Photos du royaume

It was a joke, of course, THIS is the post I am dedicated to you, big sister. This post is happening thanks to you; I had given up on the blog, not being able to make my pictures bigger (cf: previous post, with shitty little photos) but you have saved me. You knew exactly how to solve the problem: ask Thomas!
So it's only fair that I dedicate this one to you (and it's also because I'm feeling a little bit guilty because I've said for months that I would send you pictures of our new house, and I'm only do it now. As you can tell by my outfit, these pictures were not taken yesterday!)

Oh, any chance you could solve my new problem? How do I get rid of the underline. The icon is not on the toolbar and I've tried ctrl+u, but still nothing.

So, let's go back to the beginning....
It all started, in a little house, at the bottom of a hilly garden, by the sea, last July.

Thanks to Celia's amazing knowledge on how to manage a blog (aka: her husband), I managed to make my pictures bigger. So, the house with the red bottom-half, in the background, is ours. (Notice how suddenly, the underline disappears? This thing is driving crazy).

This is the first room you get in (through the wooden and glass door). It's a cloakroom-slash-office-slash-hall, and it features an original woodburner. Unfortunatly, it's blocked, so at the moment, we just have to make-do with being cold.
The second door on the left takes you to...

...the living room. The carpet is already reserved, sorry for the disappointment.
You are not dreaming, the ceiling (beautiful artec) is indeed beige/khaki, thanks to the previous owners being heavy smokers. The nicotine-ridden walls also add a comforting and welcoming smell to our house.
These pictures were taken on the day we were given the keys, and there was already a present waiting for us, that the postman had delivered on that very same day. Thank you Celia and Thomas for this wonderful house-warming present. What a great book, we just cannot put it down. (Revenge is coming!)

The kitchen, which you enter from the last door, the door near the woodburner on the hall picture above.
The floor was covered in lino, then rubber tiles underneath. What you see is the wooden floors underneath all that. This door is the second entry (from the left of the house).

And this was the space behind the cooker. Niiiice!

From the living room, accross the hall, up the 4 steps, and hop, here we are on level two.


On level two, left of the 'stairs' there's bedroom One. The Master Bedroom!
The carpet...

was quickly removed, as you can see on the above picture. The mirror too, was quickly removed.

Bedroom Two. Not decided what was uglier yet: the wallpaper or...


...or the double layer of carpet?

And opposite you, when you walk up the grand staircase, the bathroom and toilets, jeust next to it. The wall between the toilet and the bathroom is beig removed this weekend.


So, in the end, we are very happy with our buy. We know there is still a helluva lot to do, but we feel good here, even though a little bit cold (the heating still hasn't been installed).

We also have lovely neighbours, including the ones who called in shortly after we moved in and brought us homemade cookies and a lovely card. Very Brie Vandercamp-like.

And in the end, it's all worth it, just for the view at the top of our garden.