One moment he was in the womb of his house, the next, he was standing in a wooden doorway, clawing at a spiderweb that had caught in his face. The interim between the places had been a warm golden light... Rosaleen appeared a moment later, sliding through the ether.

Before them a two story house so forgotten that the drive had even overgrown and the roof had mossy patches of green, but it had settled in the sunlight like a great cat, completely comfortable in itself as the sunlight beat down on it and the air filled the pollen and the drowsy sound of bees.

Glancing behind him he saw that they stood in the doorway of an equally forgotten barn, the wood had gone dark grey and weathered, and leaves from countless falls had blown in and collected in the corners. The smells of mice and other feral creatures nests.

"Is this what they meant by suitable?" He asked, puzzled. They had pig pens more lovely than this. He walked thought the waist high grass to the front step and discovered a key would not be needed, the door stood ajar, and pushing in he found a room with flagstone flooring, and tongue and groove paneling. Nary a nail had been used to put this place together, though there were a few traces of iron, there wasn't enough to irritate him much. Solid oak beams held up the roof, and in the kitchen nook copper pipes ran the sweet taste of well water into his hand.

He didn't realize it but the house was nearly as old as he was, and built when the cost of iron was dear, but the value of craftsmanship was high. The counters were local stone, as was the flooring and wood. In fact, you couldn't get planking like this anymore, since the old growth forests had been mostly cleared away.

Wanding upstairs he looked in the three rooms, one of which was the bedroom he and Rosaleen would share, one a bath and one...

"WOMAN!" He called out. "COME HERE!"

In the room was a lovely old bed, it's wrought iron curled and re-curved into a beautiful shape of ivy leaves at the headboard and foot.

"That." He said with some disgust, nodding towards the monstrosity. "We can hire someone to move it away, can't we? Or must we seal off this room?"