We are trying to make some decisions, what do we want to do, where do we want to be? We both like to move around, get itchy after 6 months in the same habitat. I had 12 addresses in London, a testament to my short attention span I suppose. Now we have a child and he needs stability (although he does love to travel!), we are relatively impecunious and just a little odd-birdy; where can we establish ourselves, where would we fit? We have conversations and try to thrash out the above, I always jump for the ideal, Mr Aaron is circumspect! My ideal: a place in the city, white space, wood, a small courtyard, me and a band of creative cohorts open up the space/home to the wider world and run craft nights, exhibitions, workshops, seminars, fairs, films, music, an open house for visiting makers of things, a place to stay, a library too! Mr Aaron’s response: “so what you really need is lots of money then?!” Oh, boo hiss! I must confess that we feel pretty stuck right now. But, things are possible. My remarkable friend K used to live on a converted tug boat, a wonderful space, you could lift the roof off one of the bedrooms and sleep under the stars. With extremely limited means K began opening up the good ship Yerba Buena to the local community, and yes, she even had a little library of books you could borrow. If you are wondering about the image at the top of the post that is La Crête Fort on the North coast of Jersey. Can you imagine my little dream coming to fruition in such a place! We are considering hiring the Fort for a few days once the winter season begins and prices drop, it is about as isolated as it gets on a tiny island.
This room would be perfect for daydreaming in!
The cause of this preamble and possibly over-sharing tale was a post on Ninon’s blog about an exhibition of her Monstris housed in the most incredible home/atelier. Pretty much my heart’s desire!
The home/atelier is Pesci Pneumatici in Bologna, Italy.
You must whizz over and read Tania’s complete post now if you haven’t already, there are amazing softies galore too, a treat!
Hi Lisa,
I have to dash off to pick up my daughter who is coming home for the weekend but I just wanted to tell you I also have lived in many different houses and although i love the one I am in now , or at least the physical parts of it I dream of living somewhere more remote with space all around us and nature at our doorstep and also within our home in a courtyard of some sort. I am in love with the fort you have shown us. Maybe you could consider timeshares to finance this utopia. Hugs,
hello lisa! Ijust wrote you an email! 🙂
thanks for the nice post
Is there actually a place on earth as beautiful as this? I advocate living where you want to live (nomad proponent) until you can’t talk yourself out of it or it doesn’t fit your lifestyle. Better to live with joy, enthusiasm, purpose, and self expression than grow stale through boredom with the same ol’ walls. I am too old to do this now, but wow what fun it would be to see the world and really know other places in this way. Life really is too short!
I think that one day we should revive the spirit of the good ship yerba buena (now, sadly long gone and reclaimed by the seas) and have our own little creative space together. lets water the little seed of this idea and make it grow….