Some Like It Hot

I know, I know, I had kind of promised a floor reveal, but I need to take pictures and I'm beyond tired tonight. I can barely keep my eyes open to see what I type (there might be even more typos than usual...).

Je sais, je sais, j'avais promis de montrer mon sol, mais là, après un weekend à essayer de dépoussiérer la maison, tout ça pour que les ouvriers refassent de la poussière ce matin, je suis juste trop épuisée pour prendre des photos (le ciel gris n'aide pas non plus).

We're having the coldest spring weather ever here in Brittany, so to keep my carpenter warm, we have a little coffee break every morning at 10 am ; that is if I'm not working. I set everything ready for him to have it on his own if I am.

C'est le printemps le plus froid depuis que j'habite en Bretagne et je réchauffe le menuisier avec une petite pause café tous les matins. Ce matin, c'était servi dans des tasses que je venais de dénicher dans un vide-grenier du week-end dernier. Remarquez le gris du ciel, relevé avec une pointe de gris...

Today I served it in cups I just bought last weekend in an "empty your attic" sale. You may have notice the sky is grey with a hint of grey.

I know the pictures aren't the best, but if you had seen the expression on the carpenter's face when I took picture of the tray... You would have hurried like I did before he phoned the people in white coats...

Now I have good news about the cottage. The drywalls in the kitchen and dining-room are beginning to be up and that means my boiler is back on its wall and working! Well working is a big word, there's still a little problem with the heating, but two words make my day: HOT + WATER.

Bon maintenant, des nouvelles de la rénovation. Le placo arrive et avec lui la possibilité de remettre la chaudière. Tout me ravit: son doux ronron, le bruit qu'elle fait en s'arrêtant, et même, je la trouve moins moche qu'avant. Rien de tel que l'absence pour vous faire comprendre combien un être vous est cher!!!

You might think a picture of an old boiler has no place on a decoration blog, but you'd be wrong because - a) it makes the owner of the said blog very, very happy and thus I hope my creativeness will return... It has been numbed by cold water lately...

b) it is located in the kitchen and I'll have to find a creative way to hide it (see how that's linked to a?)

Donc, si vous pensez que comme le veut le plombier, je suis en train de peindre le bout de mur derrière les radiateurs, pas du tout! Chut, ne lui dites pas, mais je prends un bain... chaud!

Now, I also got the TV back to work and I was devastated to see the pictures of the aftermath of the tornado. From the map on the stats of my blog I know that lots of my readers are from the States and I hope you are all well and safe:

See you soon,

A bientôt,

I'm sharing my coffee break with: