Storms and Hidden Gems, 19 - 20 Sept

On Saturday we got stuck in around the house due to the poor weather forecast and then – despite a couple of showers – it turned out to be a really lovely day. Clearly French forecasts are about as reliable as their UK counterparts. We did have a cracking storm around 9pm; with dramatic views over the town from the first floor balcony.

Sally wanted to get started on the Study, but I needed to finish some filling, so she'll have to wait until Sunday to do that. Instead she did some house cleaning, made some curtains for the bedroom and painted window sills.

Once I’d finished the filling and rubbing down in the Study, I turned my attention to the stairs, from the ground floor to the first floor. One of the walls was covered with MDF that had then had a couple of layers of wallpaper applied on top – both now rather tatty. Removing the wallpaper had proved to be nigh on impossible and so the plan had been to sandwich then with a fresh layer of MDF.

Now I came to look at doing the work I wondered about removing the original MDF and seeing what lay behind. After consulting with Sally that’s what we did. If it was a horror show, we could always put the new MDF in place as planned. 

As it happens there is some quite nice wood panelling there and in a good state of repair – we’ll keep that. Should look even nicer with a little TLC.

Sunday saw us repairing the main bedroom door and ty painting the Study walls.

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