Making, Building, Finishing

"We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe."

 Christopher Alexander

We knew this little house was done when the arch was cut across the doorway beam. It was a finishing touch and elegant statement.  Quirky me saw it as an eyebrow over the moon's eye. 

candle lantern converted into a ceiling light for the guest room

I love this lamp shade from West Elm.  It reminds me of making paper lanterns.

 

 The schoolhouse lamps are larger than they appear in this photo.  From below they look like little moons.  We had these made up with GU24 sockets for energy efficiency. 

 

 

I was concerned that with all the construction and clearing that the wild Pacific Coast irises would not bloom this year.  I was relieved to see them blooming every where.  Even under debris.  

 

"Sometimes I long so much to do landscape, just as one would go for a long walk to refresh oneself, and in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and a soul.”—Vincent van Gogh