While Tom has been away, Gregg has been busy working on the shutters, which he is making from scratch in Douglas fir, and on the original barn doors, which he is renovating. Gregg will apply one coat of our chosen paint colour to the shutters, as an undercoat, and G and I will apply the second coat when we are in France next. We chose dove grey, as it is very traditional and complements the stone beautifully.
In his latest email, Gregg says the shutters will be ready this week, and by the end of the week, the guys should be under way with hanging them. The barn doors are also almost finished and the plan is to hang them on either the 16th or 22nd March, depending on when he can get some help (they're very heavy). In a nice twist, Gregg has ended up using some reclaimed wood from his property (next door), which he is busy gutting, and which was built by the same man as the barn (uncle of the fellow who sold to us). We're rather pleased about this bit of continuity.
Next update, we'll have photos from Tom, who is back from holiday and raring to go on the final stages of the project.
Phil has been back to the barn to measure up for the stairs, which he planned to make a start on in Tom's absence. The stairs will be 'floating', with open treads and only one lateral limon (stringer) on the wall.
After much to-ing and fro-ing of emails and discussions around energy-saving light bulbs, dimmer switches and uplighter options, Brian has started his second fix. He also reports that EDF (the electricity people de France) have done their bit and we now have 'a nice cabinet at the border of (the) property!!'
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