Name: Tony
Location: Near Venice, Louisiana
Designer: Tony, himself
Pitch:
Here is my hideway (in progress). You can only get to it by boat. I have been working on it since May and hope to have Thanksgiving dinner there this year.
As a child, my family would jump in the boat to "go across the pass" to visit my grand parents. This is where they lived. Kerosene lamps, propane stove, and a generator powered the camp which was there home. This is the real "simple life".
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It is a very peaceful place. I am looking forward to spending some quality time
here with my family. There will be no T.V., no phone, no computer. We will be able to catch fish at our dock and cook them right on the spot. This is something I have been looking forward to for a long time.
I will keep you posted on the progress.
I got a lot of helpful info from your small apartment contest. This camp will only
be 288 square feet on the inside.
Thank you for your help. Tony
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Tony -
Looks like a lovely spot. Let your sister come see you when you're actually there.
Missy & Tony -
My sister doesn't even have e-mail, and it's hard to catch her on her cell phone when she's not busy, so cell phone text messages are practically our only way of saying hi.
I LOVE no tech! I catch up on a ton of reading and conversations and play a lot of Scrabble. My job requires me to be online all day long, and it's amazing how refreshing it is to be unable to check email.
As a person that is practically considered a cave woman by not having a cellphone, blackberry or laptop, I think it's great that his getaway doesn't require media connection at all. A vacation as a way to get away from it all. Wow, what a concept!
Very cool and probably very nostalgic for you. How are you able to work on it? Does everything come by boat? I have a mental picture of wading through water, hammer and boards in hand....
Looks promising, but I want my slideshow, d@mmit!
Having taken silent and no-tech retreats in the past, this hideaway looks like an ideal place to relax, releas, and restore. Love it.
The only "tech" I could truly NOT do without in a Summer retreat is air conditioning.
This truly is a hideaway...I am Tony's sister...what a place. As a child, I too remember the lazy summer weekends "across the pass". So serene...so "airy"...No PHONES!!! YAY!!!
Brother, when can I book my weekend!
Oh--Happy Birthday!
Super. It reminds me of old boathouses that used to ring Barnegat Bay. Are attic fan and screen doors in the plans?