| A tour of the house on Sea Otter Island |
| Written by Tim Niemier |
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What I tried to do with this space when I built it was to keep social areas where the views are and create spaces for privacy. Outside the back door has a large covered space about 10 x 16 foot that is great for taking off rain gear before entering. There are two doors from there that go into a laundry room/bedroom and place to hang up wet cloths on the left and the door to the living room on the right. The living room is 16 x 24 and the original two story house size I started with in the 70's. The living room has two large and one single futon couches that fold into great beds. As you walk through the living room you see the wood stove which makes it nice to hang out in the night time. As you walk through there is an office area that has all the radios and telephone. As you keep on walking you come to the kitchen which is very bright and cheery and has plexiglass curved windows that the water streams down when it rains. There is a refrigerator and stove for cooking. Directly in back of the sink in the middle of the house not pictured is the pantry that is vented to the outside so it keeps things cool. There is also a bedroom next to the kitchen that has a upper and lower area for two beds. As you continue to walk to your left around the pantry you come to the door to the bathroom or washroom that has the flash hot water heater, bath tube shower, and odorless toilet. Step through the door at the other end of the washroom and you are back in the extra bedroom/laundry room that is where we started. The only thing left is to go upstairs with the bent wood banister that takes you up to the master bedroom which is a full 16 x 24 feet and has another desk up there. In the winter it is nice and warm to be up there. Not pictured is the 16 x 28 shop below that is right on the water with large cedar decks around it. |
