Name: Puppy Wuppy & Choocheska
Location: The Hamptons, NY
Designer: Pacific Yurts & us
Pitch:
We couldn't bear to see Twirly and J-Lupa go it alone, so we're throwing our hat in the ring.
We have spent almost five summers in our little yurt and love it to death. We put sisal down on the floor for a summery feel, but have otherwise kept it as simple and empty as possible for when we escape the city and need to chill out and relax.
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The bedframe was made by Puppy-W out of clear cedar. The netting is from some online store we ordered from, but we've seen it at Ikea. The white tables we saw on Apartment Therapy and got them from Crate & Barrel. The metal chests were from Martha Stewart's old online shop, but come from Grizzly metal works.
The little candles were from Anthropologie a long time ago and the Candelas are from Vessel. The sheets are our joy! They are by Olivier Desforges and were bought by friends in France. Thanks!
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well, it's nice to see a comparison yurt.
I have to say that most of the photographs aren't very flattering. The wet towels and odd framing/cropping make it hard to get a sense of the whole space and they don't add much in terms of interesting details or close-ups.
Aside from that, I love the yurt idea. I'm in the process of buying a Catskills cabin that is a year-round wood framed version of a yurt. Too bad I haven't closed on it yet, or I'd enter it too!
Guess I've never seen a yurt before! Kind of swell, but I'm wanting to see a round bed in there, and a storage thing with the cells shaped like that diamond-pattern, even though it wouldn't be good for the clothes. If not, then something to make them not be stacked like that.
And I can't tell whether that's Masonite or what right behind the diamond-shaped stuff, but I'd rather see that stuff painted, I think.
Anyway, it's a very cool, airy space.
I'm swerving off-topic here but I really want to know who makes those flip-flops...
They remind me a bit of Havaianas, which I have and like very much - but mine are a traditional thong style. Those chartreuse ones are just much cooler than what I have now.
(I can see something stamped on the strap and insole but can't make it out.)
Curtis,
I think the stuff behind the diamond-shaped framing is the exterior fabric (canvas) wall.
Jon B,
You're probably right, come to think of it. Wow. Can you imagine sleeping in there during a gentle rain?
While this is not a name that I gave myself it is interesting to see what people think of our room. The red is indeed canvas siding that stretches down over the wood lath that expands like an accordion when you put it up.
Sorry if the pics aren't that good. My camera hasn't been working great lately.
and The SHOES! they are super cool and I bought them for Choocheska at a shop called TAUK in Montauk, out beyond the Hamptons. They are indeed Havainas or something like that (south america) and they cost $18.
I love this place and could see having something like it. Reminds me of staying at my fave hot springs in Northern CA. A very simple time, focus is on the mineral water plus very slow basics. I see towels - are you near the beach? Are you camped out in someone's yard? Where are the bath facilities?
Puppy: thank you for the ever-crucial cute-shoe information.
Must add that I love the *idea* of sleeping in a yurt but where I am, the heat index is 104 degrees and any thought of being outside is pretty repulsive this time of year.
When I lived in California, though, I spent ample time in a hammock and often drifted off on that.
I guess I'm trying to say that I *can* sleep outside; I just can't get there from here!
I often envy those in more temperate climates, though I suppose the person in NY who posted last week about a landlord wouldn't allow a bedroom a/c could conceivably envy me, as I at least have one and it's set at a delightful 69 degrees.