Sunday night, we made it to North Carolina. We stayed in a neighboring town with a distant family member for a couple nights.
Monday morning was our first introduction into Asheville. We sat at a local coffee shop/cafe all day = me searching for and emailing about places to stay, and Nick was working. We have checked out quite a few places, and hope to make a decision tonight. *fingers crossed*
Just for fun, I've included some pics and links of places we've looked at this week. This first one had a river flowing in its "front yard." We would have gotten the whole house to ourselves. It was furnished and had a loft bedroom. It was pretty remote so we decided for our first time here, we'd get a place closer to Asheville.
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We filled out an application on this next one, but someone beat us to the punch. The pictures don't do it justice. There is a new, really nice wood garage door on it which we could park in but... its where the washer and dryer is and I'd planned to use it as a studio. The upstairs apartment is small, but very charming. Nick and I were both sold on it right away.
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Today we looked at an awesome space that is actually in a BARN.
a RED BARN!
The owners just bought the place in June and have already had quite a bit of work done. They had 2 bedrooms put in. There was already a kitchen, but it is currently getting a face lift. It has a huge open space with a really tall ceiling, new picture window so lots of natural light, really neat beams throughout. The living space is the middle floor in this 3 story barn. The upstairs was previously used as a greenhouse but the new owners put in a wood roof to use it as storage (which we could share, but won't need it). The bottom floor is used as a work shop with work benches and tools, plus more storage space. It use to house cows so half of the space has an odd concrete floor (that's the storage side). We are also allowed to shared the workshop area.
Needless to say, we filled out an app on it today, too!!!
oh, and did I mention that the main house use to (and will again after renovation) function as a bed and breakfast!?! Besides lots of room in the barn with us, you all could come stay in the bed and breakfast. :D
www.foxandfiddle.net shows the whole property (b&b, etc.)
www.foxandfiddle.net/apartment/
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We have one more place to look at tonight. Its a community living arrangement and we are excited to meet them. They are artists and computer people, too. We haven't seen any pics of the space yet so here is some info on them and the place instead. "Our interests/hobbies include Chinese medicine, herbalism, natural building, clay, weaving, drawing/painting, hiking, camping, potlucking, stories around fires, learning..." Info about the house: the basement apartment is the portion of the house that is being rented out. "It has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen and living area. Floors are stained concrete (SoyCrete), warm clay color. Pretty morning light, garden space just outside, partially wooded, private parking just outside."
"Natural, Gaia-conscious household. Organic gardens, herbs and fruits and veggies in the plans. Some established. Composters. Prefer vegetarian house. No smoking. Cob oven in the plans too. ...
Would like to have occasional potlucks and sharing of goodies."
**It would be nice to make some instant friends here that can introduce us to the area, and share common interests.
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It might end up being a really hard decision to make if they want us and we are accepted for the barn space, too. We could only be so lucky!
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