A Rather Long Story

 Karen posted a picture of a house in her town that she finds attractive. ( her lovely blog is Life is Good). I've always liked doors that are unusual and this front door also appealed to me but it also brought back a memory of a weekend years ago when DH and I celebrated our wedding anniversary by staying in a hotel in Victoria. ( Victoria is the capital of B.C. and the site of many important buildings including the Parliament Buildings.)

 We're not that far from the coast but of course we have to take a ferry to get to Victoria where the Royal Empress Hotel is located. It's a hotel that normally is way out of our budget but it happened that they were also celebrating some occasion and were offering rooms on the very top floor for quite reduced prices.  I wish I'd taken pictures of our small room which was no doubt originally meant for staff.  We had an adjacent bathroom which was very tiny and because of the sloping ceiling it had a door which was cut off on one corner.

The Royal Empress Hotel

When we added 2 bedrooms and a bath and a half to our house in 2006 (?) it just worked out that one of the doors had to be cut off in exactly the same way ( much to my delight).  This is a door that leads to a sort of mudroom.  On the left is a bathroom and on the right, under a short flight of stairs, is a tiny closet where I keep Christmas decorations and such.  I have always loved old houses with nooks and crannies and the addition gave me the chance to add them. With DH and 2 of our sons in construction I was able to get almost  all my odd ideas included.
 

 My but I have gone on and on. Hopefully you're still reading. Thank you for visiting today.