Category Archives: Renovating a Home in France

Holy apertures, Batman!

Although personally suffering from what appears to be multiple fall viruses, the work at Le Coudeau continues. We’re forging ahead with our final projects for the property—the outbuildings. We’ve repaired and replaced much of the roofing on the outbuildings. Since deciding … Continue reading

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Going Through the Roof

With all the chaos still going on around here, I was so delighted to find this little colony of Sternbergia lutea that popped up this month. Now if I can just keep the guys from stomping through them! Will need … Continue reading

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Going techno-crazy!

Thanks to all of you who have missed my posts. We’re fine and making glorious progress, but are technologically challenged at the moment. Here’s a little update (sans photos). As scheduled, we moved into our guest house a few days … Continue reading

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It’s Hammer Time!

The end of our rental period is quickly staring us in the face and we need to get out of here. Seasonal rentals begin July 1. We are still waiting for the windows and the stone for the floors in … Continue reading

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Le Coudeau Update

And you thought just because you weren’t seeing progress shots, there wasn’t anything going on at Le Coudeau! Au contraire!!! I’ve been up to my ass in alligators rushing around solving problems, making decisions, and oh-yeah-did-I-mention that Theo went to the … Continue reading

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Design 101

I promised to bring you along on my Magical Mystery Design Tour and offer a glance inside my process. Now, after looking at thousands, probably more like tens of thousands, well maybe a million different items online (in French), I’ve pulled … Continue reading

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Dig, dig, diggin’ disasters!

I’m certain this post will not be of interest to most of you, as it deals with stinky things underground, but as a testament to our process, I wanted to record our little escapades. When we first viewed the house, … Continue reading

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The Cheapest Tile…

Went to the local Bricolage (big box home improvement store) to pick up some tiles to schlopp down on the utility room floor so the plumber can bring in the heating unit and the water softener. Found a whale of … Continue reading

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Road Trip.

Being retired is a beautiful thing. We got up this morning, realized the cleaning gal was coming, realized the plumber was coming to cut holes in the ceiling of our rental house to fix a leak, and realized we have … Continue reading

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Catching Up

​Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted an update. Not much to report while the electrician was rewiring the house and the drywall was being installed. But we’re at the tail-end of that and it’s really resembling a house! … Continue reading

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