"It's just, you know, my space. Where my personal things are. I have a little cottage in my domain." It's nothing remarkable, and Nadine rarely changes anything about it. Only moving most of her photographs and reminders to a locked room in the attic. But even so, it's still private and a sanctuary of sorts. And there are things she doesn't want to be asked to explain.

Besides, she likes having control over who comes in and who doesn't.

"I just like having a private space."