Although there is still only a ladder to climb from the ground to the first floor, there are now steps inside that go up to the second floor. I have seen those steps many times in my mind's eye, but it was wonderful to walk up with the sea in full view and finally see our ideas coming to life. The second floor will be where we spend most of our time, with the kitchen, open living area and bedroom suite up there. In comparison to many things, our house isn't really high, but it feels like an aerie with the whole world in view. The thing that I found most wonderful was that my husband, whose incredible mind and talented eye for detail and space, had really taken all the things that we thought about for our home and made them real. I knew what I wanted to see and feel within the house, but Vince has the ability to translate an idea into inches and feet and places to sit and windows that go on forever. When he was able to go up to stand in that space, I walked with him over to where the kitchen will be and said, "What do you think?" He said, "This is what I wanted all along...to be able to prepare a wonderful meal and to be able to see." That makes it worth whatever it takes.
So much of what we have to say about this house relates to the specifiations and structural pieces that make the house strong. The heart of the house comes from our ideas about how we want our time together to be, and that's what makes it beautiful.
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