High Desert Hideaway Hut: LAPC

High Desert Hideaway hut in Bend, Oregon

I showed you how I created this mural but I didn’t show you the inside of my High Desert hideaway hut. This 8 foot by 16 foot hut used to be a garden shed. We repurposed it into a guesthouse for visiting relatives and a studio space for me.

This $50 thrift shop door we installed is interesting on the inside and outside. What a great find!

  • Thrift shop door
  • Thrift shop door

This hide-a-bed also functions as a couch. A good place to curl up with reading material.

High Desert Hideaway hut in Bend, Oregon

We refinished and repurposed some pieces of furniture, including this antique commode.

Refinished commode

This $15 table went with chairs we already had. You can see it’s covered with photos and research material from my latest writing project.

Table & chairs

We tried to make it more homey by adding things we’ve created. Here are a couple poems my kids wrote (one framed with Creepy Crawlers) and a print by a local artist.

Poems by Rhett & Chani

And here’s a tiger drawing I created when I ran for a school board position. I keep some of my art supplies in this High Desert Hideaway Hut so I can work on future creations.

Tiger pen-and-ink by Siobhan Sullivan

One of my favorite things about this place is my view. I can peek out the window through the lilac branches to see the birds in the spruce trees. The pond in the background attracts many birds. Fluttering wings and melodic birdsongs offer a pleasant distraction in this retreat.

High Desert Hideaway view in Bend, Oregon

Lens Artists Photo Challenge – My Hideaway

17 thoughts on “High Desert Hideaway Hut: LAPC

  1. A really neat hideaway – and very useful for many things! Love it that you have put up artwork and used old furniture. The commode is superb – would love to have one myself.

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