I live right on the edge of the desert… On one side of our house is the start of a big stand of trees that covers more than 2 acres. On the other side of the house is flat, sun-bleached sand for as far as the eye can see, then it is entirely a beautiful countryside, plus it is the whole reason I live here… No neighbors, no noise, just me plus the wonder of nature, plus of course our art supplies. I am a painter, plus I live in the middle of our muse, then my cottage has all current amenities, including a top of the line HVAC method that is important for more than 2 different reasons, and with the desert you get lots of wind plus sand, which is not enjoyable for our paints so a strict air quality preservation program is in place, that is what I call our HVAC system, because it doesn’t have really much to do with regulating the temps. The temps here are amazing almost the whole year around, so heating plus cooling are not our primary concern. I am far more anxious with the air quality staying clean plus pure, so I use more air filters than a normal method does. The one thing I lack here is natural ventilation, because to do so would make the air I breathe so dirty plus dusty I might get sick, then but mostly our air purification plus filtration method is just for the betterment of our art, because when even a little sand gets into the paint, it is completely ruined.