The room
Clerestory light,
and a door to the valley.
Five hundred and ten square feet under hand-finished pine, with clerestory windows running the length of the room and a door that opens straight onto your own balcony above the deodars. Two beds made up in white linen, a bench at their foot, a writing desk by the window, and a valley that changes colour four times before breakfast.
Underfoot the floors are heated, and so is the bathroom — a small mercy that turns out to be a large one at this altitude. Twelve years of building Timilo are in the fabric of the place — the reclaimed Indian Mahogany, salvaged after the 1950 Siang Valley earthquake, that now carries the main staircase; the Malaysian cane that became the restaurant's furniture; the touch of machines kept to a minimum throughout.
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