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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: As
a new York City child,
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there was no exposure
to the woods,
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and having a connection with
the woods was very minimal.
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And there was almost a fear.
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One of the most important
reasons why we really wanted
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a cabin was we wanted our
children to understand nature
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is healing in so many ways.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: I think
for us, it started to heal.
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Like, it started to
help us heal in ways,
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and I think that's enough right
now, just the start of it.
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Now, hopefully we can
expose others to this space,
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and it can start
something within them.
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We currently live
in Queens, New York.
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We have three children.
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Makai is 11 years old.
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He goes by Kai.
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We have Lola, who
is seven years old,
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and we have Negasi,
who just turned five.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: Life in New
York is full of ups and downs.
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We have moments of
chaos with the kids,
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and then we have some
moments of peace.
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But not enough peace, I'll say.
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So that's why, to
me, it's like a wave.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: We were very
familiar with the Catskills.
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We've been coming up
here for many years,
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camping in the
local campsites, and
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so we realized that
we really wanted
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something more permanent.
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Initially, what
made us fall in love
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with the cabin was the A-frame.
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It sort of resembles a tent.
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And we spent so much
time up here camping,
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and so the A-frame is
almost a representation
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of our Catskills experience.
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It's just a permanent tent.
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KENARD BUNKLEY:
Now this is ours,
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so it's like we have our
own little campground,
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you know, so to speak.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: But when
the kids first saw the cabin,
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they weren't too sure.
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They were overwhelmed by
sort of what this process
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was going to entail.
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As renovations took on and
things started to change,
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they started to see the vision.
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They started to get
involved in the vision.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: I'll say that
the kids stepping up ownership
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of the design process.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY:
Our daughter, Lola,
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was inspired by the construction
and the renovation of the cabin
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and has expressed a desire
to become an architect.
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And the more she saw that
things were possible,
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the more she saw that with
creativity and with dedication,
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you're able to sort of
complete a end product.
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The cabin design was
definitely inspired by the idea
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that this was sort of
representation of a tree.
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And so the outside, we chose
to paint it sort of a pine,
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hunter green and--
to represent a tree,
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and we were very intentional
in what would-- we
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chose for the interior and it
being a representation of what
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you find inside of a tree.
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Keeping a minimal design
was very important,
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considering that back home,
daily hectic life kind of
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forces us to sometime consume.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: I mean, that's
kind of the approach we've had,
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even in furniture
selection and just
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what does live within a space.
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We didn't want to be imposing.
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We wanted to just
come in and just kind
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of feel a sense of calmness
as you enter this space.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: And as you
walk through the front door,
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there is a shared living
room-dining room area.
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It's also shared by the kitchen.
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My favorite space is
probably the living room.
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The skylight definitely just
allows that peacefulness
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and just gives me
time to forest-bathe
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and just enjoy the
outdoors from within.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: Our
focus was to make
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the skylights the focal point
of the rooms that they exist in.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY:
Typically, you put a TV
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in front of your couch,
and for us, we said,
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well, the TV is your window.
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We wanted our children to
sort of sit back and just
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be able to observe the outdoor.
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We, too, have a
television in the cabin,
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but we hid it in the nook.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: You have
to discover the TV first.
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If you don't really
peek inside of the nook,
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you can't see that that exists.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: You then
walk down the hallway,
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and you will find
the guest bedroom.
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You find the bathroom
to the right.
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That is all tiled with the
terrazzo-patterned tiles
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that the children picked out.
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My most favorite,
favorite spot
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is the bathtub and just having
the time to soak and just--
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all the energy from
the day just go away.
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So that's-- that's
my favorite spot.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: As you
walk up the spiral stairs,
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you'll see the half-bathroom.
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And to the left,
you'll see our bedroom,
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where the A-frame
shape is very visible.
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To the right, you will
find the kids' bedroom.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: And
then from there, you
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have the outside
deck, where we usually
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do a lot of stargazing,
mornings with tea,
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and you have
binoculars for birding.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: We
try to enjoy the cabin
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at least twice a month.
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Definitely being
here, we get to just
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sit back and just do nothing,
and that-- that's important.
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There's an art in just
being able to do nothing.
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To do nothing.
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The art of doing
nothing, it's we'll wait.
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It's the art of non-action.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY:
The morning time,
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it's our time to reconnect.
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While the children
are sleeping in,
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we enjoy a cup of tea on the
couch and look out the window.
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When the kids wake up, we
make a point to sit together
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as a family and break bread.
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The kids enjoy stepping outside
and having the freedom of just
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being able to just walk
out and having so much
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open space to roam and explore.
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Kai enjoys chopping wood or just
walking the land on his own.
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He's definitely in
his tween stage,
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and so having a space to
himself, he loves and enjoys.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: Lola
and Negasi are usually
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attempting to build a fort or--
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: Find worms.
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Find worms, pick up worms.
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Or caterpillars.
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KENARD BUNKLEY:
Yeah, caterpillars.
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Climb a tree.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY:
We have a rail trail
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that's adjacent to
the property, and it's
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frequently used by hikers.
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And so we love taking
morning walks there
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and evening walks after meals.
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Shinrin-yoku is a
practice of forest-bathing,
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which we kind of already
do in just being here.
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But I try and take time during
the day, away from everyone,
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just to spend time
amongst the trees
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and just accept whatever it
brings, the sounds, the energy.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY:
And after dinner, we
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loved going down to the
fire pit and building a fire
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with the children and
roast marshmallows
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and make s'mores and
just talk about our day,
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share memories and tell jokes.
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And it's a good time
to come together.
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- Right there?
- Right here.
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See?
And turn it.
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You gotta move it.
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We definitely believe the
outdoors has the power to heal.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: It just
makes you dive deeper.
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It sparks conversation,
sparks engagement.
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KENARD BUNKLEY: Curiosity.
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JENNIFER BUNKLEY: And curiosity
and just makes you sort of
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give your brain the space
and your mind to just roam,
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to just explore.
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The cabin is definitely a
place that we want to make sure
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that our kids continue the
legacy of building memories
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and the legacy of exploring.
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NEGASI: That's so gorgeous.
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[negasi laughs]
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