— wing · the house

the house

twenty rooms · arranged by floor · seen from above

upper floors · attic, study, observatory

attic upper · cold garret upper · writing desk observatory brass tube · closed shutter study lamp · stacks

main floor · public rooms

vestibule coats · still bell hallway the long way around parlour no one sits sun-room west · afternoon only billiard room one ball at rest conservatory humid · growing alcove a half-finished thought

working rooms · kitchen, sewing, mudroom

pantry jars · radio larder cool · dim scullery deep sink atelier paint dried sewing room half-mended sleeve mud-room wet umbrella cloakroom coats without owners nursery no child has been here

below · cellar

cellar wine · earth basement boiler · drain the kitchen kettle · bread

every room is in some other room. each is also a small page. the labyrinth begins at the threshold; the building itself is at atlas.

atlas · search · return