The Journey has contributed much to our lives, and I am very
grateful to Brandon Bays for sharing this work.
Tila is one of the world's most experienced Journey
therapists, and now that we've moved in to our OWN home,
it was time the Journey had it's own space...
And in one day, it was created...
I remembered a few minutes into it that my beloved wanted
photographs of the process.
The
studio is split in half, one side of which is the journey
room.
Walking past the boxes, turn left at the big green ping-pong
table (we found in the garden) and the Journey Room door is
there, on your right. (see below)
It
is the most distant room from the house and overlooks the
parkland beyond our fence.
You approach this door from this angle.
If
you continue past this door, the building ends with a terrace
and a second door>> around the side.
It was impossible to even cross this veranda for all the
rubble that was left.
Now it looks beautiful!
The bushland that we back on to has got south-african millipedes.
Small black ones.
They come out when it rains.
It took us a little while to help them on their way...
The
room has a nice high cieling with a skylight.
It helps the room to feel spacious and open.
There
were a lot of gaps in the shelves, and much of them was still
raw wood.
I filled all the gaps first, then undercoated and second
coated them all...
Moving all the furniture into the centre of the room, I began
laying plastic.
The
far wall, opposite the door, got a coat of blue first...
While the shelves were left to dry.
Devon was helpful as always. Here he is standing next to
the second-door at the back of the room.
I
hadn't mentioned that my beloved Tila was having a client
the following day, have I.
Well, she was. So, I had one option: GET IT DONE.
So I moved myself out of the way and continued to paint...
Some of the shelves needed more attention
than others...
And the wall was almost completly covered with yellow brush
strokes...
Then they got a light green brushing...
And then .... flowers??
Yep, it looks like flowers!
Don't think... just keep painting....
Yes, still fixing the shelves at the same time...
This would have been lunchtime, when my beloved delivered
a beautiful meal for the working man.
Once the shelves were completely complete, the painting began.
I wonder what colour it will be...
Then, the decorators came... with pictures and mirrors, tables
and drapes...
Even Darshan was helpful... being really really really really
cute and all!
Looking
out the back Journey door, you can see the veranda was the overflow
space.
The shelving wall is almost complete.
Then, I painted a river on the pink wall leading up to the Journey
Space...
7pm. Journey Room Complete.
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I remembered a few minutes into it that my beloved wanted
photographs of the process.
The
studio is split in half, one side of which is the journey
room. 
It
is the most distant room from the house and overlooks the
parkland beyond our fence. 
If
you continue past this door, the building ends with a terrace
and a second door>> around the side. 
The bushland that we back on to has got south-african millipedes.
Small black ones.
The
room has a nice high cieling with a skylight.
There
were a lot of gaps in the shelves, and much of them was still
raw wood. 
Moving all the furniture into the centre of the room, I began
laying plastic. 
The
far wall, opposite the door, got a coat of blue first...
While the shelves were left to dry.
I
hadn't mentioned that my beloved Tila was having a client
the following day, have I.
Then they got a light green brushing...
And then .... flowers??
Yes, still fixing the shelves at the same time...
Then, the decorators came... with pictures and mirrors, tables
and drapes...
Even Darshan was helpful... being really really really really
cute and all!
Looking
out the back Journey door, you can see the veranda was the overflow
space.
The shelving wall is almost complete.
Then, I painted a river on the pink wall leading up to the Journey
Space... 
