And now Finn, Now you get to see what Santa brought to all those little boys and girls who've been good throughout the year...and I don't know what we've done, but this is the best Xmas present I've had in many years!!!Here you have it Finn, a review of some of the completed product, which is to say that as I write this, after our real first guests, after we've "finished"...we've still got a list of finishing that's several pages long...snagging, I think the official phrase is!....but by jove it's better than it's ever been. So here's a few images and some words about them.
The Terraces are simply stunning. The views are, I think, some of the best in Fez and especially
so as you come up the stairs on to the lower terrace. I love the whole chill feel to it all, very Ibiza, very Zen and all helped by the loungers and curtained gezeebos that provide shade and simplicity amongst the flowers and plants and beside the bar, which is simply great fun and very cool..another cocktail my friend...hmmmm, perhaps a bit of deep funk with that!
The Blue Room, or 1st Floor Shaft Side, as I've known it for years, is very stylish. The blue is cool aesthetically and stylishly and the iron work completed by Abderkarim our Mwalem Hedid, is simply beautiful. I love the grace and fluidity of the curves. It has one of my favourite bathrooms, the story of which is held in an archive called Tales of Shameless, but the glass bricks are perfect and the window on to the courtyard gives views of detailed zuak plaster and paintwork, that is some of the best in the house...cool room.I think The Troublesome Twin has always been my favourite room in the
house, perhaps because it's changed so much or perhaps because of it's simplicity. Having been joined to the ruin, it now has it's own (I think the best) balcony, as well as beautiful kaoused windows with iron zuak detail. The interior doors are now curvacious, luchious arches and the doors and windows that we've restored all look perfectly suited. The bathroom is also very cool and stylish, I love the simple double doors and low window. But I think it's the clear beauty of the coloured glass windows going on to the balcony that seals it for me....lurve!
The Pasha's Suit should be anyone favourite. The incredible detail of the painted zuak on the qubas is quite extraordinary initself. However combined with the exquisite carvings in the plaster and the intensity of the zelig, the room reflects the grandeur of it's original occupant, the Pashas legal advisor whose office it was. With the addition of it's own balcony and the splendid simplicity of it's bathroom, a far cry from the original, this room has everything to satisfy the exotic fantasy in you.The Garden is still under completion as I write, but any day now and
mohammed will complete the zelig in the plunge pool and the tadlekers will finish the side of the fountain. The transformation of this area from water wheel, to chaotic shamble of flats and now to garden and sun lit kitchen, reflects the transformation of the house. This area makes the house, adds another level. I always thought we'd need a pool, especially in summer. But it's the syle and the use of for example the zelig from Jerez, and the balconies, that give this whole area a beauty and openess that I love. A few choice pieces of furniture and it'll be perfect.This is what were able to offer our first guests and it is a great feeling, to be able, at the end of all this, to be really proud of what we have achieved. I never really felt any love for Tazi, as she was called. Certainly it wasn't the project I wanted to undertake (we'll see that in Xaouen...or maybe Zalagh) and without the addition of the "ruin" would be far too like many other places, to feel this good about it. But it is different, and it is cool. I haven't got all the rooms to show here, but hopefully it'll give an idea of what we've made for ourselves. And now it's about developing and marketting something that I think will be a real hit...along with some sessions from radio 6...great fun there!
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