I sort of feel a bit weird and wrong when it comes to my secret spot.
This spot is mine and mine alone.
When you have a houseful of kids, you need a spot to call your own. And when my husband comes home from his day inside zone controlled HVAC in his office, I slip out to my own HVAC comfort in my secret spot. I love being a mom and working part time. We have an awesome house with a pool, the latest in HVAC technology and all the other amenities. But what I don’t have much of is privacy. And that’s sort of weird for me considering the fact that I’m a quiet, thoughtful and private person. So once we had all these kids, I really had to make it a point of balancing out all this commotion with some quiet. That’s when I sort of made this spot down in the basement. There is this weird closet down there that had to have been a cellar pantry or something. It’s good sized with a door and a light and an outlet. This was good enough for me as I took over this space with a few floor pillows, mellow lighting and candlelight. I’d put on my headphones and just sit in the stillness and breathe. But now, I have an HVAC upgrade to the spot. I stealthily had an HVAC technician install a ductless heat pump inside my quiet place. And oh wow, what a difference this makes. There is no HVAC air duct in that space nor any air ducts at all in the basement. So having some quality heating and air has been quite remarkable.