The family built us a separate casita in 2013. It is a one room cottage with a private bathroom. In the past there had been two beds, which took up a lot of floorspace and didn't allow much room for seating. We had wedged a table in between the beds, and would sit on the foot of the bed to work on the computer.

Craig got the idea to ask Antonio to commission bunk beds from a woodworker friend of his. Craig found a design online and sent it along. The bed featured a staircase with drawers in the steps, and also storage drawers under the bottom bunk. Antonio oversaw the project, and within a month or two, the bed was ready.

Sisa was so excited to show us! We were blown away when we walked into the casita and saw the gorgeous cypress wood structure in front of us. The craftsmanship was beautiful, and he kept some rustic touches like knots and knobby wood. It was so solid that it didn't even shake at all when climbing up and down the stairs, and we couldn't move it if we tried.

We are so grateful to Antonio and his carpenter friend for making this a reality! And there was another suprise: there had been some money leftover from the construction so Antonio had bought two comfortable plush armchairs. The smaller footprint of a single bed structure allowed room for the two chairs on either side of a table; the perfect place to work on our laptops!

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Craig and Steph

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Saturday 13 January 2018

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Tuesday 13 March 2018

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