House

 

Sarah and Peggy open up their house to guests for pottery retreats. Sarah is the potter and Peggy is a guitar builder. Peggy's guitar building workshop is under the pottery studio. She also helps out with the administration of Fogo Clay Studio. Welcome to their home

Photograph by Catherine Bernier

Our House occupies the footprint of the original Walbourne Family House, which was two old saltboxes knitted together over a hundred years ago by Michael Walbourne and moved at least twice that we know of. Our original intention had been to restore the house, but it was running with mold and, well, according to our neighbours, now we have what we want and know what we have. And you will too when you visit.

The House is inspired by the Saltbox tradition. Here in Newfoundland no one uses their front doors, so we didn’t bother to build one. You enter through the porch the neighbourly way.   We used double-hung windows and placed two windows in each room so you can have a cross-breeze and listen to the wind as you read your book or fall asleep. Guests stay on the second floor of the house where there are four bedrooms, two with views on the Harbour, and two with views on the Canal. All rooms are furnished in the style of outport Newfoundland, with a touch of modern comforts. Each can be set up with either a king bed or two twin beds. Guests share the two washrooms on this floor.

There is a comfortable sitting room with a wood stove on the ground floor.

The heart of any home is the Kitchen and our House is no exception. We have a generous Kitchen that is integrated with our Dining Room, because really, if we’d made the Dining Room a separate space, no one would go there. We take our meals in front of the gigantic corner window overlooking the harbour, except when we have the weather and a hankering to eat on the bridge (deck).

We support many planters, fishers and foragers on the Island as we like to gather as many ingredients from the bounty of the Island as we can.

Retreats include:

• Ocean Views
• Supper on arrival
• Breakfast 
• Lunch
• Communal Suppers (except on Thursday)
• Complimentary wine with Supper
• Harbour and Canal rooms with views of the ocean
• Shared washrooms
• High thread count bed linen, duvets and locally made colourful quilts
• Cozy sitting room with wood stove.

Note that we have a no pets policy and there are no pet-minding facilities on the Island.

Our retreats are adult-oriented.