Rear Window

The Kitchen Window Series (it's a sopa opera, really) - part 1

So, I'm going to tell you my kitchen window's story this month. "How can that be a series?" are you asking yourself. Well, I, on the other hand, am worried that I won't be able to tell you everything there's to it in a month!

Ce mois-ci, la saga (je crois que cela va dépasser la série) va être consacré à la fenêtre de cuisine. Si, si, je vous assure, cela va prendre un bout de temps!

If you want to see really beautiful windows and have missed the previous post, visit the abbaye de Beauport here and I'll wait for you there.

En attendant, si vous voulez voir des fenêtres vraiment magnifiques et que vous avez raté le précédent article, allez faire un tour à l'abbaye de Beauport,  je vous attends là.

Are you back to the cottage? Well, I'm pretty sure every time I tell you I live in a fisherman's cottage in France, you imagine I cook in a kitchen looking somewhat like that.

Vous êtes de retour? Bon, je suppose que lorsque je vous parle de mon petit cottage de pêcheur, vous m'imaginez tous en train de préparer mes recettes préférées dans une cuisine qui ressemble un peu à ça...

Via House Beautiful

Well, at least, that's what I would imagine, if I didn't have to face a harsh reality every morning when I come into the kitchen in my neightgown to put the kettle on.

Moi, en tout cas, c'est ce que j'avais en tête en cherchant la maison, mais voilà ce à quoi ressemblait la cuisine le jour où j'ai visité la maison...

This is what the kitchen looked like the day I first visited the house. Not really cottage-y, is it?

Pas très "cottage", tout ça, hein?

I first visited the house in April, so hydrangeas weren't blooming yet.

Now, I still don't have my dream kitchen, but some work has already been done.

• The wall between the kitchen and dining-room is gone. (Missed that? It's here).
  
• The floor is no longer that orange ugliness. (Missed that too? It's here).
  
• The ceiling is no longer made of drywalls badly patched. (Missed that as well? It's here).
  
  
  

En fait, je n'ai toujours pas la cuisine de mes rêves, mais quelques progrès ont été faits.

•  Le mur entre la cuisine et la salle-à-manger est tombé. (Vous avez manqué ça? C'est ici.)
• Le sol n'est plus constitué de dalles orangées de terrasse. (Vous avez aussi manqué ça? C'est là.)
• Le faux plafond est parti. (Ne me dites pas.... C'est là.)

 The ugliness we're tackling this month is the window.

 Ce mois-ci, on s'attaque donc à la méchante fenêtre. J'avais plein de raison de vouloir la changer: le tour en PVC énorme gâchait la lumière, la fenêtre coulissante était étonnement facile à déboîter de l'extérieur, et surtout, elle ne faisait pas assez "cottage"à mon goût!

I had several reasons to change it:

• Number one reason for me: it wasn't cottage-y enough. I'm the only one around here who understood that reason and I hope some people on blogland will side with me on this one.
• Though the house is old and therefore all the windows have weird proportions, previous owners had bought a standard window and had put some vinyl all around so there wouldn't be a gaping hole between the window and the wall. So much light was lost.
• It's the only window on the "front" of the house, meaning on the road and this sliding window was so easy to open from the outside I didn't like it very much.

So, can you guess what the new window look like? You didn't expect me to show it to you right away, did you?

Bon, alors, vous avez deviné à quoi ressemble la nouvelle fenêtre? Non, mais vous ne croyiez tout de même pas que j'allais vous la montrer tout de suite!

See you soon, for some window shopping inspiration!

A bientôt, pour faire un peu de lêche-vitrine fenêtre!

I'm teasing everyone with my new window project at: