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Studio/Sanctuary Tour . . . .of my previous home
To invite someone into your home is to allow them a glimpse of the 'specialness' that Life lives through you!
This land is . . . A gentle place where one 'leaves in love, AS love', knowing... 'all is well' and in resonance with the heavens!
Located in a quiet valley in far-northern California, the house sits on 16.50 acres. Etna Creek and Whiskey Creek run through the property. The hillside area of the property is covered with douglas fir, white fir, alder, maple and pine trees. The property is located at the foot of Etna Mountain in the Salmon Mountain area and on the road to the Pacific Crest Trail in beautiful Scott Valley, just one hour from Mt. Shasta. This far-northern California pristine valley lies between the Trinity Alps and Marble Mountain Wilderness areas and is 26 miles west of Yreka on Highway 3. This area is a hideaway for outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy cross-country skiing, snow skiing, boating, hiking, fishing, backpacking, camping, horseback riding, wildflowers, photography…on and on! Surrounding the house are two old lilac bush/trees, poplar trees and wildflowers in their natural setting. Huge granite rocks are scattered around the land and along the creeks. Farmland views from the front of house, mountain views from the rear and sides. A perfect "retreat" home which began as a "turn of the century" cabin and suffered from many years of "UN-masterplanned” remodeling ideas, it remained without electricity or plumbing until purchased by a Bricolage Designer in 1997. The house was then remodeled for a specific type of person (a creative designer), at a specific point in time (late 20th century) and for a specific purpose (as her studio/sanctuary home)...and all of those factors had an impact on its design. The house evokes an immediate response by those who have entered through its many old French doors...one IMMEDIATELY wants to live there!
Let a person live in one of these old, quiet places ... and the 'wine of their soul settles' and you may see the SUN through it by day and the STARS by night
The house speaks of honest craftsmanship and simplicity and gives the impression of a comfortable maturity of time, not blatant with newness. There is no part where the designer's hands have not touched, joining the Essence of the land with Silence and Sound, Colour and Space. Time has, however, worked many of the materials...such as the original cabin floor in the kitchen area which speaks of many feet calling it ...."Home", the old French doors, and the 2-seater Outhouse with mountain view. The house abounds with colour, light, shadows and inter-relationships of indoor and outdoor spaces. Although the house was designed as a one bedroom, one bath.....the open-style upstairs bedroom is used by the owner as a Quietude space. The bath is large and contains a Japanese soak tub (for viewing of the hillside and moon and stars through the old French Doors that open onto a small deck and Zen garden) as well as large shower. The original front porch is enclosed with old French Doors and is used for an office or summer studio. The "Summer room" at back of house (south side) is screened and the owner loves to eat breakfast there in the summer and watch the deer and listen to the birds.
Photos:
 Understair area used as 'entertainment center' of the house. Shelves under stairs house a tea bowl collection. (Wow! A house without a TV....what a novel idea!)
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