dimanche 13 juin 2010

Here we go again....1st night in the North Barn!
Ok...it is not ready for us to 'live' in just yet...it will take lots more posts before that ;D But today Sunday 13th June 2010 is the day we moved in for a summer of 'glamping' or 'camping luxe' as it has been referred to locally :D
Photo's to follow are a trip down memory lane for us as we have dug out all the 'stuff' we have used each time we have been living in a 'project' - especially now as the 'good stuff' gets left behind in the gites for the guests.
Isabella announced this evening that it was 'just like living in the LT but with more space'..(LT=van we lived in on our arrival in France :S)

The back step (view west) great sunsets, the odd passing cow and corn this year.

The open plan kitchen/Dining space 'House & Homes' would be proud of :D
Note: Germany - Aus on the box...television provision SORTED!

'Loft living'....space for girls to play and a very open plan wardrobe...view of the rest of what is still very much a barn...complete with winged livestock, old nests....etc...
The kids pit...
The master suite...The enticing living area...
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Libellés : le grand pressigny, les limornieres renovation, the north barn
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samedi 29 mai 2010

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mercredi 19 mai 2010

The day arrives.... for the North barn!
I will eventually get a 'round tuit" & post some photo's of the barn in its raw state, our work on it since 2006 & then the damage caused to the 'North Barn' which will be our home one day in the not too distant future. For now to satisfy the requests for 'more pics' I have finally got some photo's on line of the action of our roof in the making :)Monday 17th May - Christophe le Roux and his team arrived to strip what was left of the roof!
By Monday evening we could stand with a beer in the south side of the stripped roof & think of all the other sorts of great new ideas to perhaps keep the south half of the roof open & incorporate a big glass fronted roof top terrace...another budget, another loads of planning, another lifetime!
The views over the gites and fields to the south east from our future bedroom, the nursery
beds and fields to the south west from the girls bedroom will be quite sufficient (PERFECT!);D Note we have already got one window & one glass door in place ready for our summer
of 'camping luxe' :D The southside of the roof was completely recovered with the 'panneau sandwich' by Tuesday evening. This is a one-hit solution providing weatherboard ready for tile and battens on the outside, an inner core of high performing solid insulation with the 'hydrofuge' water resistant plasterboard stuck in the inner side of the 'sandwich' The interior could well be finished if you like a stripey green plasterboard ;D The inside face is ready for 'taping and filling' then painting.
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Libellés : le grand pressigny, les limornieres renovation, panneau sandwich, the north barn
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jeudi 15 octobre 2009

Autumn is on the way...


http://www.franceholidaycottage.com/ The middle of October & we are yet to use the fire...but the wood is piled up, dry & ready to go...Could I possibly be wishing for an end to this lovely warm sunny weather?