a pigeonnier of one's own

Wouldn't you just love a place like this, to escape from everything? Originally built as a pigeonnier (you guessed it, a house for pigeons) on the 18th century Louisiana family home of Angele Parlange. She and her brother did a nice job sprucing it up--it's even got a little bedroom upstairs.
{from Cottage Living, May/June 2008}