{"id":114,"date":"2015-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kergudon.com\/sunday-29th-march-week-9\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:53:50","slug":"sunday-29th-march-week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kergudon.com\/fr\/sunday-29th-march-week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 29th March – Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday 29th March – Week 9<\/h1>\n\n\n

So, as suspected in last week\u2019s blog this week has principally been about painting \u2013 lots of painting.<\/p>\n

Dave has continued to focus on his gym completing the ceiling in white and wall panelling in a dark grey. It looks fabulous but he won\u2019t allow me to post a photograph until he has it \u2018furnished\u2019 and complete.<\/p>\n

What Dave\u2019s ceiling, and my continuation in the Priory, has highlighted is that while we had hoped we would only need 2 coats of white emulsion before the final colour can be added. However, it appears that 3 coats is the minimum and, because it is all pine cladding and so deeply grooved, it can only really be applied by brush making it a long, slow, process.<\/p>\n

Again, I won\u2019t bore you with more photos of painted white wood (yet) until we have completed a little more, but I have attached some before and \u2018after\u2019 pictures of the other major task we have undertaken this week \u2013 stripping Hayloft kitchen and bathroom in preparation for refitting with all new units and equipment.<\/p>\n

\"Hayloft<\/a>The first picture shows the kitchen – taken some time ago – of the how the kitchen once looked, the second how it looks now.\u00a0 Have you ever had that feeling that perhaps you shouldn’t have started a task …<\/p>\n

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The bathroom was in a more tired state (apologies – forget to take\u00a0‘before’ pictures until I had already started the work) and will be an amazing transformation.\u00a0 We are replacing the bath with a double ended tub – being environmentally friendly and saving water by encouraging guests to shower with a friend \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 When we removed the old bath it was \"Hayloft<\/a>evident why there was a slightly damp smell in the g\u00eete as the bath drainage was not as effective\u00a0 as perhaps\u00a0\u00a0it should have been!\u00a0 With everything stripped out we are able to \"Hayloft<\/a>reconfigure the pipework, replace the fittings and renew the decoration – it will be amazing when finished.\"Hayloft<\/a><\/p>\n

Having now received all of the items from the kitchen order (after 3 \"Hayloft<\/a>deliveries from Castorama(!)) we will start building and installing next week in Hayloft where we have our first guest arriving in May. Doesn\u2019t necessarily inspire confidence for the bathroom delivery that we are expecting in 2 weeks\u2019 time! We have set ourselves a tight deadline but, with a little assistance and lots of effort we will complete this work, in one of our smaller g\u00eetes, in time and make an amazing transformation.<\/p>\n

Busy week ahead (as they all are) with Easter to look forward to but, with the clocks going forward today, the wonderful long light evenings will get even later \u2013 as long as the weather cheers up significantly, as I write we have had a very wet and wild day \u2013 bring on the summer \u2013 please!<\/p>\n

Joyeuse P\u00e2ques.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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