With their purchases made, Chloe directs Joel to the section of Pottery Barn she and Connor have claimed as their own. A nearby dining table on display seems the perfect place for their project and so that's where she asks him to sit, please and thank you.

All of the supplies are unloaded and quickly organised; tools for construction first and together, the decorative elements grouped. She makes a brief retreat to fetch her sketchbook. When she returns, she takes a seat next to Joel and turns to a blank page to lay out her design.

The house she draws is simple (there's no need to test his generosity further by making it needlessly complicated). She includes all the measurements in her sketch, all neat and precise. It looks straightforward enough.

"What do you think? I've tried to keep it an even weight distribution rather than it being too top heavy."