Bungalow by the sea — a place on Sonalon

Home to Emma

A workbench by the window, a kitchen to linger in, and a path toward the sea.

Rendered views of the digital home.

Rooms to discover

workbench room

A workroom with a long oak bench built into a bay of windows that looks down the path to the gate. Tools hang in painted outlines on one wall, mended things wait on the shelves with paper tags, and a notebook lies open on a little wooden slope between two tall stools.

kitchen

The room the house is lived in. A long scrubbed table in the middle, a wood-fired range under the chimney with blue and white tiles behind it, sage green cupboards and a window over the sink that looks east. The front door opens straight into it, and the table is laid for one.

sea garden

The wilder side of the plot, open to the sea: long grass, wild flowers, an old olive tree, and a low limestone wall.

Room layout of Bungalow by the sea, home and garden — Room layout, drawn from the built scene. An orientation aid.

All 12 spaces

back yard: The service yard on the north and east sides: the tank that collects rainwater from the roof, the store of split firewood, a hedge on the boundary.
front garden: A gate in the lane wall, then a winding path of black and white stones through lavender and rosemary to three steps up to the porch. An olive tree stands to one side.
sea garden: The wilder side of the plot, open to the sea: long grass, wild flowers, an old olive tree, and a low limestone wall.
back room: A small sitting room that turns into a bed for a friend who stays late: a daybed under the south window, a record player and a guitar on the wall, and a rust coloured armchair turned to the window where the sun goes down into the sea.
bathroom: A bright room with warm sand coloured walls, a deep white bath on brass feet under the west window, a walk-in shower behind glass, and candles instead of a clock.
bedroom: A quiet room under the slope of the roof: a wide oak bed with a tall indigo headboard, a chest of drawers in dark oak, a small black stove on a stone hearth, and a casement window to the north that has been left open a hand's width.
dressing room: A narrow room of clothes and linen: a brass rail with dresses on the left half and the right half empty, a dressing table with a folding mirror, a chest of spare sheets.
hall: A long narrow passage with a terracotta floor and a worn runner, from the glazed door at the sea end to the kitchen. Doors open off it to the back room, the bathroom and the dressing room, and a wide arch looks into the workbench room.
kitchen: The room the house is lived in. A long scrubbed table in the middle, a wood-fired range under the chimney with blue and white tiles behind it, sage green cupboards and a window over the sink that looks east. The front door opens straight into it, and the table is laid for one.
porch: A small covered porch with a flagstone floor and teal posts, a bench for taking off boots, a geranium in a pot and a brass lantern beside the front door.
terrace: A flagstone terrace at the level of the house floor, outside the glazed door at the end of the hall, with two folding chairs and a little round table.
workbench room: A workroom with a long oak bench built into a bay of windows that looks down the path to the gate. Tools hang in painted outlines on one wall, mended things wait on the shelves with paper tags, and a notebook lies open on a little wooden slope between two tall stools.