It's been hard, letting go of the barn and getting back into life on the other side of the planet. Two parallel universes, each so utterly absorbing.
On our last day at the barn, we left Tom and Gregg fiddling with the closure of the shutters, which we had not been 100% happy with - there were places where the wood clashed with the stone and the fit wasn't quite right. Also, we all agreed that the shutter fixtures could have been more sturdily fixed to the stone walls (one had fallen off while we were there) - it had proved tricky because of the uneven stone and crumbly mortar.
So, in the week after we left France, Tom and Gregg made fine adjustments to the shutters and re-fixed the hinges using cement and Gregg's secret mud-and-eye-of-newt recipe, so now they are both strong and aesthetically pleasing. Always a good combo.
Tom has finished the upstairs modesty wall (including skirting) and the storage unit next to and behind the toilet. It's lovely, don't you agree?
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Still to do:
Brian needs to install uplighters downstairs, and move a switch in the kitchen (which we belatedly realised would clash with the fridge).
Tom says that his plasterer cannot come until September to make good any damage done to plasterwork now. Which means that we've had to ask Charles to go easy when he instals the basins etc. Hmmm.
Chas is talking about finishing his work in June. We can only hope.
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