My OperaThe house of the potters
Saturday, April 2, 2011 7:15:57 AM
Two entrepreneurs start up 'Seven balconies and a patio, "a small hotel in a refurbished Vejer which also have set up their pottery workshop.
Britain's Bryony Persson appeared at the door of his small business in the heart of Vejer, in a nook between the streets whitewashed Eduardo Badillo and Shelly. White out doors, white doors to the farm in Persson (or Bry) bought with his partner, Wanda Miller, this Spanish-three years ago for a triple project was born a few months ago: his home , a pottery studio and a hotel with only four rooms 'balconies and a patio Seven', that the owner invited us to go.
Persson years is part of the growing colony of foreigners settled in Vejer. She works pottery on the wheel and his partner is a specialist in hand modeling. "Artists?". "Man, it's wrong to call it that same ...", smiles. From 2005 until last year remained open his shop on the street Log, Tarumba, who was also a shop. From there, they went one step towards the tourism sector but understood as small-scale tourism, the self-employment, the recovery of assets, and unique rooms "each at home," says the entrepreneur. "In Vejer there are four or five similar places, peculiar, that work. We think what we could do something in our way."
Sought farms "in the field" and did not find what they sought. Probed the old and brought down the building that now houses seven balconies, an eighteenth century house, badly preserved but with a distribution "interesting", a roof terrace, and "very quiet", "with a special atmosphere," said Persson .
Rehabilitation, that lasted nearly a year, has been careful. The courtyard is surrounded by whitewashed arches. Preserves some original hydraulic floors and new respect that line. The rooms, two on the ground floor and two on the first look the old wooden beams and open to the outside on wrought iron balcony. Single rooms are decorated with restored furniture and other design. Colorful pictures of Marina Anaya, a friend of the house, stand on the walls.
The owner shows the future workshop on the ground floor, which is bogged down in a few months but will receive and exhibition hall. "The idea is that a relaxed environment for people to serve wine, eat breakfast when you want, it rests there, those things ... that visitors are at home." Prices stay between 80 and 110 euros per night, depending on room and season.
Indirect question of the investment needed to start a business like this. " Pufff , very high, very high, my mother said I was crazy. It was difficult to set that up, but the views and impressions of people are forgetting how hard it has been it. It's like, mission accomplished. "
Britain's Bryony Persson appeared at the door of his small business in the heart of Vejer, in a nook between the streets whitewashed Eduardo Badillo and Shelly. White out doors, white doors to the farm in Persson (or Bry) bought with his partner, Wanda Miller, this Spanish-three years ago for a triple project was born a few months ago: his home , a pottery studio and a hotel with only four rooms 'balconies and a patio Seven', that the owner invited us to go.
Persson years is part of the growing colony of foreigners settled in Vejer. She works pottery on the wheel and his partner is a specialist in hand modeling. "Artists?". "Man, it's wrong to call it that same ...", smiles. From 2005 until last year remained open his shop on the street Log, Tarumba, who was also a shop. From there, they went one step towards the tourism sector but understood as small-scale tourism, the self-employment, the recovery of assets, and unique rooms "each at home," says the entrepreneur. "In Vejer there are four or five similar places, peculiar, that work. We think what we could do something in our way."
Sought farms "in the field" and did not find what they sought. Probed the old and brought down the building that now houses seven balconies, an eighteenth century house, badly preserved but with a distribution "interesting", a roof terrace, and "very quiet", "with a special atmosphere," said Persson .
Rehabilitation, that lasted nearly a year, has been careful. The courtyard is surrounded by whitewashed arches. Preserves some original hydraulic floors and new respect that line. The rooms, two on the ground floor and two on the first look the old wooden beams and open to the outside on wrought iron balcony. Single rooms are decorated with restored furniture and other design. Colorful pictures of Marina Anaya, a friend of the house, stand on the walls.
The owner shows the future workshop on the ground floor, which is bogged down in a few months but will receive and exhibition hall. "The idea is that a relaxed environment for people to serve wine, eat breakfast when you want, it rests there, those things ... that visitors are at home." Prices stay between 80 and 110 euros per night, depending on room and season.
Indirect question of the investment needed to start a business like this. " Pufff , very high, very high, my mother said I was crazy. It was difficult to set that up, but the views and impressions of people are forgetting how hard it has been it. It's like, mission accomplished. "
