meraki
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Kitchen
Several months, several thousand photos, long conversations, pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, clashing reason with vision, practicality with ideas. Elegant minimalism and decent boredom. A house for us and a house for guests. Keeping in mind not to transfer Northern European aesthetics and habits to a Mediterranean home. Meanwhile, it’s time for final decisions:… Continue reading
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Memoirs of Hadrian
I inhaled the scent of salt and sun on human skin, the smell of pistachios and turpentine coming from the islands where one would like to live and where one knows in advance one will not get off. This is a wonderful novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, which is a fictional letter from Emperor Hadrian to… Continue reading
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Proper roof tile
Since few months – without visible success – we are trying to get proper roof tile for the house. The trick is, what “proper” means. Aesthetically, it is at least similar to what we see in the neighbourhood. With Chlomos – probably the second oldest village on the island – just around the corner, the… Continue reading
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The View is ready!
Standing for the very first time on first floor, just before dawn, made me simply breathless. Continue reading
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Anniversary
Today is the first anniversary of receiving planning permission.The house barely looks out from ground level, although the finances show that we are 40% advanced. Construction site is at the moment in a siga-siga phase, in fact not much has happened for most of August. Anyway, the concrete of 1st floor pillars as well as… Continue reading
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Windows, shutters, flyscreens
This is window. That’s what we thought until June this year, when we started to take a serious interest in window joinery for our house. We quickly realised that in a simple stone house, it was the windows and doors that could determine the final aesthetics and style of the house. Then we considered functionality… Continue reading
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First works above the ground level | #week 32
There has been some progress both on site and on paper. The water tank is almost finished and insulated, just waiting for the slab. Dmitris is doing earthworks to prepare the final level for the house, so we could imagine far more, than previously. We have applied for water supply (1 month ago…) and also… Continue reading
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All the world is green
Of Corfu’s many qualities, greenness seems to be absolutely unique.Thanks to the humid microclimate created inbetween of the high mountains of Epirus and the warm Ionian Sea, the whole island is extremely green all year round. Thanks to the fact that it resisted the Turkish invasion, it has preserved its forests and has not shared… Continue reading
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No clear mind
No Clear Mind, formed a decade ago in Chania, is one of our favourite music bands. Very underrated, barely known outside of Greece, though moving, deep, calm. After short visit in Corfu, we are missing spring. Continue reading
Meraki Hills: secluded Corfu retreat 