Restoring an old greek island house

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

At first it seemed like a great idea…all these gorgeous white washed houses…elegant…tranquil….grecian…

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

Helenic…Blah..blah…lol. No one thought that someone has to keep it white…

(c) ceciliawyu, greece. 2012

Physically …in the hot sun….white washing….

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

And as soon as you finish one end ….you have to start again because the climate wears down anything!!!

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

And this is how we ended up spending hours from dusk till dark white washing the last 2 weeks!!!

(c) Ceciliawyu, Greece, 2012

So think hard before you get a historic place…it is sooo much work!!

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

We are constantly learning how to balance appropriate modernising of the interior with the need to keep the traditional ambience of the exterior.

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

The point of greek style is to “keep it simple”…I talked to local artists, village elders, eco-architects and artist-architect who has his own greek restoration project about it…

……actually this constant “work in progress” led to a lot of really interesting input…

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

Because we wanted to do this slowly by our own hands…learning slowly …progress is very gradual given the limited time we have each year….

(c) Ceciliawyu. Greece. 2012

And finally…even if it is slow…hey check out the night sky when we complete the white washing each night…isn’t it incredible???? Wow!

(c) ceciliawyu, greece, 2012

One comment on “Restoring an old greek island house”

1. Aila

   July 30, 2012

   

   i’m flattered by your kind words about greece, thanks for sharing this info with your readers!

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