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 to create a winter garden/potting shed in the little lean-to behind my studio, our contractor arrived with a reclaimed double-paned French door (can you say FREE???) and so the process of busting through the 50 cm stone walls began. A fascinating process.
Creating the opening for the French doors into my garden room, one stone at a time.
Here the doors are installed and the guys are creating hole #2 to utilize a left over window in my studio. The more light the better!
Here’s what that facade looks like now—with the huge wall cracks reinforced and new enduit. We miss the beautiful fall ivy that was on this wall, but it had to be done.
Here’s my new studio window from the inside. The menuisier had made this large window for the kitchen, but I had ordered a double-hung style for there, so the gorgeous oak window was dying to find a home. (Check out that ancient fireplace!)
One of my piles of beautiful stone from the demo. Gonna use them throughout the garden to line new walkways.
“My” side of the garage-BEFORE.
Orifice #3: New garage door opening for my Citroen. Started with the reinforced arch so the wall didn’t collapse. We removed the ‘second floor’ beams on my side to open up the space (planning to use the gorgeous old beams to created raised garden beds.)
Here’s the second garage opening from outside to create a 2 (or more) car garage [can you guess that Theo’s looking to amass a collection???] The door surround will be styled the same, as well as a new door made to match.
And that’s our goings-on for the last few weeks. Fall is in full force, and I feel terrible that a lot has passed me by while I’ve been trying to sleep off this illness! But art is starting to be hung, a few pieces of furniture are on order, and a final view of the inside of the house is not far off. Hoping to be able to throw a little holiday soirée soon. Thanks for following along!
Ahh Masonry can be so much fun! Looking good. Susan says Hello. Cheers
And we have some expert Portuguese masons on site. They are amazing to watch!
Hi Stewart – you should see my garage, lots of space, but no toy to put in to it – I could even put a second floor into the garage – I’ll send pictures soon.
Theo