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High Desert Hideaway Hut: LAPC

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Lens Artists Photo Challenge – My Hideaway

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Centered in Bend, Oregon, my blog branches out into nature, history, and art-related topics.

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