The Corridor

My Cottage Floor Plan - Part 3

My cottage is the kind of basic fisherman's house here in Brittany: a door and one window on each side.

Mon cottage est vraiment la traditionnelle maison de pêcheur avec une porte encadrée de deux fenêtres.

So I suspected that originally there was an entrance corridor with the staircase and three doors to the living-room (that would have been called the main room), the kitchen and the bedroom.

Je soupçonnais donc que dans le plan originel de la maison, il y avait un couloir d'entrée desservant le salon, la cuisine et la chambre. Cela s'est révélé vrai une fois le faux plafond tombé: le couloir était donc peint en jaune et le salon en vert!

It turned out true when I (and by "I", I don't really mean "I") ripped the fake ceiling that the previous owners had put on the beams.

As you can see, the previous-previous owners had painted the ceiling in the corridor yellow and in the living-room green.

Please admire how I staged all the pipes to take this picture... Notice also how the huge vaccuum has the same accent colour as the ceiling... I put so much thought in that!

Du coup, je me suis posée la question du couloir: le rétablir pour rendre son caractère originel à la maison ou pas? Peut-être pensez-vous que je suis folle car personne n'aime les couloirs. Eh, bien, moi je pense que cela peut avoir beaucoup de charme, notamment lorsque les portes sont jolies!

Anyway, came the time when I wondered if the original corridor that had disappeared at some point should come back or not...

I know, many people hates corridors, but I believe they can have potential as doors can be pretty features. Have a look down there if you think I'm crazy.

Via Right Move UK

Isn't that typically "old house"?

I love that because it's a small space in which you don't stay for hours, you can have fun with colours and patterns and won't get tired of it.

Je crois aussi que décorer un couloir peut être très motivant: comme c'est une pièce dans laquelle on ne passe pas des heures, on peut se permettre des motifs dont on se lasserait plus facilement dans le salon.

via Jackson, Green & Preston

I had fun in my previous flat with faded pink walls in the corridor. I never regreted that choice, even if every one thought it was stupid before they actually saw the result. I'm sorry I don't have a picture. It was BB (Before Blogging).

Sometimes in old houses, there's a fabulous patterned floor in corridors, like this one.

Parfois aussi d'anciens carreaux de ciments peuvent permettre de délimiter l'espace sans qu'aucune autre décoration ne soit nécessaire.

via House to Home

Had I found that kind of vintage tiles in my cottage, I wouldn't have hesitated one second, I'd have kept them. 

Si j'avais pu découvrir de tels carreaux dans ma maison, je les aurais gardés sans hésitation, mais comme je n'ai trouvé que de la terre mouillée, je pouvais aussi envisager une porte d'entrée donnant directement dans le salon.

Since there was none of those lovely tiles, but basically only dirt, I had the possibility to get rid of any corridor: the entrance door would lead to the living-room. 

via House To Home

I got from some of your comments that you are eager to see what choices I've made for my cottage... But can you wait a little more?

 I'm a bit late in my posting schedule, due to a hurt cat who is limping like crazy. The vet told me he would be ok if he took the medicine he gave (and by "gave" I mean "sold") me. But that's easier said than done. I couldn't find him anywhere today... So before it got dark, I went calling for him all around the cottage, which means mostly very muddy (thanks to the rain) fields!!! Good news, I found him; bad news, it took an hour so I'm running late.

J'espère que, malgré vos commentaires impatients, vous pourrez attendre quelques jours avant que je vous présente les décisions prises pour mon cottage... Je suis un peu en retard dans mes projets d'écriture pour le blog! En tout cas je tiens à remercier tous les lecteurs qui ont contribué à l'enrichissement de la partie 1 et de la partie 2 de cette série par leurs réflexions laissées à la fin des articles.

Thanks to all of you who co-wrote part 1 and part 2 of this study about floor plans thanks to your very interesting comments.

A bientôt, pour savoir ce que j'ai fait de mon couloir... ou ce que je n'en ai pas fait!

See you soon about my very own corridor... unless I decided to go sans-corridor...

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