Getting Closer

Things are moving along. The real estate agent let me know this morning that the owner whom he has been dealing with has OKed the deal, including the furniture - lawnmower and all. I guess she doesn't need it after all in her Bordeaux apartment! We're still waiting for the notaire to sign for them, but this woman who has been dealing with the agent seems to be running the show. Last we heard, the notaire was just waiting to hear from the son who lives in Italy. But I'm reassured knowing that at least the main owner has OKed things. So maybe I can let myself start thinking about things like stripping wallpaper, chosing paint colors and all that.

Wheeeeeee!!!!!

Here's photos of the various rooms, and other little oddities.


Here's a couple of photos of the kitchen. That intrusive white thing on the wall near the sink is the gas central heating. Oddly, these things are often placed smack dab in the most inconvenient location. Perhaps in the fullness of time we'll have it relocated to the cellar. The cabinet in the other photo is built into the wall and one of the first things I intend to do is to remove those ugly doors. Inside, there are good looking wood sheves and they'll be a great place to store things like colorful Le Crueset pots and other cooking equipment. As for the decorative panels on the door to the hallway - that wallpaper will have to go! But the kitchen is spacious and light and we can probably fit all of our things into it. Amazing!



One of the downstairs bedrooms, showing some of the junk to be cleared out and a few members of the herd of chairs that hang around the house. There seem to be hundreds of them. Nice wallpaper too, huh? (I wonder where the closest place is to rent a wallpaper steamer.)

OK, enough for today, I have things to do. I'll post some more photos tomorrow.