After almost a day of measuring, calculating, re-measuring, and snapping countless caulk lines, I started laying tile on the bedroom level. Since none of the maison’s walls are anywhere close to square, we decided to lay the tile on the diagonal, which greatly increased the challenge. But I am quite pleased with the result. Thankfully it will be a couple of days before I tackle the next bedroom; time for my back & knees to recover!
The rectangular raised area is the front entry’s archway, which we are going to transform into a bed. And here is the view out of this bedroom’s windows, onto a large Impasse des Fleurs garden with a beautiful persimmon tree, and the Baronnies in the background.
Today we met the garden’s owner, Nat, emerging from a door across from our front door — he is french with a Belgian wife and they live in a converted hotel at the end of the Impasse des Fleurs. He had heard about the “the new Americans in the neighborhood” from Andrée & Barry, and was very excited to meet us.