# Twelveswood Cottage

> A cottage for a quiet devotee of Llymlaen, hearth above, shrine below.

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Style: Residence, Cozy

The idea: A hearth-cottage for a quiet devotee of Llymlaen, with the sea worked into every room.

The main floor is kitchen, dining and a fireside sitting area, in beiges, light blue and cheerful green that make the whole thing feel welcoming and lived-in. An A-frame ceiling, a detailed stone fireplace and a rustic brick feature wall in the kitchen give the cottage its shape, and the brick wall carries three gilt porthole windows — the first of the oceanic references that run through the house, in honour of Llymlaen. A picnic basket left on the dining table and cookie-baking materials out on the kitchen counter suggest idyllic moments playing out here rather than a room staged for show.

Downstairs starts at a shrine: two ship's wheels and glowing wall fountains flank a candlelit altar, framed by teal curtains, with a painting of a ship hung in the hall on the way down to it.

The centre of the room is a living room and a desk, worked into a wall of full-height bookshelves — a gap in the shelves is what defines the desk space, moon and star lights hung above it. A globe, a green sofa and low armchairs make up the sitting side.

At the back wall, a bed nook is cocooned under its own A-frame ceiling, in a deep teal the rest of the floor doesn't use, with bookshelves either side of the alcove. It reads as a separate space because of that ceiling and that colour, even though a round window mirrored on both sides of the room ties it back to the desk across the floor.

Outside, the cottage sits among Twelveswood trees hung with wisteria, an aether crystal glowing at the centre of a shaped hedge, and a vine-covered deck looking out over the water.

What went into it:
- Beige, light blue and cheerful green held through the main floor, for a warm and welcoming home
- An A-frame ceiling and a detailed stone fireplace anchoring the upstairs sitting area
- A rustic brick feature wall in the kitchen, set with three gilt porthole windows
- A picnic basket left on the dining table and cookie-baking materials out on the counter, as if caught mid-scene
- A ship painting on the stairs down, leading to a shrine framed by teal curtains, two ship's wheels and glowing wall fountains
- A living room and desk at the centre of the downstairs floor, the desk carved from a gap in full-wall bookshelves
- Moon and star lights hung over the desk
- A bed nook at the back wall, cocooned under its own A-frame ceiling in a deep teal the rest of the floor doesn't use
- Bookshelves flanking the bed alcove on both sides
- A round window mirrored on both sides of the room, tying the desk and the bed nook together across the colour change

Photographs:
- The sitting area's stone fireplace lit and crackling, a wrought-iron log rack beside it, floor cushions and a green-cushioned sofa catching the morning light through lattice windows (caption: The fireplace, come to life.)
- The main floor seen from the dining table — a blue door flanked by purple-leaved trees in barrel planters, a stone fireplace, floor cushions and a sofa, and baking laid out on the counter nearest the fire (caption: The whole main floor, door to fireplace.)
- The sitting area from the entrance — purple-leaved trees in barrel planters either side of a carved blue door, an iron firewood rack, and the lit fireplace beyond floor cushions and a green sofa
- The main floor from the dining side — a plaid-clothed table set with a tea set, the tree-flanked doorway, and the fireplace and sitting cushions beyond
- The entrance — a carved blue door between purple-leaved trees in barrel planters, an iron firewood rack, and pale blue floor cushions catching light from the fireplace side
- The fireplace close up, its arched stone surround lit from within, blue floor cushions and a green-cushioned sofa arranged in front of it (caption: Cushions, drawn up to the fire.)
- The dining table laid with a blue-and-white tea set on a plaid cloth, the fireplace glowing at the left and the kitchen counter beginning at the right
- The dining table seen wide, a woven picnic basket set on it beside a lantern and a vase of flowers, purple leaves in the foreground (caption: A picnic basket, left on the table.)
- The dining table from the kitchen side, cookie cutters and a rolling pin on a board of dough in the foreground, a wall of framed prints, a map and a gilt clock beyond the table
- The kitchen counter and dining table seen together, baking laid out on the counter and a red-and-white striped lamp stand visible through a doorway at the back of the hall (caption: Down the hall, a striped lamp.)
- The main floor seen full width — the tree-flanked doorway under a single round porthole window, a wall of framed prints and a gilt clock at the left, the dining table set in front
- The kitchen bar seen past the open picnic basket — a rustic brick wall set with three gilt porthole windows, green cabinetry and a row of stools
- The kitchen counter straight on, three gilt porthole windows in the brick feature wall above it, green hutches either side and a row of stools (caption: The porthole windows, over the counter.)
- The kitchen seen past a purple-leaved branch, the porthole-set brick wall and green cabinetry behind a long counter and stools
- The kitchen close up — a tiled stovetop, the three gilt porthole windows above the brick wall, and open shelves of jars and dishes in the green hutch beside it
- The kitchen wall seen past the sitting area's floor cushions, green cabinetry and the three porthole windows set into brick
- The kitchen counter seen through purple leaves, cookie cutters and a cutting board laid out beside a bowl, the porthole wall and green hutch behind
- The kitchen counter with baking laid out on a board, a woven basket of fruit beside it, and a curtained doorway opening onto a hall with a striped lamp stand beyond (caption: Cookie dough on the counter, mid-scene.)
- The stairs down to a hallway hung with a framed painting of a ship, an arched window curtained in teal, and a wall fountain glowing beside it (caption: A ship, on the way downstairs.)
- The Llymlaen shrine — two ship's wheels flanking a carved altar between teal curtains and glowing wall fountains, candles lit in rows at its foot (caption: The shrine, and its two wheels.)
- The shrine seen from the side, its teal curtains and ship's wheels beside a wall of bookshelves that opens the room out into the study
- The shrine close up — carved urns and a ship's wheel against striped wallpaper, candles lit along the floor and books left in an open stack beside them
- The downstairs room seen wide — a ship's wheel and the shrine at the left, a green sofa and armchairs at the centre, and full-wall bookshelves opening onto the desk
- The living room and desk — a green sofa and pink-cushioned armchairs around a low table, a globe on the rug, and a desk set into a gap in the bookshelves under moon and star lights
- The room seen from the desk — moon and star lights hanging over it, the living room beyond, and the bed alcove with its round window visible at the far right
- The desk alcove and sofa seen together, a round window above the bed glowing at the back of the room, another round window mirrored above the desk
- The living room seen wide, a globe and green sofa in the foreground, the desk's moon and star lights and the bed's round window both visible beyond
- The sofa and armchairs from another angle, bookshelves and the round desk window at the left, the bed and its mirrored round window at the right
- The sofa and coffee table close up, a butterfly-patterned rug underfoot, the bed and its round window glowing at the back of the room
- The coffee table from above, a lit candle, a lamp and a sealed letter laid on it, a rose-patterned rug and two round tufted ottomans around it
- A reading nook against the bookshelves — a green sofa and tufted ottomans on a patterned rug, a lamp and a stack of books on the side table, the desk visible behind
- The desk close up, set into a gap in the bookshelves under hanging moon and star lights, a painting propped above it and books stacked beside the chair (caption: The desk, in its gap in the shelves.)
- The bed nook — a teal curtain and bookshelves framing the alcove, gold cushions on the bed, and a round window open to the night sky (caption: The bed, and its round window.)
- The bed straight on, a round window centred above it showing stars, potted flowers either side and matching round windows in the walls to either side
- The bed seen from an angle, its round window glowing with starlight, a maroon rug underfoot and an open book laid on the floor beside it
- The bed nook seen from the living room side, its round window glowing in the dark teal wall, a lantern lit on the sill of a bookshelf-lined doorway
- The cottage's exterior at dusk, timber and white stone under Twelveswood trees, a lit lamp post on the flower-strewn lawn
- A vine-covered deck with a café table and chairs, string lights overhead, and a lake and lantern-lit rockwork beyond the railing (caption: The deck out back, over the water.)
- A four-lobed garden hedge, an aether crystal glowing blue-green at its centre, wisteria hanging from the trees above and a lamp post beside it
- The garden's aether crystal seen from a bench, stepping stones leading away through wisteria and a wooden fence
- The garden hedge and its glowing aether crystal seen past a picnic basket and a rug laid out on the lawn (caption: A picnic rug, laid out in the garden.)
- The four-lobed hedge close up, its aether crystal glowing green, a red-leaved branch in the foreground and the stone path beside the house
- The aether crystal close up between two lit lanterns, pink wisteria hanging low over the hedge
- A garden bench and lantern beside the glowing aether crystal, pink wisteria trailing down from the trees above (caption: The garden, under the wisteria.)