It would have been fun to keep the star up there on the roof, if not the cross, but both of these handmade items had made huge leaky holes in the roof. Dear church carpenters, if your wooden cross is the cause of the rot in your church, you are doing something wrong. Same with your Star of Bethlehem, my friends. Jesus was a carpenter, but you, sadly, were not.
The wrought iron gate was installed by the previous non-church owner.
For more on converting a small church to a house, 2002-2009, see the description for this Flickr set and read about it here: blog.ounodesign.com/2009/03/26/so-you-think-youd-like-to-....
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This stem of bamboo fell in a snowstorm (every year, Vancouver's wet, heavy snow brings down 2 or 3 of my giant timber bamboo stalks) and I brought it inside right after the floors were finished. The church was once a Chinese mission church, and perhaps they're the ones who planted the bamboo. The Canadian poet Roy Kiyooka used to live next door, and it's entirely possible that he's the culprit. This species of bamboo is beautiful but rampant and it takes a fair amount of work to keep it in check.
See description for this set for more information on converting a small church to a house, 2002-2009, or my blog post about it at:
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See this Flickr set's description for more information on converting a small church to a house, 2002-2009, or read my blog post about it at:
blog.ounodesign.com/2009/03/26/so-you-think-youd-like-to-...
Believe it or not, those Scandinavian pendant lamps were original to the church, but the disco ball was not.
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