesy of aimee herring, chicago home + garden, "vintage tourist cabin")
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our contractor always says "anything is possible" (it'll cost ya!). aahhh...that's what the kiss of death sounds like (hee hee).
oh oh oh, you have to go online and order this book called The Litlte Locksmith right now. It is a memoir written in 1943 and it is basically about this very thing... creating a little space out back that is all your own. she calls hers her "thimble" and ever since reading this I've dreamed of a room of my own. The whole book is about home renovation and finding yourself within it, it is totally an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteone of my all time favorite books.
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Locksmith-Katharine-Butler-Hathaway/dp/1558612394
done! thanks for the suggestion!
ReplyDeletei want to rest at your guest house! maybe we can send the kids to my house in the burbs!
ReplyDeletei love it! the outside would be easy to make look like the picture...the inside, well you might need the contractor for that. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea... I have seen so many things like that in Cottage Living magazine... oyu have to do it.... put a neat old desk, a couch or day bed and some cool antiques and you will have an amazing getaway in your own backyard...
ReplyDeleteI have tagged you... come on over and see what you gotta do....
Oh, I'm like you! I would love to have a little "guest house" like that one day! Yours has SO much potential!
ReplyDeleteUh, don't you remember that I reserved the wood butcher shop to myself when I drafted your deed? You know there are spiders out there, right? Big ones. And mice. And its drafty and chilly in the winter. Not a good place for my sister. No ma'am. Better just to leave it the way it is, especially now that you have the loft.
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