My Retreat

Or a glimpse into it…

it’s not quite complete

Our sweet Craftsman home, built in 1914 has fewer rooms than appears from the outside. Our ceilings are high and some of the rooms are quite spacious. There’s also limited closet and storage space, at that time every closet and/or bathroom was considered and extra room and was taxed as such.

The original owners stand outside their new home. The screened porch

Is to their left – your right. It is now enclosed

When first built, it had a side porch with a western view. Above that porch was a sleeping porch adjacent to the Master bedroom.

At one point, a previous owner enclosed both rooms replacing the screens with windows. Making these rooms usable throughout the year.

The downstairs porch retains its shingle walls whereas the sleeping porches’ walls were covered.

Our porch, or as we call it –the green room- has over the years had many uses. It was the room we gathered in while renovating the remainder of the house, calling it the TV room.

Then, for a short time it was my son’s room while he was in college.

But, when he moved out, I developed a plan for this to be a place of my own and an optional guest room. I moved most of my girly things out of my husband’s office, added a few new things and placed them within this room.

I did it so quickly my son felt it was my plan all along.

So here’s a glimpse.

When we moved here the room had a wet bar – took up too much space. So we dismantled the lower portion and kept the shelving above.

When my son moved, I removed the doors and used it as a suspended bookshelf.

The wood color just didn’t seem to fit the feel I was looking for.

So I painted it white!

But, I didn’t stop there!

I painted a free-form pattern of

Blue flowers on the back walls.

Close-up of flowers

I then filled the shelves back with books and décor.

A little bit different

Well, paint does some wonderful things!

Thank you for stopping by!

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Wishing you a very Delightsome day!

Kathy