Kouses is a quiet hillside village about 15 minutes drive from the Minoan archaeological site of Phaistos. The studio is indeed charming, as are your hosts. Annushka and Ori went out of their way to make us comfortable during our stay. We were greeted with a roaring fire, and soon forgot all about the damp, cold November weather. We were missing our dog, who stayed home, but Kalo and Fluffy were more than happy to console us. It was a great place to find a cozy, peaceful retreat.
We picked up groceries and ate our dinners at Vafis Aposperida in the neighboring village of Sivas, a five minute drive on a winding road through groves of olive trees, or a thirty-minute walk in fair weather. The other way down the hill got us to Petrokefali in the same time frame, where's there's a bakery. Both villages have coffee shops. Kouses itself is home to less than 200 people if Wikipedia is to be believed, and I found no reason to doubt it. It's also the location of Botano, an herb and tea shop that is worth the visit.