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Not too stark, actually ... the building used to be a hotel (built around the turn of the 19/20th centuries, I think) and the rooms are all a little quirky. In fact, when I first started visiting this island it still was a hotel and many a merry night and happy Hogmanay celebration did I have in the bar!
It's not ideal that she'll be sharing a room as that means there's less room for her stuff, but all the same I think I'll be able to install, for her, her 1920s bedside cabinet, a bookshelf with a representative selection of books (not that I'm expecting my mum to read them, but books are most definitely a comfort blanket in our family), a dozen ornaments and a couple of pictures.
The layout is OK, there's what could turn into quite a cosy private TV corner for my mum, if she'd rather be on her own (it's what she's used to), in spite of sharing.
At least it won't be a 3 hour trip each way to visit her any more ...
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