Category Archives: Renovation

Happy New Year 2016 – Bonne année à tous !

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Rosemary Kneipp

It’s New Year’s Eve and there are just the two of us, in front of our fireplace. We’re not having anything complicated to celebrate the New Year. I once spent all day making a special dish that took forever and … Continue reading →

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I Need a Holiday

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

At 2 am this morning, we finished the kitchen after exactly 3 months. Jean Michel has done a splendid job but we are both exhausted! The tiles on the left of the window are the 18th century tiles we bought … Continue reading →

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Instagram Favourites This Week #1

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

Since I don’t have a lot of time to post at the moment I thought I would share my favourite Instagram photos. The format on Instagram is square which is an interesting cropping exercise. What’s your pick?    

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The First Day of Summer & Cycling Itinerary N° 9

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

It’s the summer solstice – 21st June – which in Europe is officially the first day of summer. We get up very late and have a full breakfast, including tostadas, which we were introduced to in Grenada in January.  By … Continue reading →

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Three Tonnes of Freestone

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

Now that the practice window is coming along nicely and we’ve bought the secondhand stone sills and bricks for the kitchen windows, the next step is to buy some freestone blocks for the window on the back façade so it will … Continue reading →

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Easter Sunday in Les Grouets

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

We have just finished breakfast at a very late hour, mainly due to the switchover to daylight saving last Sunday, which is still playing havok with my already terrible sleeping habits, and have decided to go for a walk before … Continue reading →

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Old Bricks, a Cloche and a Priory

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

While the concrete sill on the practice window (made with our new secondhand concrete mixer) is drying, Jean Michel is planning the logistics for the two large windows in the kitchen. We’ve already bought two stone sills for the rear façade … Continue reading →

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Cement Mixers and Crows

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

Jean Michel has widened the window in the laundry to put in a new one as practice for the bay window that he is going to make in the 70 cm thick wall in the kitchen to let in more … Continue reading →

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Invited for Dessert

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

We haven’t seen Mr and Mrs Previous Owner for quite some time, what with moving, retirement blues, Christmas, New Year, the flu, Granada, getting over the flu and finishing the glass doors and shutters. However, we are now sufficiently en … Continue reading →

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More Light at Last

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Rosemary Kneipp

Jean Michel’s first retirement project is finished. All five doors on the front façade of Closerie Falaiseau now have glass panels instead of three glass and two solid wood doors. The difference in light is amazing! The first step in … Continue reading →

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