Peeing in jars, handwipes, & finding rubble in my bra…
Category: The Moat in our Living Room
Our Quirky 300 Year-Old French Home Renovation Adventure / August 6, 2020, day 16: Bio pastries, opening up the entrance, and our very first sleepover at our new house!
The best way to start a day of demolition! These pain au chocolat are from the bio boulangerie in Preuilly-sur-claise, which is just a short walk from our house, and which is only open twice a week. we were referred by someone at the Mairie, or town hall. Just another reason to love our village….
Our Quirky 300 Year-Old French Home Renovation Adventure / Exploring our twin wine caves!
We have no idea how old these caves are, but the stone work continues on from the 4-story medieval moat tower above, so we’re presuming it might be from the middle ages. Maybe not, though. Who knows? Preuilly-sur-claise was once a Roman settlement called Prulliacum, so wine drinking has always been a part of life…
Our Quirky 300 Year-Old French Home Renovation Adventure / My Vintage French “hypnotiques” pharmacopia & the importance of balancing acts
We have always supported each other But sometimes, like this week after our big road trip to deliver our furniture from Southern France, and sleeping in 5 beds in 5 days during one of the most stressful international moves of my life, I’m in pain and Sean’s irritable and we’re both strung out. But thankfully,…
Our Quirky 300 Year-Old French Home Renovation Adventure / Our village is cooler than your village (on account of the floating nymph above the cathedral)
Apparently the village muse throws posies down to anyone who pays 5 centimes. The word posie is so similar to poésie. One of my favorite people saw a picture of our twin Juliet balconies here in our bedroom and suggested (jokingly!) that Sean and I should stand on them overlooking the street and recite poetry…
Our Quirky 300 Year-Old French Home Renovation Adventure / July 28, day 7: I unearth a stone wall in the ensuite & we come up with a floorplan
In which we come up with a plan for the ensuite that involves some confounding plumbing issues that we overcome with some brainstorming. “Everything can be made easy.” Sean says. He’s right. There’s almost always a more efficient or elegant way of doing things that only become clear once we stand back and take a…
