La Chatte Gitane

Where we now live also includes a holiday rental house or gîte, as it is called in French. We were lucky enough to have been left the charm...

Chilled to the bone. I'm irritable and in a constant state of snappiness. Because I'm cold ! I know there are many, many people...

The windows fitted, some of the walls re-plastered, ceiling and all walls painted. And the Christmas tree is up and bedecked.  It...

These are just a few more photos of the work in progress.  Later today the sitting room will be ready for me to clean. This post wa...

It's okay. The work started yesterday morning.  It is a very slow process and lots of dust, but our motley crew of  very skilled craf...

Yesterday morning, before the window fitters came, we'd put everything safe and away from the surrounding areas. It looked somethin...

I've been hankering for new windows from the day we moved in. Well, earlier. Since the day we put an offer on the house actually. ...

And I mean very little by very little, I am organising (or trying to) the house from top to bottom. After living in this house for 3.5 ye...