The building of the bedrooms, indeed the downstairs layout and the position of the staircase, made a long, wide upstairs corridor under the sloping roof. In our early months here we had camped at the west end of this area before we built the bedrooms.

We have used this for additional wardrobe space at the west end, for an office area in the centre and for a book storage and informal reading area at the east end at the top of the stairs.