10 pieces
The HouseSoonThe 100+ year-old house that raised us
More than a century of family is built into these walls — and a home, unlike a hotel, is never quite finished.
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The HouseSoonBlock by block: how the house grew
Each generation added a room, a roof, a wall to what came before, until it became the house you'll stay in.
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The HouseSoonStone, slate and deodar: what this house is made of
The honest materials of a hill home, and why we kept every one of them through the rebuild.
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The HouseSoonThe courtyard where everything happens
Chai, gossip, sun, festivals, weddings — the open heart of the house, and the busiest room of all.
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The HouseSoonWhy our rooms look at the forest, not the snow line
The big view is a short climb; the rooms, on purpose, open onto cedar and quiet instead.
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The HouseSoonThe kitchen fire that never quite goes out
On the hearth at the centre of a Kumaoni home, and everything that gathers around it.
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The HouseSoonThe terrace: the best room has no walls
A chair, the valley, and hours that melt away — the single thing I love most about this place.
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The HouseSoonWhat fifty winters do to a hill home
Snow, frost and the slow lessons a house teaches you about lasting.
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The HouseSoonRestoring without erasing
How we modernised an old house without scrubbing the soul out of it.
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The HouseSoonThe den I disappear into
Every home needs one corner that belongs to no schedule. This is mine.
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