Function Has Beauty, Too

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a tiny house we bought to fix up.  You can see the post HERE.  It's time for the first update on progress.   The little house is starting to breathe on its own again.  

The living room was only 9 feet wide so the wall between a third bedroom and the living room was removed to make a more useable space.

I love watching my husband take something that appears worthless and coax it back to a useful, beautiful life. It is his art; where he best expresses what he believes and who he is.  

The arch theme will be repeated throughout the house, giving a graceful line to punctuate the rooms with.

Sometimes, Tom says, function has a beauty of its own.  Form is not the only indication of creativity.  Being what one was created to be, and in the case of this house- a home, projects a spirit of calm and peace to the user.  Then, adding beauty of form to the function only increases its ability to do the job.  

The dining room and doorway into the kitchen, before...

Making a useful space where before was only chaos is highly satisfying.  While he loves a vacant lot and a pile of materials, he is at his best when helping a wrecked house rise again.  I love this quality of his.  It is the poetic side of him made visible.  

The dining room and kitchen doorway now.  Same space, better flavor.  

He could just slap some paint on it and replace doors and windows, but then the little house couldn't speak as well to you when you came inside- offering shelter and protection and grace.  Are we overly sentimental?  Some might say so, endowing a pile of wood and glass with a life force of its own.  However, I side with Frank Lloyd Wright when he said, "Buildings, too are children of earth and sun." Although a humble little house, this one deserves to fill the measure of its creation.  And it will.

Thanks for stopping by! Alice