Category Archives: Renovation

Making the Most of Spring in Blois

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

I don’t know how it got to be 10th March when just a couple of days ago, it was still February. All that R&R we were supposed to have this week doesn’t seem to have happened. Even though the fireplace … Continue reading →

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Four Fireplaces, Two Fire Starters and No Fire

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

Last Friday night when we still thought we might be able to have a fire in the renovated fireplace upstairs in Closerie Falaiseau, we thought we would order a fire starter on-line. We first became acquainted with the Cape Cod … Continue reading →

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Why the Fireplace Smokes and Other Annoying Things

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

We seem to be having a run of bad luck and are hoping we’ve come to the end of it! The first thing we did after we got to Closerie Falaiseau late Wednesday afternoon was to turn up the heating. … Continue reading →

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First Fire in the Fireplace

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

We’re at Closerie Falaiseau. We’ve had dinner and are sitting on the sofa in front of the non-operational fireplace downstairs . Why, you may ask, are we not upstairs, drinking champagne and eating foie gras in front of our beautifully … Continue reading →

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French Renovations in the Loire Valley

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

I thought I would use my guest post on My French Life this month to do a recapitulation of the renovation of our Renaissance fireplace in Closerie Falaiseau, our 400-year old house in Blois. I know that some of you … Continue reading →

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The Fireplace is Finished – well, almost

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

We are on our way back to Paris. It’s 10.30 pm and by one o’clock, we should be in bed. Not like last night when Relationnel hit the sack at 4.30 by which time I was asleep, woken from time … Continue reading →

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The Fireplace is Still Not Finished

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

This is the post that was supposed to announce that the fireplace at Closerie Falaiseau is finished and that we have opened our vintage champagne and eaten our home-made foie gras to welcome in the New Year. Well, we’ve eaten … Continue reading →

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More Progress on the Fireplace

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

Relationnel said today that if he’d known how long the fireplace was going to take, he’d never have started the renovations. I’m not convinced though. I somehow can’t see him going to stay in a gîte somewhere else in France … Continue reading →

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SAD and Au Vieux Campeur

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Rosemary Kneipp

I don’t know if displaced tropical Queenslanders are more likely to suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder or Winter Depression) than others but I can’t find any other explanation for having felt so down this week. Already the days are … Continue reading →

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The Fireplace is Not Finished

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Rosemary Kneipp

The fireplace is not finished. Relationnel has gone back to Paris without me because the balcony in the Palais Royal is not finished either. We will not be welcoming in the New Year with a glass of champagne and homemade … Continue reading →

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