Mar 22, 2009

The Inside Scoop.







Several people who have read this blog and then come to visit, have said that it is more than they imagined. Perhaps they are being polite and complimentary, but I have a hard time finding angles to photograph that represent the whole thing.
Here are three pics to represent some of our palapa interior.
The lounge and kitchen still need lighting and cabinets.
The baƱo is a composite photo to show the wide view.
The loft shows our guest quarters for the moment.

Colours... For followers of this blog, you may remember some of our tribulations about choosing colours of tiles and grout. The same happened for our paint colours. We had a few ideas, a bunch of paint chips and still, it wasn’t until we tried our fifth colour that we settled on this interior colour. Amarillo Neapolitano is the boldest of the lot and when we add some wall hangings it will be done for now. Good thing about paint - you can always change your mind.

A palapa is an odd kind of thing. Essentially it is a grass shelter (a big grass shelter - ours covers about 1000 sq. feet, plus loft and balcony.)
It is partly a spiffy tropical home with tile floor and counters, full kitchen and bath, living and dining areas, storage room, laundry, sleeping loft and balcony. It seems out of place to me that someone parked a trailer in our house! So maybe, it is really just a partly walled covered parking garage. Most of the palapa owners here have integrated their trailers as part of the permanent fixtures, and many have taken steps to blend them into the over-all appearance, with paint, wood or stucco coverings. As we are full-time rv’ers and will be taking our trailer with us when we leave, it is just a trailer parked in a grass palapa for the winter.
And certainly much more than just a trailer.

4 comments:

Thor101 said...

Hello There..Don't want to be rude but how much $ do you figure your Palapa will cost you when done.

Thanks..Steve in Hamilton,Ont

Glen and Susan - said...

Hi Steve,
The cost of building and /or buying a palapa vary widely. So far I haven't chosen to publish figures.
Can you email me for some details.
glene06@gmail.com

Danny &Shula Oren said...

What a great place and life style-way to go..

Anonymous said...

Felicitaciones por el blog de Palapa Life! Las fotos son geniales pues son de mucha ayuda para tomar ideas de como construir o decorar palapas.
saludos!