March 2024

Our living area with the ceiling lights off and the lamps and lanterns on, view from the west side. I am obsessed with lights and the changes they create in every space.

In the background, our dining area and the Chinese lanterns therein can be seen one level below (the living area is raised two feet from the original floor, making everything an open-layout, multi-level space). In the far background is the foyer with our writing table, and beyond that, not visible because the glass doors are shut, the small loggia leading onto the driveway.

The stepped wall with crystal balls, painted blush, has a wooden staircase behind it that leads to the upper floor, where my granddaughters' bedrooms are located.